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In this issue: MBAE Members in Action | News Worth Highlighting
“In the first five years of the 2010 Challenge, we’ve learned that creating jobs is not the constraint; filling them is. Massachusetts companies cannot fill current open job requisitions and in many cases are locating jobs in other regions to tap additional talent pools.”
This statement, from the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council’s third annual “State of the Technology Economy” report refers to the goal MA TLC set in 2010 of creating and filling 100,000 net new technology jobs by 2020. The finding highlights the urgent need to get more students ready for college and the workforce.
The report goes on to state that “Our inability to fill these jobs will have dramatic consequences for economic output, opportunity for Massachusetts residents, and our ability to capitalize on the region’s leadership position in the next technological wave of innovation.”
Filling those jobs requires that EVERY student in this state receives an excellent pre-K through 12 education, so they are put on a path to attain the postsecondary credential or degree needed to fill them. That’s what MBAE works every day to make happen! Join us!
MBAE Members in Action
To learn more about the companies that support MBAE, visit our new Members in Action page on our website.
This month we feature Dassault Systemes, the parent company of MBAE supporter Solidworks, which placed STEM education at the top of its corporate responsibility agenda.
Read about Dassault’s effort to connect what students learn in the classroom to careers, help them discover their interests, and inspire them to pursue a STEM field in college and career.
News Worth Highlighting
A recent report that shatters the notion only low income students need remediation is the subject of a New York Times editorial “Guess Who’s Taking Remedial Classes”.
“New Jersey Changes Names of Common Core Standards, Makes Few Changes,” is the headline of an Education Week story. New Jersey follows other states including Indiana and South Carolina making relatively few changes to the standards.