News
MBAE in the News
Worcester T&G op-ed: Education smashup looms
GOVERNING Magazine: “Impacting the Future” (A report on the Common Core Standards features MBAE on p.2)
Boston Globe: “Patrick defends House health bill”
Boston Herald: “Though state support is up, school aid actually marked for a cut”
Boston Globe: “Rating teachers on MCAS results”
Boston Globe op-ed: “Focus on how students perform, not on mere process of teaching”
WBUR: “State Looks to Student Learning for Teacher Evaluations”
Boston Globe: “Business leaders push use of MCAS in teacher reviews”
Cape Cod Times: “Health costs hinder Cape schools”
MetroWest Daily News: “Editorial: Reining in health costs”
Telegram & Gazette: “Health care costs key in battle over teachers’ salaries, budget”
Patriot Ledger: “Local officials want health care cost relief this year”
WBZ News Radio: “Health Care Costs Eating School Budgets”
Boston Globe: “Sapping the strength of schools”
Newton TAB; MetroWest Daily News; and State House News Service: “Report Confirms Health Costs Eating Away at Education Budgets”
Letters to the Editor on Accountability in both the Worcester Telegram and The Herald News
Boston Globe columnist Scot Lehigh: “Race to the Top isn’t a race to the middle”
Springfield Republican Op-Ed by MBAE Advisory Board members Jack Dill and David Southworth
NECN Interview with MBAE Executive Director, Linda Noonan
Boston Globe: “State Board Votes to Adopt National Academic Standards”
NYTimes: “Many States Adopt National Standards for Their Schools”
Worcester Telegram Op-Ed by MBAE Chairman Robert W. Richardson
MBAE Press Releases/Statements
MBAE Press Statement Regarding Educator Evaluation Regulations – MBAE responds to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education vote to adopt new educator evaluation regulations.
Soaring health care costs swallow state funding for Massachusetts school districts – MBAE School Finance report finds cost of school employee health benefits forces cuts in spending on teachers, books, professional development.
Joint Statement Regarding Race to the Top Assessment Competition – MBAE joins other leading education advocacy organizations in congratulating the PARCC consortium as a recipient of Race to the Top Assessment Competition funds.
MBAE Press Statement Regarding Race to the Top Announcement - MBAE congratulates Massachusetts on its Race to the Top Victory.
MBAE Common Core Statement – The Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE) voted on July 19th, 2010 to recommend adoption of the proposed “Common Core” educational standards and incorporate, where appropriate, Massachusetts standards not reflected in the Common Core.
