Archive for November, 2009

[12/18 update: The first change in the aftermath of the birth of WBZ-FM was pretty dull. AM-890, Boston's ESPN Radio station, went silent in October and switched to a Spanish-language music format on December 3. Nothing yet has happened with the stronger signals of WEEI or WRKO.] Life can get boring if one demands a [...]

An interesting nugget from the student poverty rate for school districts in Massachusetts that I posted yesterday: Boston’s 2008 population is listed as 625,000, about 12,000-16,000 more than the usual Federal population estimates for the city, and about 35,000 more than in 2000, yet less than the 630,000 that City Hall claims in a challenge [...]

Last week the United States Census Bureau released student poverty rates for school districts in the United States. Below are the numbers for school districts in Massachusetts. You can view and order the statistics for districts in all states here. To learn more about the student poverty rate read the post on the 2007 data. [...]