Massachusetts is taking a hard look at the tax breaks it hands out for economic development. The result may be a move toward using objective metrics to inform decisions about granting them.
To address community-level priorities, the state has begun putting its agencies together with key public and private stakeholders. The approach has already produced some victories.
State and local governments are finding ways to cut spending while improving services. There are signs that the federal government is beginning to take notice.
All of the states provide tax incentives for economic development, but most of them don’t do a good job of making sure that they’re getting value for the taxpayers' money.
Detroit is about to devolve the management of some of its high schools to the school-building level. It's an approach to school reform that has a good track record.
California Department of Technology Starts July 1
Stephen Goldsmith
Charles Chieppo
John M. Kamensky
Neil Kleiman
Robert J. O'Neill Jr.
Feather O'Connor Houstoun
Susan K. Urahn
John M. Bernard
Babak Armajani
William D. Eggers
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