Entries by Editorial Staff

Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program

July 19, 2008 /0 Comments/in , , , /by

REACH Foundation [tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] Introduction Founded in 1991, the REACH Foundation is a grassroots organization in Pennsylvania working for parental choice in education. Comprised of a broad coalition that includes parents, taxpayer groups, ethnic and religious organizations, and members of the business community, REACH–Road to Educational Achievement […]

MITS 2008 Summer Institute

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The Museum Institute for Teaching Science [tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Science literacy is a critical but overlooked skill that, if learned at an early age, helps develop critical thinking, reading abilities and computation skills needed to make informed decisions in daily life. The mission of the Museum Institute […]

Specialized Substitute Teacher Empowerment and Accountability Program

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Christopher Fick [tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] There’s a reason most of us remember classes taught by substitute teachers as wasted or boring instead of useful or interesting. Consider how substitute teachers typically end up in a classroom. In what might be a typical situation, a high school history […]

Middle School Aspirations and Pathways to College

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Roxbury Preparatory Charter School [tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Located in Mission Hill, Roxbury Preparatory Charter School, a 6-8 public school, prepares its students to enter, succeed in, and graduate from college. Since its founding in 1999, Roxbury Prep’s enrollment has grown to 200 students. The student body is […]

State Taxpayer Funded School Construction Grants

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Massachusetts School Building Authority [tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Like many other states, Massachusetts has struggled with out-of-control spending on school construction, often putting money into many unnecessary projects at the expense of more deserving projects. State Treasurer Tim Cahill, a long-time entrepreneur who took office in 2003, linked […]

Unified Permitting System for the Redevelopment of Fort Devens

July 19, 2007 /0 Comments/in , , , /by

Devens Enterprise Commission [tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Introduction The Devens Enterprise Commission Unified Development Permit System is an example of how a streamlined comprehensive development permitting process can bring an area back to life by attracting new businesses. By combining planning, conservation, health, historic, and variance issues under […]

Computerized Neighborhood Environment Tracking

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Worcester Regional Research Bureau [tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Introduction Many cities and towns in Massachusetts suffer from deteriorating physical conditions in some neighborhoods. Remedying these deficiencies is crucial to solving other urban ills such as crime, unemployment, and poor school performance. ComNET (Computerized Neighborhood Environment Tracking) is a […]

Four Proposals to Reform Special Education

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[tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Introduction In many ways, special education has achieved great success during the last thirty years. All public schools now provide access to educational programs for students with disabilities (SWD). Indeed, SWD are entitled to a free appropriate public education (FAPE) that is reasonably calculated […]

The Entrepreneurial Service Delivery Program

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Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority [tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Introduction Faced with declining park visitation and an expense structure that was exceeding revenues, the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (NVRPA) faced the kind of difficult choices that many government entities have faced. There were three main options: Seeking […]

Transforming a Municipal Bureaucracy

July 11, 2007 /0 Comments/in , , /by

City of Carrollton, Texas [tab name=”MEDIA COVERAGE”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”VIDEO”]Coming Soon[/tab] [tab name=”IMPACT”]Coming Soon[/tab] [end_tabset] Introduction Governments can improve the way they do business and provide services by adopting a competitive business model for their operating processes. By submitting themselves to competitive pressures, they force themselves to learn from the private sector how to serve […]