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Voices: Conversation
April 09,2013
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After leading the most ambitious study of teacher effectiveness ever undertaken, Thomas Kane says we can measure quality in ways that are fair to teachers—and to students
Voices: Conversation
April 09,2013
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UMass Boston professor Ellen Douglas maps the impact of rising sea levels in Boston  

Voices: Conversation
January 15,2013
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Lawrence Lessig says our democracy has become thoroughly corrupted by the influence of moneyed interests.

Voices: Conversation
October 11,2012
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While there is no going back to our industrial heyday, a new study says manufacturing has a solid future in Massachusetts.

Voices: Conversation
July 10,2012
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David Kennedy, architect of Boston’s successful anti-gang  strategy of the 1990s and author of a book describing it, is determined to show that the mayhem of urban gun violence can be stopped

Teacher lessons: Conversation
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After leading the most ambitious study of teacher effectiveness ever undertaken, Thomas Kane says we can measure quality in ways that are fair to teachers—and to students