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/0 Comments/in Academic Standards, Better Government, Blog, Blog: Better Government, Blog: Education, Blog: School Choice, Related Education Blogs, School Choice, Transparency /by Joseph StaruskiHopefully, new leadership will ensure that the system makes the changes necessary to improve public education in Boston. Otherwise, enrollment declines will continue.
Is a Universal Basic Income the Future? You Decide.
/in Blog: Transparency /by Etelson AlciusWith a rising cost of living, higher inflation, and an economy that generates fierce debates about inequality and poverty, many have called for systemic reforms and even more radical changes, including a universal basic income. What is UBI? How does it work? What do researchers think?
METCO’s Milly Arbaje-Thomas & Researcher Roger Hatch on MA’s Voluntary School Desegregation Program
/in Civil Rights Education, Civil Rights Podcasts, Featured, Podcast, School Choice /by Editorial StaffThis week on “The Learning Curve,” co-hosts Cara Candal and Gerard Robinson talk with Milly Arbaje-Thomas, President & CEO of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, Inc. (METCO) and Roger Hatch, co-author of Pioneer’s report, METCO Funding: Understanding Massachusetts’ Voluntary School Desegregation Program.
Massachusetts Remains One of the Least Financially Transparent States
/0 Comments/in Blog: Better Government, Blog: Transparency /by Etelson AlciusIn 48 states, elected officials are required to submit annual public financial disclosures. After seven years of tracking these disclosures state by state, Pioneer Institute ranks Massachusetts lowest in terms of the transparency of those financial disclosures.
Where Are Massachusetts Residents Moving To?
/0 Comments/in Blog, Blog: Transparency /by Mitch BoveA blog published earlier this month by Pioneer shined a light on Massachusetts’ growing dilemma: More people are leaving the state than coming here. According to Pioneer’s Massachusetts IRA Data Discovery website, Middlesex and Suffolk counties are losing the most residents.