“The missing piece of education reform”
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 a detailed discussion of a “key...
View ArticleOur Policy Agenda
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 concerns raised in a Boston...
View ArticleBiz Groups Take Action
In this issue: Business Groups Take Action on Senate Budget Amendments | MBAE Celebrates and Thanks Former and Outgoing Board Members | Other Items of Interest As MBAE’s Affiliate Network and partners...
View ArticleFair Share and Education Funding
In this issue: School Funding Debate Underway on Beacon Hill | Other Items of Interest A Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation job trends report released this month finds that the industry...
View ArticleStart Early with STEM
Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education is a critical component to developing a globally competitive workforce. Business leaders across industries agree: Investing to ensure a...
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...
View ArticleEducating Your Future Workforce: A Call to Action for Employers
Of all the policy imperatives facing the Baker administration, there is none more relevant to our economic future than public education. Preparing future generations with the knowledge demands of our...
View ArticleBuilding on What Works
Massachusetts’ economic vitality and leadership in innovation depend on the state staying ahead of the national curve in education. The business community must do all we can to keep our foot on the...
View ArticleWill “Every Student Succeeds Act” Leave No Child Behind?
Like every other education policy-focused organization, we’ve been spending time analyzing and trying to understand what the long-overdue re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act...
View Article“The missing piece of education reform”
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 a detailed discussion of a “key...
View ArticleOur Policy Agenda
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 concerns raised in a Boston...
View ArticleEducation Reform at 20
June 18th marked the 20th anniversary of the Education Reform Act of 1993. MBAE’s role in that landmark legislation is detailed in a report by Achieve about “Massachusetts’ Lessons for Sustaining the...
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...
View ArticleEarly Childhood Education Commissioner Departs With Legacy of Accomplishment
MBAE has the good fortune to be located in the same office space as Strategies for Children, an organization that works to ensure that all children have access to high quality early childhood education...
View ArticleGovernor’s Education Funding Plan Needs More Work
Whether or not you agree with the revenue proposals in Governor Patrick’s FY14 state budget, business leaders can support the priority given to improving education from pre-K through higher ed. A high...
View ArticleMassachusetts Wins Early Learning Challenge Grant
Massachusetts got more good news – and potentially as much as $50 million – when the U.S. Department of Education announced that the Commonwealth is one of nine Early Learning Challenge Grant winners....
View ArticleReading Success by 4th Grade
Springfield, Massachusetts is a trend setter in early childhood education! Cherish Every Child, an initiative of the Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation, is a model for community collaboration to...
View ArticleEarly Education’s Chance to Race to the Top
Last week, the the Obama administration announced the inclusion of a $500 million Early Learning Challenge in the next round of the administration’s Race to the Top program to be jointly administered...
View Article“The missing piece of education reform”
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 a detailed discussion of a “key...
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