Here is my latest column in the North Adams Transcript, a small New England daily. While the topic of our local school district is inherently micro, the problems plaguing our small town and economically diverse district are not unique in this Friedmanesque "Flat World".

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But in an ironic twist, the remnants of a school system shaped and then devastated by the echoes of long-silenced shift whistles are preventing our local economy and culture from reaching their full potentials. As long as our schools continue to be considered underperforming, we will exclude a vital component to the renaissance of any city: young families. Such families, of all shapes and sizes, provide a stable population base that serves the region for generations, not just a few years.