Ralph White, Fiscal Conservative
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I attended another meeting of the Special…
A Few Nuggets from the Conference Budget
The Conference Budget came out late last night and its being…
Our New State Piggy Bank
The Mass Convention Center Authority appears to be the new piggy…
Boom times at the NEA
From our man in Education Havana, Mike Antonucci, sleuth extraordinaire,…
Consider a business with two customers
The first customer pays in about two months after getting bill,…
Unfunded Pension Liabilities Might Be Bigger Than You Think
I'm not done with the latest 2008 Investment Report on pension…
2008 Was A Bad Year In The Markets
PERAC has released the 2008 results for the state and local pension…
Duncan Rex – he means it on charters
In a press release entitled "States Open to Charters Start Fast…
EOT and MBTA Do Good with BRT
Enough acronyms for you? BRT stands for Bus Rapid Transit.
The…
St. Patrick’s, er, I mean Evacuation Day
Couple of items on the manufactured scandal over Evacuation and…
A Few Wrinkles in the DiMasi Indictment
Former House Speaker Sal DiMasi was indicted today. You can read…
We will be able to do this soon
My favorite Education Intelligence Agent Mike Antonucci had this…
Will MA forfeit education stimulus dollars?
EdNews.org passes on this AP report on US Ed Secretary Arne Duncan's…
13 is not the right number
Reading about the investigation into misconduct at the MBTA Police…
Raising the Symbolism Bar
Sure, our local politicians have their symbolism -- who can forget…
Questions Michael Flaherty, Sam Yoon and Kevin McCrea should be asking
The Globe this week ran successive stories (here and here) regarding…
I am about to toss my cookies
That was my dad's self-edited way of expressing his disregard…
Interesting Wrinkles in New GIC Study
A new study, published by the Rappaport Institute and Collins…
Strategic Debate is Good for the Country
President Obama and former Vice President Cheney delivered competing…
A great debate on unions and improving our schools
For those of you who need a smart debate about the role of unions…
Massachusetts, yet again
There's an entertaining feature on the American Educational Research…