News & Resources
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 for future success if funds are deployed strategically by districts. Senate amendments to the bill […]
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 a community bank serving SouthCoast Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Mr. Christ has over 40 years […]
October 2, 2019
On Thursday, the Massachusetts Senate will debate the most important legislation dealing with our state’s education system in more than twenty-five years. An Act Relative to Educational Opportunity provides a rare chance to take aggressive action to close persistent gaps […]
September 20, 2019
On September 19, the Massachusetts legislature announced the Student Opportunity Act, a school funding reform bill that will increase spending on public education by $1.5 billion over seven years. The Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education appreciates the hard work of […]
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 and to evaluate the relationship between spending and outcomes. Learn about funding in your schools […]
September 10, 2019
(BOSTON) September 10, 2019 – Organized by the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, business groups from nearly every corner of the state visited the offices of Beacon Hill lawmakers today strongly urging them to pass a school funding reform bill […]
September 3, 2019
MBAE is pleased to announced that the Metro South Chamber of Commerce has joined the fast-growing MBAE Affiliate Network that now includes 35 chambers of commerce and industry associations collectively representing more than 31,000 employers across the state. MBAE affiliates […]
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 a decade, combined with two previous years of increases, amount to a significant “down payment” […]
July 25, 2019
From the Desk of Ed Lambert, Executive Director The state budget passed by the legislature this week will increase school funding by $268.4 million, a substantial investment in our public education system. If this, as many are saying, is the […]
July 16, 2019
Click the image below to watch this interview with MBAE Executive Director Ed Lambert, Jr. on why the hotly-debated school funding issue is important to the business community and what we’re urging lawmakers to do to better align our education […]
June 20, 2019
Analysis also finds that funding within some districts is not distributed equitably MBAE releases tool that allows the public to compare and analyze never-before available school spending data June 19, 2019 – The Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE) today […]
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 the final school funding reform bill. The letter was signed by our statewide business partners […]
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 on MassHealth, the largest item in the state budget each year. According to state law, […]
May 14, 2019
May 14, 2019 – Governor Baker attended a convening of more than 150 business and civic leaders this morning to show his support for their position that increased education funding be accompanied with additional reforms and better outcomes. In his […]
April 20, 2019
The 2020 House Budget puts down another marker in the debate about school funding reform. It does not differ considerably from the Governor’s budget on the key education funding issues, but it makes an initial investment towards anticipated changes to […]
March 20, 2019
March 20, 2019 — Business, community, political and civic leaders from across the Commonwealth signed a letter delivered to Governor Baker, Senate President Spilka and House Speaker DeLeo today calling for a legislative solution on school funding that includes measures […]
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 (IRCs) in high school. IRCs are used by employers to certify that an applicant is […]
January 25, 2019
MBAE believes the Governor’s education budget and legislative proposal is a positive step toward achieving the goals we’ve stated of: 1) equitable funding, and 2) continued reform of our education system to close achievement and skills gaps. With respect to […]
January 14, 2019
January 14, 2019 – The Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE) today announced the appointment of Edward M. Lambert, Jr. to the position of Executive Director. Mr. Lambert most recently served as the vice chancellor […]
December 19, 2018
The Quincy Chamber of Commerce became the latest business group to join MBAE’s fast-growing business affiliate network that now includes 31 chambers of commerce and industry associations across the state. MBAE works with affiliates to put forth a unified business […]