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Environment

  • Marlborough's Xtalic launches gold substitute

    Sam Bonacci February 18, 2016

    Marlborough's Xtalic has created a new metal alloy that it says could replace gold and help cell phones last longer and resist corrosion that ultimately affects their ability to recharge.

    Sam Bonacci February 18, 2016
  • State's fifth medical marijuana dispensary opening

    State House News Service February 16, 2016

    As the medical marijuana industry in Massachusetts continues to grow, the state's fifth registered dispensary plans to open for sales this week in Lowell.

    State House News Service February 16, 2016
  • Largest-ever Mass. brownfield solar array completed

    Sam Bonacci February 9, 2016

    The largest solar array ever to be situated over a brownfield in Massachusetts has been completed and is now set to serve Central Massachusetts communities and organizations.

    Sam Bonacci February 9, 2016
  • Ad campaign targets utilities in brewing energy debate

    State House News Service February 5, 2016

    With an expansion of solar incentives bottled up in committee and a battle over a comprehensive new state energy policy looming this spring, the Environmental League of Massachusetts Action Fund plans to launch a $25,000 ad campaign targeting the

    State House News Service February 5, 2016
  • National Grid investing $1.2B in energy efficiency

    Sam Bonacci February 3, 2016

    National Grid plans to invest just under $1.2 billion into energy efficiency programs over the next three years, with an expected payoff of $3.6 billion in savings for customers.

    Sam Bonacci February 3, 2016
  • Business confidence nudges upward to start 2016

    State House News Service February 3, 2016

    Optimism about the state economy -- bolstered by news that Boston has lured GE away from Connecticut -- helped get 2016 off to a positive start for business confidence despite uneasy financial markets, according to the Associated Industries of

    State House News Service February 3, 2016
  • Partnership unites wind, hydro for clean energy bill

    State House News Service February 2, 2016

    A group of corporate partners representing the often-times competing interests of hydroelectric, on-shore wind and transmission have forged a new coalition to push lawmakers to embrace policies put forward by Gov. Charlie Baker and others that would

    State House News Service February 2, 2016
  • Budget hearing to take lawmakers around the state

    State House News Service February 1, 2016

    Gov. Charlie Baker's $39.55 billion budget proposal was filed Wednesday and a hearing schedule on the spending plan emerged late Friday. It will take lawmakers From Boston to Amherst, Methuen, Springfield, Medford, and Everett and back to Boston

    State House News Service February 1, 2016
  • Divestment group appeals to pension board

    State House News Service February 1, 2016

    A group seeking divestment of fossil fuel assets from the state pension fund plans to deliver a letter ahead of a meeting of the Pension Reserve Investment Management Board on Tuesday.

    State House News Service February 1, 2016
  • Learning the digital economy, the Girl Scout way

    Laura Finaldi February 1, 2016

    Not too long ago, getting Girl Scout cookies to out-of-state friends and family involved buying and shipping them out yourself. But today, Thin Mints and Samoas are just a click away.

    Laura Finaldi February 1, 2016
  • 101: Team accountability

    Susan Shalhoub Special To The Worcester Business Journal February 1, 2016

    It's one thing to set goals and priorities for your team in 2016 and each sales quarter within. It's another thing to set up an environment of accountability to give those goals and priorities the best chance possible of getting accomplished.

    Susan Shalhoub Special To The Worcester Business Journal February 1, 2016
  • Baker lays out $1B, 5-year economic development plan

    State House News Service January 29, 2016

    Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday proposed to pour almost $1 billion over the next five years into economic development, housing and job training as part of a strategy to maintain strong job growth in the Boston region and revitalize cities and towns

    State House News Service January 29, 2016
  • Senate passes climate change package

    State House News Service January 29, 2016

    The state would be required to develop a climate change mitigation plan and meet new long-term carbon emission reduction benchmarks under legislation passed unanimously by the Senate on Thursday.

    State House News Service January 29, 2016
  • MBTA fare increases contrary to no new fee policy?

    State House News Service January 25, 2016

    Gov. Charlie Baker has held the fiscal line for Massachusetts taxpayers and those subject to myriad governmental fees, promising no hikes in the fiscal 2017 budget.

    State House News Service January 25, 2016
  • Baker pitches hydropower; education in state of the state

    State House News Story January 22, 2016

    Gov. Charlie Baker, in an unapologetic defense of his administration's focus on the nitty-gritty of governing, called Thursday night for a significant new investment in vocational schools while also pledging fiscal restraint.

    State House News Story January 22, 2016
  • State updates path to greenhouse gas targets

    State House News Service January 20, 2016

    The legal mandate of reducing Massachusetts greenhouse gas emissions to hit a 2020 benchmark is "achievable" if environmental policies are carried out but imperiled if the state neglects a major importation of renewable energy, according to a Baker

    State House News Service January 20, 2016

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Will the new lottery-based admissions systems for vocational-technical high schools make the economy better?
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Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.

Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.