According to the recent IG’s report, 53 percent of Massachusetts school districts received no bid or only one bid for student transportation contracts. When that becomes the rule, not the exception, it is clear what the problem is.
Michael Nicholson
Posted inEducation
Mass. cities losing clout in ed funding fight
WE PREVIOUSLY CO-AUTHORED an article in CommonWealth detailing the increasing discrepancies in municipal finance between the “haves” and the “have-nots” among Massachusetts cities and towns. It should not be surprising, therefore, […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion, Politics
The downsides of Prop. 2½ and Community Preservation Act
IN HIS RECENT book, Our Kids, Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam argues that the American dream of obtaining a good education, joining the workforce, owning property, and being a prosperous […]
