MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA

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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…

The Clock is Ticking…….

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The clock is ticking towards December 30, 2017.  As part of…

MA & FL should get together to drive ed reform in US

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I often say two things in different ways: (1) MA is #1 on the…

IN says no thanks to RttT

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So I guess Arne Duncan's "pretty please" letter to the Governors…

Letter from Arne Duncan: Please re-apply…

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When translated from the language of the feds, the US Secretary…

Disappointing piece from Dave Driscoll in the Globe

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Former MA education commissioner David Driscoll opined today…

Kansas: Keep your Race to yourself

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Kansas is not applying for Race to the Top funds, according to…

MBTA: Walking the Tightrope

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On the face of it the MBTA and its new General Manager Richard…

Who's Milquetoast? The envelope please…

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So some of you did not get the reference to Caspar Milquetoast,…

Watering down Milquetoast

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Jamie Vaznis in today's Globe presents a bombshell: The state’s…

A missed opportunity to fix small business insurance

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Small business insurance has been a mess in this state for a…

He is a maestro

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Watch the video clip of Governor Patrick speaking in Lowell,…

Did He Say That?

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From today's Jack Spillane piece on SouthCoastToday.com (and…

Donal Fox!

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I know I am supposed to spruce up the blog with references to…

How Washington is undermining the Bay State's high education standards

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We did not miss out on the Race to the Top primarily because…

Why MA finished 13th of 16 on the Race to the Top

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Yesterday's piece in the Globe by Jamie Vaznis strikes me as…

MA vs. US: Round 1: Individual Mandate

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A mandate made sense in MA for a few reasons.  First, it was…

A Low Cost Counterweight to Partners?

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I'm fascinated by the thinking behind the Caritas-Cerberus tie-up…

How to Kill Off Manufacturing in Massachusetts

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Manufacturing in Massachusetts is dead, right? Rusted out and…

Race to the Top out of reach

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Holy s^&*! Jamie Vaznis of the Boston Globe is reporting that…

Auto insurance does not equal health insurance

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What's wrong with a government mandate for health insurance?…

Are Large-Scale School Turnarounds A Myth?

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Tough editorial from the WSJ today, calling the "doubling down"…

The Devil is in the Details

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Anyone involved in the Massachusetts reform is probably being…

Goldhill's Atlantic Article on Healthcare

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Thanks to all those who participated in last night’s Hewitt…

What Am I Missing?

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The Cerberus-Caritas tie-up is a mystery to me. You've got a…

Hit the accelerator!

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That's my takeaway from the 2009 NAEP reading results. Here are…

MA tops nation in reading for 3rd time in a row

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From the Department of Education's press release: "Massachusetts…

Pitching 38

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Curt Schilling (formerly of the Red Sox, ahem) is now seeking…

So whaddaya think about Sunday's vote?

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Many thoughts but here are three key ones: 1) What a wasted…

Little settlement with words

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Words have history, and that is really why they have power. All…

Prop 2 1/2 Jersey style

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David Halbfinger of the New York Times reports that Governor…

NPT: Rumblings in the non-profit underground?

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The Non-Profit Times sends almost daily emails with surveys and…