Standardized ‘end of course’ exams in core subject areas could help ensure all students are achieving at the levels they need to be successful after high school. By Ed Lambert — This piece first appeared in The Boston Globe on October 20, 2025 […]

On October 15th, MBAE and The Boston Foundation held a timely conversation about the need for Massachusetts to expand career-connected learning in high school. It’s no longer an option, it’s become an imperative. At the standing-room only event, “From Classroom […]

Sindile Mazibuko is a strategist, global advocate, author, and Founder & CEO of the Skyverse888 Foundation, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that equips youth from marginalized communities with digital career readiness, cybersecurity training, and leadership skills. Over the past 22 years, Mazibuko […]

Welcome to MBAE new member, George Kane! George has spent his career at the intersection of education and technology and now leads ed-tech venture investing at Emerson Collective. He joined Emerson from Apple, where he served as Director of Education […]

Welcome to MBAE’s newest member, Obi Ibeto. In May of 2023, Obi founded his cybersecurity firm ShieldForce Corporation in Boston, MA which now represents healthcare providers, construction companies, automobile dealers, manufacturers, and other highly targeted industries across the globe. Obi is a member of the […]

MBAE is happy to welcome our newest member, Becca Gould, American Tower’s Senior Vice President of Public Affairs. In this role, she leads American Tower’s engagement with policymakers and industry groups. She has been with the company since May 2014. […]

Apprenticeship Degrees are a promising new strategy states are leveraging to meet critical workforce needs, strengthen talent pipelines, and create more paths to economic mobility. The model combines on the job training with classroom instruction allowing students to earn the […]

We are pleased to announce that Christian Riordan, Senior Vice President at Suffolk Construction, was elected to MBAE’s Board of Directors. Christian is responsible for developing the business direction and strategy within Suffolk’s K–12 Education sector. He’s an advocate of […]

Now that we are one quarter of the way through the 2025-26 legislative session, committees have begun holding hearings to learn more information about all of the bills that were introduced earlier this year. A number of bills that MBAE […]

MBAE welcomes Kathleen A. Dawson, Ed.D., our newest member! Kathleen is a dedicated educator and equity-driven leader with more than 25 years of experience working across K–12 systems. Her career has spanned classroom teaching, district leadership, and launching her education […]

On June 3rd, MBAE hosted its Second Annual Education Luncheon & Awards in celebration of exceptional leaders who have made substantial contributions to improving educational opportunities for the Commonwealth’s students. At the event, state officials, business, education and community leaders, […]

On May 20, 2025, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted on new temporary high school graduation regulations that govern how students will demonstrate they met the state competency determination to graduate high school. These replace the requirement that […]

As the state finalizes a 5-year strategic plan for Early College, the leaders of 18 organizations representing employers, social justice organizations, parents and teachers sent a letter to Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler voicing support for a bold expansion of […]

Early College is a successful state education initiative that has tremendous potential to equalize economic opportunities and address growing workforce needs. As the state develops a 5-year strategic plan for Early College, scheduled for approval in June, MBAE joins the […]

MBAE submitted comments on proposed changes to admissions policies at the state’s vocational technical high schools. We did not support the regulations as proposed but offered a set of recommendations to address the very real issues that have been raised. […]

MBAE hosted the first event in its new, member-exclusive Lunch & Learn webinar series on April 16. Throughout this quarterly series, MBAE members and affiliates will learn from and engage with state and national experts in education on a range of education […]

MBAE hosted legislators, reading experts, researchers, and school and district leaders at a crowded early-literacy high-dosage tutoring (HDT) briefing at the State House on March 27. Organized in partnership with Senator Sal DiDomenico and Representative Alice Peisch, the briefing highlighted […]

MBAE is pleased to have been named to the Governor’s Statewide Graduation Requirement Council charged with creating a new uniform high school graduation standard.  This invitation provides an opportunity for us to continue to advocate for a uniform graduation standard […]