Why Are Massachusetts Schools so Cash Strapped?
This morning, MBAE issued School Funding Reality: A Bargain Not Kept, our report on school funding and spending trends in Massachusetts. We did the study to look at how the foundation budget was...
View ArticleMBAE Featured in Report from Institute for a Competitive Workforce
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 to achieve the dramatic change that is needed to ensure...
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Analysis of Teacher Policies in Springfield Public Schools
We spent the day in Springfield on Tuesday, October 11, for the release of a report by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) on teacher policies in the Springfield Public Schools. Among the...
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Is Massachusetts on Track to Meet Race to the Top Goals?
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 goal of completing the unfinished work...
View ArticleOff to Finland
Finland is known as an international success story as a result of reforms instituted decades ago that led to top scores on the PISA exams. A good summary of their “whatever it takes” attitude is in...
View ArticleCase for Education Revenue Still Weak
As MBAE has said previously, Governor Patrick is to be commended for making education a priority and emphasizing its link to economic prosperity. We think that a discussion about the Governor’s...
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New Science Standards Must Include Computer Science
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were issued this week. MBAE , with its long record of advocating for rigorous statewide academic standards, had encouraged employers to join us and...
View ArticleAIM To Honor MBAE
Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) announced on April 12 that it will honor the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE) with its Legacy of Leadership Award at the association’s...
View ArticleMBAE to Wage Campaign to Raise Student Achievement
Massachusetts has made dramatic gains in student achievement over the past twenty years through the systematic implementation of cutting edge reforms. Today, our students lead the nation on national...
View ArticleFuture Ready Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education is thrilled to announce the launch of the Future Ready Massachusetts website. The Future Ready campaign was created to help students, their families,...
View Article84% of Employers Say Schools Need Change
Last fall, as we embarked on our New Opportunity to Lead Campaign our partners at Associated Industries of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Business Roundtable and asked MassINC Polling Group to...
View ArticleThe New Opportunity to Lead
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 the preservation of their rights...
View ArticleNew Report Offers A Vision for Education in the Next 20 Years
Twenty years ago, the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education and the business community played a leading role in bringing about changes that propelled our state to the top of the nation on most...
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New Standards Require a New Assessment
The early deadline for districts’ to choose giving the PARCC test or the now 17-year-old MCAS exam next school year has passed. As of June 30th, 297 districts have made a binding decision of which...
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MCAS v PARCC as Indicators of College and Career Readiness
This year, Massachusetts will make a decision as monumental as the one made in 1993 when the Commonwealth adopted standards-based education reforms that propelled us to the top of the nation on many...
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Impacting the Future
Reproduced from a special report sponsored by the James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy. Across the nation, thoughtful, state-specific strategies for Common Core State...
View ArticleTime to take a new educational approach in Massachusetts
Originally published in the Taunton Daily Gazette | April 1, 2014. By Linda Noonan. On many measures of student achievement, Massachusetts schools are the best in the nation. We are rightfully proud of...
View ArticleWCVB-TV Editorial: State of Massachusetts’ Education System
Originally published on wcvb.com | Bill Fine, WCVB-TV President and General Manager. Gov. Deval Patrick proudly touts the state’s education system, citing high student test scores and graduation rates....
View ArticleMBAE Opposes Common Core Ballot Question
Today, the Attorney General certified Initiative Petition 15-12, a ballot measure that seeks to repeal the state’s 2010 adoption of the Common Core State Standards. This action would: repeal the...
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