MASS.commuting

MASS.commuting was produced in partnership with the UMass Donahue Institute and generously sponsored by MassHousing. Our analysis of U.S. Census data reveals that the morning and evening commutes are rapidly worsening compared to the rest of the nation, a situation that erodes our qualify of life and economic health. Massachusetts commutes are getting worse faster read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Strong Communities, Transportation

Massachusetts Charter Schools and Their Feeder Districts

A Demographic Analysis

Adam Friedman

The Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy at MassINC today issued a report detailing the results of its recent study exploring the demographic profiles of charter schools in Massachusetts as compared to the districts from which they draw students. This analysis of student population data informs the ongoing debate on the funding, effectiveness, and read more

Topic(s): Education, Strong Communities, Research

Examining State Intervention Capacity

How Can the State Better Support Low Performing Schools & Districts?

Ben Forman

State accountability systems and the No Child Left Behind Act force policymakers and the public, alike, to recognize the large numbers of schools that are failing to educate all students to high standards. More schools and districts than ever are being identified as low performing, and the problem requires substantial, systemic action from the state. read more

Topic(s): Education, Strong Communities

The Graying of Massachusetts

Aging, the New Rules of Retirement, and the Changing Workforce

Andy Eschtruth, Natalia Jivan, Tatiana Mihailovschi-Muntean, Amy Chasse, Alicia Munnell, Kevin E. Cahill, Mauricio Soto, Kevin Meme, Steven A. Sass and Greg Wiles

Many Massachusetts workers will face a stark choice in the coming years: Retire later or retire with less money. Our findings show that powerful trends are converging at once to alter the retirement landscape: An aging population that has not saved enough must adjust to new Social Security rules that delay full benefits from the read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Strong Communities, Economic Development

The Pursuit of Happiness

A Survey on the Quality of Life in Massachusetts

Larry Hugick and Jenny Armeni

The Pursuit of Happiness: A Survey on the Quality of Life in Massachusetts highlights data from a 1,001-person statewide poll conducted for MassINC by Princeton Survey Research Associates (margin of error: + or – 3%). Respondents were asked more than 60 questions related to their own and the state’s quality of life, their views on read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Strong Communities, Economic Development, Public Opinion, Research

Pathways to Graduation

Supporting All Students to Mastery A Retrospective Look at the Class of 2003

Jennifer Candon, Celine Coggins and S. Paul Reville

The aspirations of the 1993 Massachusetts Education Reform Act are ambitious, but clear — to provide every student with an opportunity to learn and achieve mastery at a high standard of academic proficiency. Since the legislation’s passage, considerable time, effort, and resources have been dedicated to achieving this lofty goal, and substantial progress has been read more

Topic(s): Education, Strong Communities, New Skills for a New Economy

Improving Early Childhood Education

Framing the Options and Imperatives for State Action Policy Brief

Celine Coggins and S. Paul Reville

Across the nation, early childhood education and care has suffered from poorly organized service delivery systems, inadequate funding, and insufficient attention by the policymakers. The result is a complicated system plagued by competing interests that is in need of reform and alignment. The field’s capacity to meet the needs of children and families has been read more

Topic(s): Education, Strong Communities, Research

Gaining Ground

Value-Added Analysis for Massachusetts

Jennifer Candon, S. Paul Reville and Pendred Noyce

The premise of standards-based reform in Massachusetts is that a statewide commitment to standards, teaching, assessment, and accountability will lead to greater learning opportunities, higher achievement, a narrowing of the achievement gap, and a more promising future for all of the Commonwealth’s students. And indeed, ten years after the passage of the 1993 Massachusetts Education read more

Topic(s): Education, Strong Communities

Getting the Job Done

Advancing the New Skills Agenda

John Schneider and Peter Kwass

Getting the Job Done: Advancing the New Skills Agenda draws from lessons learned through two years of MassINC’s New Skills for a New Economy Campaign and lays out critical reforms needed for the Massachusetts workforce development system. There is broad agreement that Massachusetts’s workforce development system needs repair to meet the challenges of the 21st read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, New Skills for a New Economy

The State of the American Dream in New Hampshire

Andy Sum, Mykhaylo Trub'skyy and Ishwar Khatiwada

This research report uses data from the 2000 and 1990 Censuses to track developments in median income for New Hampshire families over the past two decades. Among its key findings is that the typical New Hampshire family, which enjoyed above average real income growth over the 1980s, struggled to keep ahead of the increases in read more

Topic(s): Jobs and Economic Security, Strong Communities, Economic Development, Research

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