Cahill has been a poor candidate at best, but Charlie Baker has given him a run for his money. Baker could be completely innocent of Cahill's allegations--though encouraging Paul Loscocco's defection is hard to brush off-- but this lawsuit, … [Read more...]

"Sarah and Charlie have a lot in common," said former Cahill campaign manager/recent traitor Adam Doldrums. "Charlie's smart guy, but he's a bit on the dull side. Sarah's an idiot, but she's hot. Beauty and the Baker! How's that for a … [Read more...]

The Governor's statement includes some actual statistics from the report. However, nowhere in the DESE's press release is the College Board's disclaimer:Media and others often rank states, districts and schools on the basis of SAT® scores … [Read more...]

Jim Stergios writes:Though we should not overemphasize what it means. Do the math:•$250 million for 1 million schoolkids over 180 days = $1.44 per student per day... if we receive all the money that was on offer and if we receive it in one … [Read more...]

State finance laws prohibit individuals from lending candidates more than $500 a year for use in their campaigns. Candidates are allowed to give their own campaign committees unlimited amounts of funds, although there are restrictions on … [Read more...]

The case, expected to come before the Supreme Court for oral arguments in October, rises from a 2006 funeral in Maryland for Matthew Snyder, a Marine killed in Iraq. Church members picketed Snyder's funeral with signs that read: "Thank God … [Read more...]

The basic framework we have for thinking about consumer spending goes back to none other than Milton Friedman, whose "permanent income" hypothesis says that people will save most of any income change they see as merely transitory. Telling … [Read more...]

From a policy point of view, education should reconsider Deming's 14 Key Principles of Management. This view puts a premium on steady, continuous improvement, not radical, drastic transformation. It regards employees, not as cogs in a … [Read more...]

Putting the mayor in charge of a large, urban school district is not method of reform supported by research. As the Detroit Free Press reports:Some other large urban school districts under mayoral authority, such as New York, Boston and … [Read more...]

Forty-two percent of respondents said they approve of the job Patrick is doing, while 49 percent disapprove; pollsters consider a 46 percent job approval rating necessary for an incumbent to win reelection, although the figure may be … [Read more...]