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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 this Smithsonian Magazine article. […]

Although many of us tuned in this week to learn the results of the 2012 MCAS exams and were pleased to find continued growth in the number of 10th grade students reaching proficiency in ELA (88%) and math (78%), there […]

Posted by Joe Esposito on September 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment 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 for new jobs […]

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 dropped me off in the carpool line.  And each morning, before he let me say […]

Posted by Scott Given on July 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment (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 of nonprofit school […]

Posted by Tricia Lederer on June 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment 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 offer compelling proof […]

Yesterday, the Massachusetts Senate passed legislation – S.2315 An Act Providing for the Implementation of Education Evaluation Systems in School Districts.  The bill is a compromise forged by Stand for Children and theMassachusetts Teachers Association to make teacher effectiveness, as […]

Posted by Henry Dinger on June 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment 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 to address the […]

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 been an ally of the PIC on this and other issues and we have deep […]

Posted by Vannessa Brown on April 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment 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 nothing quite as […]

Posted by Linda Noonan on March 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment On Friday, March 30, I was lucky enough to be invited to the Second Annual Breakfast with the First Ladies of theBoston Renaissance Charter Public School.  What a […]

MBAE’s goal of preparing all students for success in college and career is dependent on keeping them in school to earn a diploma and go on to the postsecondary endeavor of their choice.  So, it is heartening that the Legislature […]

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 once again puts the pressure on to get teacher evaluation implemented across the state. The […]

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 that there were some medical schools that regularly graduated more effective doctors than others, but […]

By Rich Greif, Director of Marketing & Partnerships and Zeeba Khalili, School Partnership Associate, Mass Mentoring Partnership Massachusetts’ future depends on today’s youth developing the 21st century academic, professional, and interpersonal skills critical to success in our evolving economy. Yet […]

Posted by SamWolfson on February 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment 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 is one of the […]

Massachusetts is one of ten states that received the news today that its application has been approved for a waiver from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA – also known as No Child Left Behind) requirement that all students […]

When MBAE embarked on our examination of how the foundation budget for education was working, the last thing we thought it would lead to was savings for cities and towns of over $100 million on health insurance costs.  Yet, that […]

The connection between education and economic development is one that employers have emphasized for many years.  In fact, it is the reason MBAE exists – to provide every child the excellent education they need to prepare for the demanding jobs of an […]