GUEST OPINION: Invest education aid wisely, 04-18-09

Source: heraldnews.com Posted By: Gatcharin M...5481 days ago

Thanks in part to Gov. Deval Patrick’s advocacy, Massachusetts will receive nearly $2 billion for education under the recently passed federal stimulus legislation. The money is certainly welcome, but is the commonwealth prepared to invest it wisely?

Private companies routinely spend up to 10 percent of their operating budgets on quality assurance. But Massachusetts lacks a fully functioning state mechanism to hold school districts accountable for how they spend either the federal funds or the....

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