If you really want to fix a child welfare system, the solution is simple: Listen to your gut instinct – and do the opposite.
Gut instinct says: Another child has died in a case where the file had more “red flags” than a Soviet May Day parade. So, it must be because the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families is fanatically devoted to preserving families and we need to rush to take away even more children.
The data, and a massive new study, tell a different story and suggest the need for a different solution. …