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Massachusetts Needs a Comprehensive Performance Management Framework

August 9, 2022

Many states have made promoted government efficiency and effectiveness by setting goals and tracking their progress. Massachusetts tried making a performance structure, but in 2014 it was discontinued. Today, the state lacks a comprehensive structure to track progress.

Dimming the state’s literary light

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September 27, 2019

September marks Johnson’s 310th birthday. His A Dictionary of the English Language (1755) used 114,000 timeless quotations to help define 42,000 words, making it among the most famous dictionaries in human history.

Deval’s Big Dig: Responding to the Governor on Connector Report

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September 17, 2014

When we talk about the Big Dig, we talk in big, round numbers.…

Massachusetts Charter Schools: “A Fire You Can’t Put Out”

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June 30, 2014

This past week, at the urging of state K-12 education commissioner…

Government Transparency: A Step Forward

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April 15, 2014

Governor Deval Patrick launched the MassResults web page to…

Common Core Math’s House of Hay

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March 4, 2014

More than once, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has described…

The Dog Ate DCF’s Report Card

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February 26, 2014

It looks like the besieged folks down at the Division of Children…

Boston Herald: Pay for current transit system first

January 16, 2013

We need new revenue to maintain Massachusetts’ crumbling transportation system. But Gov. Deval Patrick’s new blueprint gives the same old interest groups the tools to repeat the mistakes that got us into this mess in the first place.