October 9, 2012
This guest post by Massachusetts State Representative Jennifer Benson is another in a series by members of the Massachusetts Education Delegation as they tour Finland. After 2 […]
October 8, 2012
MBAE welcomes this guest blog post from Julia de la Torre, Executive Director of Primary Source, one of the organizations that has organized the Massachusetts […]
September 19, 2012
Although many of us tuned in this week to learn the results of the 2012 MCAS exams and were pleased to find continued growth in […]
September 11, 2012
In his opinion column in The New York Times, Tom Friedman wrote again about how the game has changed and how Americans have to be prepared […]
June 7, 2012
It is good news that Stand for Children and the Massachusetts Teachers Association have come up with a legislative proposal that both organizations can support […]
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 16, 2011
One year ago, Massachusetts was awarded a $250 million Race to the Top grant that required implementation of far-reaching and some controversial policies with the […]
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 […]
October 16, 2011
Regional Symposium in Boston on October 24 to Look at NAEP and 12th Grade Academic Preparedness Our nation is at a crossroads. A well-educated, highly trained citizenry is […]
October 12, 2011
An analysis of Springfield Public Schools teacher policies and practices was conducted by the National Council on Teacher Quality for MBAE and Springfield Business Leaders for Education. The report found that improving the teacher evaluation system so that all teachers get feedback is critical, seniority rules are hurting new teacher recruitment, and the $127 million the district spends on compensation must be used more strategically.
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 […]
June 8, 2011
A report out today from the Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW) says that business must get more involved in education reform if we want […]
May 25, 2011
In a Washington Post ranking of public high schools that most effectively prepare students for college, the schools ranked #1 and #2 in Massachusetts were […]
April 12, 2011
This morning, the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education and The Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy, held the second in a series of three […]
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 9, 2010
This morning, MBAE issued School Funding Reality: A Bargain Not Kept, our report on school funding and spending trends in Massachusetts. We did the study […]
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 […]