When you are wrong
…the PTA is not common knowledge to its membership, but as it becomes known–especially the PTA’s opposition to school choice, charters, and school reform–their membership has furthered declined. In the…
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Good luck to the new commissioner of DCR!
/by Scott W. Graves…common wealth of natural, cultural and recreational resources,” all of which is great. But it needs either to understand that 90% of “enhancing” the resources is managing them well. Perhaps…
Teach to the test? By all means, says Tom Birmingham
/by Alan Petrillo…of the Committee on Education) is attacking what they think is wrong with our schools: MCAS testing. Fortunately, former Senate President (and eternal champion of better schools and common sense)…
The Dog That Never Barked
/by Steve PoftakWith apologies to Sherlock Holmes, today’s Steve Bailey column on the potential expansion of the Boston Common Parking Garage contains a reference to “a recent study by a state commission…
Yummm, 10:16 Lunch…….
/by Steve PoftakThe Globe Magazine has a fascinating piece on the extended school day experiment being conducted at 10 schools around the state. It seems like such a common-sense good idea that…
The New Normal: Job Creation In Massachusetts
/by Steve Poftak…two problems. First, these firms are smaller (with single employee business services firms the most common start-up) than the ones they replace and the pace of new firms starting up…