Supreme Court Shift: Interpreting Changes in Justices, Majorities, and Philosophies
…that based on something that’s fundamental or is it ancillary? Is it not a core right that we have under the constitution? I don’t think that’s quite the right way…
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Calling all reporters!
/by Jim StergiosMy last blog noted that states will now have to adopt the common core standards or give up much of a chance at the RttT funds. And, yes, I did…
Smith College Prof. Paula Giddings on Ida B. Wells and Her Anti-Lynching Crusade
/by Editorial Staff…also be centers of all of this other expertise is ludicrous. [00:13:40] When you think about the fact that the core job we need done for many American kids has…
Ich Bin Ukrainer: European Nation Existential Fight Against Aggression
/by Editorial Staff…So I think that’s actually the core reason why Russia, despite perhaps some of its ambitions to join the west has not because the model is antithetical to Kremlin’s model…
Institute for Justice’s Michael Bindas on the SCOTUS Oral Arguments
/by Editorial Staff…are more diverse than traditional public school teachers. That in fact is a fact, the teaching, core is more diverse than the traditional public school systems. [00:44:29] I would say…
Shifting COVID-19 Goalposts: Moving from Zero Infections to Zero Deaths
/by Editorial Staff…let me push back a little bit and say, okay, the core, you know, this is, this is America. We believe in freedom. But the core of his public health…
John Dearie: Halt Immigration? Fall Behind
/by Editorial Staff…is core to his mission to build a policy environment that promotes entrepreneurship because he knows all too well that the United States was and continues to be built by…
Our Founding and History
/by Scott W. Graves…efforts on philanthropy, with an emphasis on education. Inspired by the work of British economist Antony Fisher, who had founded the Institute of Economic Affairs, Pete convinced a core group…
Explosion in ESL enrollment creates new opportunities, challenges
/by Andrew Mikula…by 17,052. Immigrants have played an increasingly important role in the Commonwealth’s economy and culture over the past few decades, as the state has relied on international arrivals to…
Managing Growth in Malden & Somerville: A Tale of Two Cities
/by Ciana Bonfiglioli…As gentrification and population growth extend beyond core Boston-area cities and towns, the experiences of Somerville and Malden are especially instructive. The contrasting attitudes and policy approaches these cities have…
Outsourcing bus services is—by now—conventional wisdom
/by Greg Sullivan…services; there has also been greater focus on whether some core services of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) should be competitively bid to ensure higher quality service and lower…
A Promising New Direction for Justice Reform in Massachusetts
/by Matt Blackbourn…critical concerns surrounding recidivism in the Commonwealth—an issue that was at the core of Pioneer’s most recent Better Government Competition. The recidivism rate, or the percentage of those released from…
Study: Charter Schools Delivering on Promise of Curricular Innovation
/by Editorial Staff…thread running through all grade levels at Mystic Valley. In addition, it is one of just a few Massachusetts public schools using the Core Knowledge curriculum, which it uses in…
Research
/by Scott W. Graves…and treatments. PioneerOpportunity advocates policies to expand opportunity across the Commonwealth, and reforms to taxation, housing, and regulation that will increase Greater Boston’s competitiveness. PioneerTransportation seeks reforms that allow commuters…
Man versus Superman
/by Jim Stergios…consistent internal evaluations, discipline based on the school’s ethos, and a core knowledge curriculum. That all stems from the school’s shared mission — and therefore it is something that has…
Long blog on biotech gift ban
/by Jim StergiosGood public policy is built on two pillars – and they pretty much boil down to common sense: Be fair and first do no harm. Giving preferential treatment to individual…
Award-Winner Nathaniel Philbrick on the Mayflower and the First Thanksgiving
/by Editorial Staff…It had more in common with a harvest festival. It wasn’t in November, it would’ve been late September and October. For them it was a celebration of having [00:23:00] lived…
Except in Florida, There’s Really No (High School) Debate
/by Jude Iredell…of viewing competing opinions with good faith while staying true to a to a common set of facts and evidence. For participants and spectators alike, these standards helped build civic…
Innovation Smithovation
/by Jim Stergios…is far less a matter of catch phrases like “innovation” and more a function of common sense. Doug Lemov was one of MA’s great charter founders. He started Academy of…
Professor Jay Parini on Thirteen Books That Changed America
/by Editorial Staff…history, common history. But also recognize that we are an always evolving nation that is building equality and building inclusion all the time. So, that’s why I thought these kinds…
Breast Cancer Risk: Testing to Tailored Screening, Treatment, and Prevention
/by Editorial Staff…than the commonly used mammogram. For those with genetic [00:01:00] risk, A DNA test could indicate a benefit of prophylactic treatment that some estimate could prevent nearly 25% of new…
Dr. Ramachandra Guha on Gandhi’s Enduring Legacy
/by Editorial Staff…own Gandhi, but Gandhi himself never actually at this stage tries to build a common front to the Africans, as early on in his career, he, in his life in…
UK’s Laura Thompson on Agatha Christie, Queen of Crime Mystery
/by Editorial Staff…Boston School Committee approved a new admissions policy for the exam schools. Under the new plan, applicants are evaluated in two ways. First, a combined score based on academic success….
Untangling Unsheltered Encampments: Home Is Where the Help Lies
/by Editorial Staff…it and break it into its elemental forms. Joe Selvaggi: Um, you know, there’s no sort of common homeless scenario. There are people are, are, um, homeless for many reasons,…
UCLA’s Prof. James Stigler on Teaching & Learning Math
/by Editorial Staff…common pursuit he writes that, you know, ask any dad rock weekend band or church ensemble how it, how it experiences music, And the performers are likely to tell you…
Two Time Pulitzer Winner T.J. Stiles on Cornelius Vanderbilt & American Business
/by Editorial Staff…end of his life, controls a vast network of railroads, which run from Chicago to New York. [00:28:59] TJ Stiles: this is really the core of the American industrial and…
The Compensation Conundrum
/by Elizabeth Prasse…AG would get involved. Similarly, if it were more common for tax-exempt organizations in Massachusetts to compensate their directors in amounts like those paid by the health insurers, it seems…
Mortgage’s New Normal: Guide to Better Borrowing Amidst Higher Rates
/by Editorial Staff…familiar with what is a term called a FICO score, for example, that’s probably the most common term. That score can impact the rate you get. Those scores range typically…
Precision Law Enforcement: Can Gunfire Detection Technology Serve and Protect Everyone?
/by Editorial Staff…of different neighborhoods. I want our listeners to understand when a city like Boston, which has a common police department, maybe lots of precincts, ahead of police, when they call…
Universal Savings Accounts: Designing Tax Incentives that Pay to Save
/by Editorial Staff…say it also works in the fact that, I mean, a common argument for taxation, a progressive, as we’ve discussed in the past, ours is among the most progressive, taxation,…