December 3, 2010
The December 1 deadline has passed, and not one new municipality or school district signed on to provide employee health benefits through the state’s Group […]
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 […]
October 18, 2010
One of the most important education reports of recent months is Projection of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018, by Anthony Carnevale, Nicole Smith, and […]
September 21, 2010
Today, three Massachusetts organizations representing communities in Lawrence, Boston, and Worcester, were announced as recipients of a Promise Neighborhoods Plannng Grant as part of a federal initiative […]
September 17, 2010
The new edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual almanac came out recently, and I thought it would be interesting to look at how […]
September 8, 2010
The usual critics have come forward to warn that the state’s leadership of a consortium that will be developing assessments tied to the Common Core […]
August 30, 2010
As the Deputy Director at MBAE, one of the main projects has been tracking, evaluating, and summarizing the education stimulus programs of which Race to […]
August 5, 2010
Update: The Department of Education has made their official announcement of the i3 grant winners – no changes from the leaked report, but they have […]
August 5, 2010
Six Massachusetts state colleges are to become, by act of the Legislature, state universities. Is this a good idea? Twenty years ago, when my job […]
July 27, 2010
MBAE applauds the selection of Massachusetts as a Race to the Top finalist again in Round 2. We believe that the state’s proposal will continue […]