Commonwealth Forum panelists give Romney a taste of the future

By CommonWealth Staff 0 Comments Jan 1, 2003

INTRO TEXT “We do want Mitt Romney to succeed. If he succeeds, we succeed,” said House Speaker Thomas Finneran at the first of two Commonwealth Forums entitled “No Ordinary Time: Advice for the New Governor in a Changed and Challenged Commonwealth,” both moderated by CommonWealth editor Robert Keough. The first forum was held on November(...)

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A revolutionary way to teach math in the age of MCAS

By Carol Gerwin 0 Comments Jan 1, 2003

INTRO TEXT When people ask Mahesh Sharma what he does for a living, he knows what their reaction is going to be. Hearing that he’s a math educator, many people tell Sharma, “Oh, I’ve never been good at math.” It’s a common complaint, one that’s becoming more worrisome as thousands of Massachusetts high school seniors(...)

Criminal Justice

Scene of the crime

By Michael Jonas 0 Comments Jan 1, 2003

IN THE LATE 1980s and early 1990s, when the city was teeming with crack cocaine and drive-by shootings, Boston police sergeant Robert Merner watched the life drain out of more victims of gunfire than he cares to count. Back then, says Merner, who has spent much of his 16 years on the force working the(...)

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Multiple Choice

By Laura Pappano 0 Comments Jan 1, 2003

It is a blustery autumn afternoon and the Framingham Community Charter School is in lockdown mode. Just moments before, the school’s 96 sixth-graders were on the playground after lunch when school principal Michael Delman got word over his walkie-talkie that, as he puts it, “somebody was shot in the neighborhood and the shooter was missing.”(...)

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A question of commitment

By David S. Bernstein 0 Comments Jan 1, 2003

Barbara Schwartz wears big glasses and uses a trained dog named Thomas to help her get around. She is small, funny, sarcastic, and sometimes dismissive of those she deems unworthy. But Schwartz is a pit bull, and if you care about protecting the public against sexual predators, she should be your hero. Schwartz came to(...)

Politics

A transition of our own

By Robert Keough Media and Journalism 0 Comments Jan 1, 2003

There comes a time in the life of every young organization, firm, or company when the founder moves on. It is a time of anxiety, but also a milestone of maturity, evidence that the entity can stand on its own two feet. At MassINC, the parent organization and publisher of CommonWealth, that time has come.(...)

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The budget and reform challenge ahead

By Robert Keough 0 Comments Jan 1, 2003

If there were similarities between the gubernatorial campaigns of 1990 and 2002, the parallel between 1991 and 2003–new Republican governor facing fiscal crisis–is even closer. There are a handful of reasons to believe that Mitt Romney could be better able to manage the fiscal retrenchment and bureaucratic restructuring ahead than Bill Weld was in slaying(...)

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Handing over the keys

By CommonWealth Staff 0 Comments Jan 1, 2003

Dear Mitt: By now, I’m sure you’ve grown accustomed to the joys of being governor. You know what I’m talking about: The invitations to forums and events. The endless meeting requests. The hours of poring over your first budget proposal. You have close aides and advisors to help you sort those things out. Here is(...)

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Unions look for relevance in job training

By John D Donohue 0 Comments Jan 1, 2003

Workforce Development and the New UnionismEdited by Penn Kemble; introduction by Morton BahrNew Economy Information Service, Washington, DC, 210 pages. The second half of 2002 showcased, in rapid sequence, the past, present, and (possibly) future of the American labor movement. The contract dispute on the Pacific docks conjured up the Spirit of Labor Past: A(...)

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Our own set of experts gives the new governor advice on making good policy and good first impressions

By CommonWealth Staff 0 Comments Jan 1, 2003

With a transition team of nearly 100 of the biggest movers and shakers in Massachusetts politics and business, Mitt Romney had no shortage of input as he took the helm of state government. But with the tough straits he’s in, we figure the new governor could use all the tips he can get. So we(...)


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