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Room to Grow: Study Identifies Opportunity for New Charter Schools in State’s Gateway Cities
/0 Comments/in Charter Schools, Charter Schools, Education, Featured, News /by Editorial StaffThe Commonwealth’s 26 Gateway Cities represent a strong opportunity for the establishment of new charters and/or expansion of existing schools, according to our new study.
Licensing burdens thwart economic growth in Massachusetts
/0 Comments/in Massachusetts Economy, Oped: Economy, Oped: Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Opeds /by Charles Chieppo and Aidan EnrightImmigrants account for 17% of Massachusetts residents but start a quarter of the Commonwealth’s new businesses. These entrepreneurs could create even more jobs that further lift wages and standard of living if not for the unnecessary obstacle of restrictive state and local occupational licensing laws.
Civics education is crucial to engaged citizenship
/0 Comments/in Oped: Education, Oped: US History /by Jamie GassThe Founding Fathers believed the main role of public education was not workforce development, but to create citizens prepared for informed participation in American democracy. Without this, they feared the nation might dissolve. Never have the founders looked more prescient.
OECD’s Andreas Schleicher on PISA & K-12 Global Education
/0 Comments/in Featured, News, Podcast /by Editorial StaffThis week on The Learning Curve, Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), discusses global K-12 education, skills, and competition.
Realizing Rent Control: Targeted Tenant Relief or Broad-Based Road to Ruin
/0 Comments/in Featured, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoe Selvaggi talks with Greater Boston Real Estate Board’s President and CEO Greg Vasil about the likely effect on all residents of Boston of Mayor Wu’s rent control proposal now before the City Council.