THERE IS A debate about school funding on Beacon Hill that is getting very little public attention. The annual midsummer rite of the Massachusetts budget negotiation is upon us, as the Commonwealth’s legislators and the governor hash out how we spend approximately $56 billion. The vast majority of the budget will fund programs, services, and […]
Will Austin
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5 principles that should drive Boston’s enormous federal school aid
IN APRIL President Biden announced a $1.8 trillion plan to support children and families, on the heels of stimulus checks issued back in February. But this latest relief did not come in the form of checks deposited into the bank accounts of families: This stimulus spending came in the form of an enormous investment in […]