August 15, 2023
The Commonwealth’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget, signed by Governor Healey on August 9, 2023, includes investments in key education policy initiatives over the next year. […]
May 12, 2022
As MBAE transitions to a new membership business model, we have spent considerable time meeting with employers and learning that workforce is a primary area […]
April 13, 2021
MBAE is pleased to announce that Karen Clawson Cosmas has joined our team as our first ever Director of Membership. Karen comes to MBAE with […]
November 23, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is necessitating a reinvention of teaching and learning that could serve as a defining moment in education that can minimize student learning […]
October 31, 2020
Out of the 11.6 million jobs created in the post-Great recession economy, 11.5 million went to workers with at least some college education, and 8.4 […]
February 11, 2020
Commissioner Jeff Riley announced last week that Early College is one of three priority strategies he’d like to see districts adopt as part of the […]
January 7, 2020
The Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education elected MJ Ryan, Sr. Director for Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity for Partners HealthCare, to our Board of Directors. […]
October 17, 2019
Next week, the Massachusetts House will take up the Student Opportunity Act, a bill that has the potential to greatly improve equity and student readiness […]
October 10, 2019
Nicholas Christ, President and CEO of BayCoast Bank, was elected to the board of directors of the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE). BayCoast is […]
September 18, 2019
MBAE created the School Spending Explorer to enable users to compare school spending within and across districts to determine whether schools are getting equitable funding […]
August 6, 2019
The substantial increase in school funding made in the 2020 budget, the largest increase in Chapter 70 and other state aid for education in over […]
June 12, 2019
Today, the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education delivered a letter to every legislator with a list of five elements we want to see included in […]
June 10, 2019
In our last post, we showed that state and local spending on public K-12 education in Massachusetts is about the same as what we spend […]
February 14, 2019
More than forty legislators, led by State Representative Jeff Roy, have signed H.567 a bill that will expand opportunities for students to earn industry-recognized credentials […]
September 25, 2018
Dear Friends and Colleagues, I’m often told how critical MBAE’s voice is in our state’s efforts to deliver the high quality education every child deserves. […]
August 1, 2018
There were high expectations that the legislature would act on findings of the 2015 Foundation Budget Review Commission (FBRC) to adjust the foundation budget for […]
July 23, 2018
MBAE is pleased to participate in a recently launched initiative from the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) to identify high-value credentials in key […]
June 27, 2018
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) has taken long overdue action to expand access to computer science with a vote at its June […]
June 27, 2018
MBAE affiliates met with Secretary of Education Jim Peyser on Wednesday to discuss affiliate priorities and the Baker Administration’s agenda, in a discussion that focused […]
May 30, 2018
The Denver Public School’s recently released budget document, the Budget Transparency Guidebook, provides detailed information about how the district spends its money, breaking down how […]