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		<title>State must address challenges in serving English language learners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 15:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Eva Shell &#124; Download as PDF.  Between 2000 and 2010, Massachusetts saw a 51% increase in the number of public school students who are not proficient in English, called English Language Learners.  Today, there are nearly 68,000 English-learners in the state.  If Massachusetts is to remain competitive in the national and international market, it &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2012/05/27/481/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=481&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Matters of state</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecilia Ugarte Baldwin, Rappaport Fellow in Law and Public Policy 2007 by Jane Whitehead The most predictable part of Cecilia Ugarte Baldwin’s day may be her early morning run. Baldwin, 33, Deputy Director of Cabinet Affairs in the Executive office of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, is a marathon runner who gets up around 5.45 most &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2012/01/23/matters-of-state/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=477&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Better by design</title>
		<link>http://rappaportbriefing.net/2012/01/11/better-by-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eric Batcho, Rappaport Fellow in Law and Public Policy, Summer 2008 by Jane Whitehead Eric Batcho’s commute is a five-minute walk from his Beacon Hill apartment to the Tip O’Neil Federal Building. Since August 2010 he has worked there as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel in the U.S. Department of Housing &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2012/01/11/better-by-design/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=460&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn on the need for universal broadband access and public service</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 8, 2011 the Rappaport Center and the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable co-hosted a conference on broadband development and access issues. The event featured a keynote address by FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, two moderated panel discussions, as well as remarks by Governor Deval Patrick. FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn addressed the FCC’s commitment &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2011/12/21/fcc-commissioner-mignon-clyburn-on-the-need-for-universal-broadband-access-and-public-service/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=425&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advocating for health care</title>
		<link>http://rappaportbriefing.net/2011/12/20/advocating-for-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sara V. Pic, Rappaport Fellow in Law and Public Policy, Summer 2004 by Jane Whitehead Four blocks from Sara Pic’s house in New Orleans is a former hospital building, destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005. It has been a constant reminder of the devastated infrastructure that Pic returned to her hometown in 2007 &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2011/12/20/advocating-for-health-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=411&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How universal is our health care?</title>
		<link>http://rappaportbriefing.net/2011/10/11/how-universal-is-our-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rebekah Diamond.  Massachusetts is the nation’s leader in universal healthcare. Since passage of the Affordable Care Act in Congress, many have turned to Massachusetts to study its first-in-the-nation universal health care insurance program. Yet, despite the state’s purported mission to mandate insurance for all, coverage is not quite universal.  The state excludes from coverage &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2011/10/11/how-universal-is-our-health-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=403&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental budget cuts: Passing the financial burden to future generations</title>
		<link>http://rappaportbriefing.net/2011/09/15/environmental-budget-cuts-passing-the-financial-burden-to-future-generations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mathew Todaro.  On July 11, 2011, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law the 2012 state budget.  Included in the budget were significant cuts to environmental programs; so what, you may ask, is the big deal?  By making such cuts, policy makers succumbed to the temptation of a short-term solution—one that ultimately will cost &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2011/09/15/environmental-budget-cuts-passing-the-financial-burden-to-future-generations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=390&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Assistant Secretary of State Jose Fernandez discusses priorities and challenges in policymaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a new Rappaport Center podcast, Assistant Secretary of State Jose Fernandez discusses priorities and challenges in policymaking for the State Department&#8217;s Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs. An accomplished lawyer and partner in the New York office of Latham &#38; Watkins, Mr. Fernandez was nominated as Assistant Secretary by President Obama in August &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2011/09/10/assistant-secretary-of-state-jose-fernandez-discusses-priorities-and-challenges-in-policymaking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=385&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adapting Massachusetts&#8217; “housing first” policy for family homelessness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Linhart.   The administration of Governor Deval Patrick is midway into a five-year campaign to end homelessness in Massachusetts. On July 11, 2011, Patrick signed a law intended to move families into permanent housing quickly, rather than offering temporary shelter first. No one really knows what will help families who receive assistance to stay &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2011/09/08/linhart/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=368&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do we need criminal penalties for false claims of military honors?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brett Walker.  Earlier this year, the Stolen Valor Act, which criminalized the false claim of military honors, was ruled unenforceable by a federal court of appeals in the case of U.S. v Alvarez. The decision was intended to preserve the right to free speech as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Constitution, as &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2011/09/07/do-we-need-criminal-penalties-for-false-claims-of-military-honors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=361&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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