September 2, 2021
We are starting yet another school year with COVID threatening to disrupt student learning and requiring that we adapt to meet student needs to ensure […]
May 20, 2020
As the state moves into its 10th week of school closures, educators at the state’s vocational technical schools are getting creative with remote learning. Replicating […]
June 22, 2017
In this issue: School Funding Debate Underway on Beacon Hill | Other Items of Interest A Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation job trends report released this […]
May 26, 2017
In this issue: Business Groups Take Action on Senate Budget Amendments | MBAE Celebrates and Thanks Former and Outgoing Board Members | Other Items of […]
February 15, 2017
In this issue: MBAE 2017-2018 Policy Priorities | Speaker DeLeo’s Early Ed Proposal | Supporting Excellent Teaching As the legislative session gets underway, MBAE shares […]
January 31, 2017
A proposed change to the state’s teacher evaluation regulations would substantially weaken them and make it harder to achieve the critical goal of ensuring every […]
October 27, 2016
This article from the Providence Journal, comparing the differences between Massachusetts’s and Rhode Island’s education reforms, makes reference to the early work of the Massachusetts […]
October 20, 2016
In this guest article featured in the most recent issue of Commonwealth Magazine, Ed Moscovitch, chairman and co-founder of the Bay State Reading Institute, presents […]
August 20, 2015
As we celebrate Independence Day, many school districts are bringing on new leaders who have plans and ambitions for improving the education opportunities for students in […]
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 […]
August 26, 2013
This month New York City became the first district in the nation to release reports on how teacher preparation programs relate to performance in the […]
October 11, 2012
This guest post by Emily Parks, Assistant Superintendent in Westwood Public Schools, is another in a series by members of the Massachusetts Education Delegation touring Finland. […]
June 7, 2012
It is good news that Stand for Children and the Massachusetts Teachers Association have come up with a legislative proposal that both organizations can support […]
April 23, 2012
This post is part of series by Teach for America corps members teaching in Massachusetts schools. In my first year of teaching, I have found […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]