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…

Disappointing piece from Dave Driscoll in the Globe

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Former MA education commissioner David Driscoll opined today…

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…

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…

NPT: Rumblings in the non-profit underground?

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

Calling all reporters!

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My last blog noted that states will now have to adopt the common…

EdWeek: Adopt standards or forget RttT funds

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Yesterday, the Globe published an editorial that made the reasonable…

Public Higher Ed Committee Member Rips MA K-12 Standards

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Lane Glenn, vice president of academic affairs at Northern Essex…

Don't give up pole position on standards!

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There is little to add to today's Globe editorial on academic…

A world without public sector unions?

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The Cato Institute just released a brief history of public-sector…

Let Them Eat Cake

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Please, please, my friends at the Greenway -- don't get too precious…

Border Tolls Are Coming

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I'm not sure how much of this is political theater or unrelated…