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The state’s education market isn’t the problem. It just needs the right design. I have tremendous respect for Pinellas County School Board member Laura Hine’s commitment to public service, her passion for serving our community’s children and her desire to improve Florida’s public education system. But her recent column, “Is unregulated capitalism the best way to educate Florida kids?,” frames the issue too starkly. Florida’s education system is changing rapidly, and the questions surrounding these changes are too nuanced and consequential to be reduced to a choice between traditional public education and “unregulated capitalism.”

This edition of The House Call debriefs the midterm election results where voters directly weighed in on housing and cost of living matters. It also explores new data showing that the percentage of Massachusetts homeowners considered “cost-burdened” is on the rise.

The results are largely in on Tuesday’s ballot questions and, as elections will do, they brought wins, a wince—and important lessons about where Massachusetts politics is heading. Question 1 passed overwhelmingly, Question 5 fell just short, Question 3 went down to defeat despite an $8 million campaign, and Question 7 remains undecided but is trending toward the loss column.

A new Pioneer poll finds that regardless of who they voted for in the governor’s election, Florida voters agree. The incoming Byron Donalds administration should prioritize lowering everyday costs and making housing more affordable.