And now it’s time for today’s high-stakes test question: which of the following is better at putting students on a path to college? A. Our failing public schools B. The college prep academies that are proliferating in cities across the … [Read more...]
Playing with statistics
The MTF/BF report also examines data over a far-too-short, three-year period. Given that DPPC data are available for an eight-year period, from 2002 through 2009, it's curious that the MTF/BF only chose to … [Read more...]
Rebutting the Mass. Taxpayers and Boston Foundations
August 26, 2010 Michael Widmer President Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation 333 Washington Street, Suite 853 Boston, MA 02108 Paul Grogan President and CEO Boston Foundation 75 Arlington Street, 10th Floor Boston, MA 02116 Dear Messrs. … [Read more...]
Our circular state policy game
The foundations warned that we mustn't falter in this reform effort, according to the Globe, because that would be a sign of "bureaucratic inertia, union resistance, or political malaise."It's difficult to question a … [Read more...]
Don’t Ask How to Save the Globe, Ask How to Replace It
The Globe has served us for years, but its financial dysfunction is staggering. It doesn't work any more. Period. Instead of trying to prop up this dying system, our community needs to come up with new ways to make information public, share … [Read more...]