March 6, 2012
Imagine what would happen if The Boston Globe reported tomorrow that doctors who went to medical school were no better than those who didn’t? Or […]
March 1, 2012
By Rich Greif, Director of Marketing & Partnerships and Zeeba Khalili, School Partnership Associate, Mass Mentoring Partnership Massachusetts’ future depends on today’s youth developing the […]
February 14, 2012
When Will started the school year in my ninth grade Math class at Chelsea High School he had significant gaps in his math skills. He […]
January 23, 2012
The connection between education and economic development is one that employers have emphasized for many years. In fact, it is the reason MBAE exists – […]
December 12, 2011
On December 1, the National Data Quality Campaign (DQC) hosted a webinar describing states’ progress toward implementing and using strong data systems to assess students’ […]
November 15, 2011
Springfield, Massachusetts is a trend setter in early childhood education! Cherish Every Child, an initiative of the Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation, is […]
August 22, 2011
Last week, the National Governor’s Association convened the “Massachusetts Learning Lab for Developing a State STEM Plan” in Boston. STEM “Teams” from nine states attended […]
April 21, 2011
MBAE’s December 2010 study, “School Funding Reality: A Bargain Not Kept“, revealed that all of the $700 million in new Chapter 70 school aid from […]
December 17, 2010
One of the purposes of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, undertaken by that National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers […]
December 17, 2010
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as The Nation’s Report Card, was created by Congress to provide the public with information about […]
December 3, 2010
The December 1 deadline has passed, and not one new municipality or school district signed on to provide employee health benefits through the state’s Group […]
October 21, 2010
In June of 2009, fifteen business and technology associations in Massachusetts joined to form the STEM Business Leaders’ Coalition and released a groundbreaking report, “Tapping […]
October 18, 2010
One of the most important education reports of recent months is Projection of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018, by Anthony Carnevale, Nicole Smith, and […]
September 17, 2010
The new edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual almanac came out recently, and I thought it would be interesting to look at how […]
August 5, 2010
Six Massachusetts state colleges are to become, by act of the Legislature, state universities. Is this a good idea? Twenty years ago, when my job […]