Uncategorized - Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education

June 21, 2023

Building Student Pathways to Careers in Health

A new report by MassINC and MBAE charts a path to address the growing healthcare workforce crisis building on the popular Early College health career pathways programs. Tapping the Power of Health Pathways in Early College High Schools lays out […]

April 13, 2023

Healey Administration Awards new Innovation Career Pathways program designations to 27 high schools

The Healey Administration announced today the awarding of new Innovation Pathways program designations to 27 high schools across the state. In a statement, MBAE Executive Director Ed Lambert said, “Innovation Pathways programs offer vital exposure for our students to careers […]

October 27, 2022

Student Pathways to Success Coalition Aims to Connect Students to Opportunity

Today, MBAE and a cross sector group of organizations committed to educational equity, and that represent students, parents, educators, and employers, launched the Student Pathways to Success coalition. Together, we are committed to universal access to a meaningful and relevant […]

May 12, 2022

2021 Impact Report: Key Accomplishments and Driving the Work Ahead

As MBAE transitions to a new membership business model, we have spent considerable time meeting with employers and learning that workforce is a primary area of concern, diversity and inclusion are a top priority, and equitable educational opportunities is a […]

April 13, 2022

Board Spotlight: Emerson Foster Leading MBAE Equity Committee

MBAE Director Emerson Foster is a true model for civic leadership and business engagement and investment in efforts that serve both our most vulnerable community members and the needs of our growing economy. As Head of Human Resources, US Business […]

December 20, 2021

Bristol Myers Squibb, a global leader in supporting STEM education, joins MBAE as a premium member

The ranks of MBAE’s corporate members continue to grow and we are pleased to welcome Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) as our newest Premium member. For over a decade, innovative teams of passionate scientists from multiple disciplines at Bristol Myers Squibb […]

December 8, 2021

Analysis shows very low participation in computer science in MA high schools

It’s computer science education week across the nation and the globe – an annual effort to raise awareness about the need to ensure all students have access to computer science instruction and to inspire students to take it. Yet, a new […]

September 30, 2021

Call to Action: Go Big with Federal Funding to Drive Education Transformation

The Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education is calling on state and local leaders to aggressively pursue bold improvements in our schools using unprecedented federal dollars and increased state funding in order to: Accelerate the closing of racial and socioeconomic achievement […]

June 16, 2021

MCAS Data Key to Equity and Pandemic Recovery

Objective and comparable data are needed to measure Massachusetts’ progress on education equity and excellence. That’s why students in grades 3-8 and 10 take MCAS assessments in English language arts and math. Students in fifth, eighth, and ninth grade also […]

January 26, 2021

MA must define size & scope of learning loss, act urgently and innovatively to address it

MBAE Testimony to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education January 26th, 2021 Good Morning. My name is Ed Lambert and I represent the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education. MBAE wants to thank this Board, the Commissioner, the Secretary […]

November 19, 2020

MBAE is looking for a Director of Membership!

The Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education is looking for qualified applicants to fill the position of Director of Membership. MBAE seeks an experienced and energetic leader to assist the organization in its transition to a new business model through the […]

October 31, 2020

Early College is a tangible equity and recovery strategy

Out of the 11.6 million jobs created in the post-Great recession economy, 11.5 million went to workers with at least some college education, and 8.4 million of these went to workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to the […]

May 20, 2020

Vocational Technical Educators Get Creative with Remote Learning

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 hands-on learning with tools and machines like those used in vocational technical classrooms is nearly […]

May 19, 2020

MBAE supports amendments to H.4708 that would expand and enhance remote learning

Today, MBAE sent a letter to legislators in support of amendments #68, #73, and #95 to House Bill 4708. H.4708 is a more than $1 billion information technology bond bill that the House will consider during its session tomorrow, May […]

April 9, 2020

Learning must move forward during school closures

The coronavirus has caused an unexpected and unprecedented upheaval in our schools. Without exception, the health and safety of our students, teachers, and their families is the number one priority. We applaud and appreciate districts’ extraordinary efforts to deliver meals […]

February 11, 2020

Early College: Supporting a proven strategy for boosting college completion

Commissioner Jeff Riley announced last week that Early College is one of three priority strategies he’d like to see districts adopt as part of the three-year plans they are required to develop to close equity and opportunity gaps. While relatively […]

December 19, 2018

Quincy Chamber of Commerce Joins MBAE Affiliate Network

The Quincy Chamber of Commerce became the latest business group to join MBAE’s fast-growing business affiliate network that now includes 31 chambers of commerce and industry associations across the state. MBAE works with affiliates to put forth a unified business […]

October 16, 2018

Growing Middle Skills Jobs

New research by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, Three Educational Pathways to Good Jobs, finds that two out of three jobs nationally demand at least some education or training beyond high school – in Massachusetts, the […]

August 2, 2018

Supporting CVTE and Aligning School to Career

MBAE has long been a supporter of career and vocational technical education and the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act which was reauthorized by Congress and signed into law on July 31, 2018. MBAE was one of nearly […]

August 1, 2018

Legislature Fails to Reach Consensus on School Spending

There were high expectations that the legislature would act on findings of the 2015 Foundation Budget Review Commission (FBRC) to adjust the foundation budget for health insurance, special education, English Language Learners and low income students to increase funding by […]