July 29, 2014
Our public higher education institutions provide exemplary learning opportunities at an affordable cost for their students, but they provide so much more. In a newsletter […]
June 30, 2014
Laura Slover, CEO of PARCC, Inc., the nonprofit managing the assessment project for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) states, […]
June 30, 2014
This spring, about 81,000 Massachusetts students took the PARCC (Partnership for Assessing College and Career Readiness) exam for a test-drive. Some schools only took PARCC, […]
June 22, 2014
The Boston Public Schools have a plan for driving improvements in the city’s schools that is both exciting and likely to bring about very positive […]
June 22, 2014
For the second year, the National Council on Teacher Quality has reviewed 2400 teacher education programs across the country and found many lacking. Findings released […]
June 19, 2014
The Massachusetts Department of Higher Education and a dozen college and university presidents announced last week that they have “joined more than 200 college and […]
May 29, 2014
Today Massachusetts’ education standards received a significant endorsement from the non-partisan, independent Worcester Regional Research Bureau. The bureau’s new report, Toward a Common Understanding of […]
May 19, 2014
There is a new measure from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tying 12th grade results to college preparedness. In 2009, for the first […]
May 18, 2014
Budget Moves to Senate; House to Act on Bill to Improve Student Achievement May is always a busy month, but it is especially so this […]
May 15, 2014
We routinely teach our children the importance of honesty and telling the truth, even when it is difficult or uncomfortable. But, for years, we […]
May 12, 2014
Is Common Core really taking control away from teachers? According to a new report, the answer is no. Latest research by the Center on Education […]
May 7, 2014
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has issued a call for volunteers to join Working Groups that will develop recommendations for subject matter […]
May 1, 2014
In late March, Rick Hess, Director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, wrote a column in Education Week with three questions for […]
April 28, 2014
The U.S. Department of Education is moving forward with a plan to improve the recruitment and preparation of our nation’s teachers. This is welcome news […]
April 28, 2014
Commissioner of Higher Education Richard Freeland is joining the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) at their monthly meeting tonight to discuss “options for […]
March 24, 2014
In the Constitution adopted in 1780 and in force today, the people of Massachusetts recognized that the “opportunities and advantages of education” were “necessary for […]
March 24, 2014
Twenty years ago, the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education and the business community played a leading role in bringing about changes that propelled our state […]
March 23, 2014
The Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education is thrilled to announce the launch of the Future Ready Massachusetts website. The Future Ready campaign was created to […]
March 22, 2014
Last fall, as we embarked on our New Opportunity to Lead Campaign our partners at Associated Industries of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Business Roundtable and […]
March 17, 2014
National survey results released Friday by Achieve, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education reform organization, show strong voter support for Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Although a […]