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/0 Comments/in Academic Standards, Civil Rights Education, Civil Rights Podcasts, Featured, News, Podcast, Related Education Blogs, US History /by Editorial StaffThis week on “The Learning Curve,” Cara Candal and guest co-host Derrell Bradford talk with Prof. Paula Giddings, Elizabeth A. Woodson Professor Emerita of Africana Studies at Smith College, and author of A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching.
Searching For Space: Massachusetts Real Estate in a Time of Covid
/in Economic Opportunity, Featured, Housing, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffHubwonk host Joe Selvaggi talks with real estate expert and broker/owner Pauline Donnelly about the disruption and trends created by the Covid-19 pandemic and steps buyers and renters can take to become more informed, prudent, and competitive in the frenzied market of Greater Boston and Martha’s Vineyard.
With Declining Enrollment, Public Colleges in Massachusetts Cut Back Adjunct Faculty Positions
/0 Comments/in Blog, Blog: Better Government, Blog: Economy, Blog: Education, Blog: Higher Education, Blog: Transparency, Higher Education, News, Transparency /by Joseph StaruskiThe number of adjunct faculty positions is declining at public colleges and universities in Massachusetts.
Mariam Nusrat Takes Gaming to New Heights
/in Economic Opportunity, Featured, JobMakers /by Editorial StaffThis week on JobMakers, host Denzil Mohammed talks with Mariam Nusrat, immigrant from Pakistan and founder and CEO of both the venture-backed Gaming Revolution for International Development and the not-for-profit Gaming Revolution for Inspiring Development, both with the acronym GRID.
Book Reveals How Tax Hike Amendment Would Damage Commonwealth’s Economic Competitiveness
/in Economic Opportunity, Economic Opportunity, Featured, Graduated Income Tax, Massachusetts Economy, Pioneer Research, Press Releases: Economic Opportunity /by Editorial StaffIf adopted, a constitutional amendment to hike state taxes that will appear on the ballot in November could erase the hard-earned progress Massachusetts has achieved toward economic competitiveness over the last 25 years and may not result in any additional education and transportation funding, according to a new book from Pioneer Institute, entitled Back to Taxachusetts?: How the proposed tax amendment would upend one of the nation’s best economies, which is a distillation of two dozen academic studies.