October 2, 2012
This post is part of a series by Teach for America corps members teaching in Massachusetts schools. Throughout elementary and middle school, my dad often […]
September 11, 2012
In his opinion column in The New York Times, Tom Friedman wrote again about how the game has changed and how Americans have to be prepared […]
July 2, 2012
(The Boston Globe recently featured a story about the struggles of turning around a failing school. We are pleased to give Scott Given, the CEO […]
June 27, 2012
Reports Spotlight Need to Better Prepare Students for Careers Education is an economic issue. Simply put, today’s students are tomorrow’s workforce. Two reports released yesterday […]
April 24, 2012
The Boston Private Industry Council (PIC) has been a leading business advocate for dropout prevention and recovery for many years. MBAE is proud to have […]
March 9, 2012
With the introduction this week of a new state-sponsored website that tracks each New York school districts progress on implementing teacher evaluation, Governor Andrew Cuomo […]
March 6, 2012
Imagine what would happen if The Boston Globe reported tomorrow that doctors who went to medical school were no better than those who didn’t? Or […]
February 14, 2012
When Will started the school year in my ninth grade Math class at Chelsea High School he had significant gaps in his math skills. He […]
November 16, 2011
One year ago, Massachusetts was awarded a $250 million Race to the Top grant that required implementation of far-reaching and some controversial policies with the […]
October 12, 2011
An analysis of Springfield Public Schools teacher policies and practices was conducted by the National Council on Teacher Quality for MBAE and Springfield Business Leaders for Education. The report found that improving the teacher evaluation system so that all teachers get feedback is critical, seniority rules are hurting new teacher recruitment, and the $127 million the district spends on compensation must be used more strategically.
June 8, 2011
A report out today from the Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW) says that business must get more involved in education reform if we want […]
March 18, 2011
For the past seven months, a 40-member Task Force has been working to recommend a new teacher evaluation system to the Board of Elementary and […]
March 14, 2011
MBAE Board Members and staff were treated to an inspiring tour of the Boston Renaissance Charter Public School recently that reminded me of why it […]
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 […]