Newsletters
Special Alerts
Municipal Health Care Reform Signed into Law – Cities and towns will now have the opportunity to invest realized savings in education and other public needs and services
Massachusetts Adopts New Educator Evaluation Regulations – For the first time, student achievement will be a significant factor in measuring a teacher’s effectiveness
MBAE Calls for Action – Student achievement should be a factor of at least 50% of an educator’s evaluation
Passing Notes
September 2011 – Campaign to raise college & career readiness of MA students; Empowering communities with school performance data; Improving Springfield Public Schools by improving teacher policies
May 2011 – States take action on teacher policies; Municipal health reform moves to conference committee; Springfield human capital policies studied
April 2011 – House passes municipal healthcare reform; Public comment on teacher evaluation regulations begins
March 2011 – Teacher evaluation reform; Implementing Common Core State Standards; 16 New Charter Schools
December 2010 – MBAE releases school finance report “School Funding Reality: A Bargain Not Kept;” MBAE joins the national Done Waiting coalition
Race to the Top Winners Announced – Massachusetts and nine others win education stimulus funds
Race to the Top – Special Report – Massachusetts is a Round 2 Race to the Top finalist; Initial analysis
July 2010 – MBAE’s report on the Common Core; Board of Elementary and Secondary Education vote
May 2010 – Charter funding; Importance of early literacy
March 2010 – Massachusetts loses in Round 1 of Race to the Top; Report on impact of education stimulus; Report on education and workforce outcomes
February 2010 – MBAE report on human capital policies in Boston Public Schools; Digital Nation; United Way report
January 2010 – Education bill in conference committee; Round 1 Race to the Top deadline
EdNews You Can Use
June 2010 – Stimulus update; Common Core Forum; Education and employment; Early literacy; Dropout prevention
May 2010 – Stimulus update; District participation in Race to the Top; KIPP; End-of-course exams; Early STEM education
April 2010 – Stimulus update; Policy Innovators in Education Network; Private public schools; Guidance counseling; Gender disparity in STEM majors and careers
March 2010 – Stimulus update; MBAE human capital policies report; Cost of low education performance; America’s teachers on America’s schools; Evaluating the achievement gap
