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…

Inspector Clouseau-style accountability

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I noted two weeks ago that recent MCAS data don’t tell a…

Steve Jobs on education in America

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Tip of the hat to Whitney Tilson for passing around excerpts…

Life Lessons From Steve Jobs

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In a blog post entitled Bill Gates doesn't like the liberal…

Is student achievement in Massachusetts falling flat?

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The short answer that will come in this and blog posts in the…

Dumb and Dumber – Proposed Bill

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You can agree or disagree on most bills in the State House.…

Proven Approaches to Dropout Prevention

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Tomorrow the state's Joint Committee on Education will meet…

Parent Power

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(image from DropOutNation.net) Used to be that Massachusetts…

What if Bill Gates rewarded results?

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Last winter, two things clarified my views on the utility of…

Setting the Record Straight

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When blogging, sometimes you shorthand -- summarize too quickly.…

National standards’ process and substance abuse

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For a while it looked like all of thinking Washington was gaga…

Arne Duncan gets sent to the principal’s office

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US Education Secretary Arne Duncan is losing his allies fast.…

Science for Consumers

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The Massachusetts department of education (DESE) is under…

False Alarm on Science

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In a nicely timed alarm, the state’s department of education…

Do exam schools add value?

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Historically, many of Massachusetts’ political and economic…

Virtually There

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If Massachusetts has because of lack of leadership within the…

Facilities Guide for New and Expanding Charter Schools

New report offers best practices from successful Massachusetts charter schools to help other charter leaders navigate the facilities development process

Virtually Worlds Apart

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Mirror-mirror on the wall, which states are pushing innovation…

Expanding School Choice through METCO

Non-partisan Research Groups Urge Lawmakers to Expand Minority Students’ Access to METCO Program

Tide turning on municipal health savings

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The Globe's editorial page came out with a very clear view…

Uncommon and common goals

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The dual mission of Phoenix Charter Academy—giving second…

Passion and Fellowship

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Massachusetts charter schools have a strong record in serving…

Mother Courage

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Earlier this week, I shared a couple of videos introducing…

If walls could speak

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Walk into a building and you can already tell a lot about an…

Phoenix Charter Academy’s Mission Impossible?

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The month of May opened with the official granting of 16 charters.…

School dollars and health reform

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Calls for more funding for education are common. Policy organizations…

4 lessons from vocational-technical schools

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Over the past couple of weeks, I've shared a number of videos…

An education in history

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On Monday, a Globe editorial noted that THE STATE’S new…

Voc-tech schools lowering the dropout rate

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This is the fifth and final leg of my series on the tremendous…

Cracks in the national standards consensus

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Back in the fall, I mentioned that I thought that after the…

Vocational-technical schools working with business

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The local business community has always been heavily involved…