Massachusetts
How Does Massachusetts Stack Up?
- Massachusetts Data Page
- Achieve State Profile
- For more state-, district-, and school-level data: "How Does Education Stack Up? State, District and School Performance Data"
Business and Education Partnerships in Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education
Established in 1988 by Jack Rennie, then chairman and CEO of Pacer Systems and a major leader in the drive for education reform, MBAE has been a long-time legislative force for the business community in education policy. "Every Child A Winner!," a report it published in 1991, was the basis for the Education Reform Act of 1993. Following the passage of this bill, it refocused their energies towards monitoring the implementation of new standards, funding mechanisms and equitable delivery of education. It is the state affiliate for Just For the Kids; MBAE sponsors the web-based initiative that provides comparative data on all of Massachusetts' schools and best practices at the classroom, school, and district level.
- Massachusetts Business Roundtable
An association of chief executive officers from Massachusetts' leading companies, the Education Task Force has focused in recent years on maintaining the region's competitiveness through innovation and education reform, improving teacher development, advocating for public higher education funding, and supporting early childhood education, primarily through legislative advocacy and partnership building. The Roundtable has joined the Massachusetts STEM Collaborative and has advocated on behalf of expanding the funding for the STEM Pipeline Fund. Members of the Roundtable have also testified in the legislature on behalf of teacher quality improvements.
- Mass Insight Education and Research Institute
The Mass Insight Education and Research Institute (MIE) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 and focused on improving student achievement in public schools through standards-based reform. MIE works with 30 school districts to develop effective reform strategies to turn around struggling schools. The Great Schools Campaign is an advocacy effort that brings school, community, and business leaders together to urge the Commonwealth to continue and expand its education reform efforts in a unified voice. The Building Blocks Initiative is a database of tools and best practice strategies for standards-based reform, derived from case studies of Vanguard model school and districts.
- Massachusetts STEM Collaborative
With a board composed of business leaders, Mass STEM identifies, assesses, and promotes effective programs designed to encourage students to prepare for and pursue careers in the STEM fields. Many of these programs focus on growing highly qualified math and science teachers. It also develops legislative plans for the continuation of Massachusetts' STEM Pipeline Fund and hosts an annual Summit, bringing together business, community, and K-16 education leaders to discuss future steps for increasing STEM participation.
- Massachusetts High Tech Association
The Massachusetts High Tech Council is an organization of leaders from Massachusetts’ high tech business community whose central mission is to make Massachusetts the world’s most attractive place to create, operate, and expand technology businesses. In 2006, MHTC’s president, Chris Anderson, was appointed to the state Board of Education, a move that re-energized MHTC’s own education reform agenda and helped spearhead the K-12 Education Initiative, a collaboration between the Council and the state Department of Education. The Council is working to take the private sector lead in developing and implementing a strategy for invigorating the pipeline of technology employers by focusing on early math and science education.
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The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy
The Rennie Center initially was launched as a research division of the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth, but became an independent non-profit organization in 2005. The Center is committed to addressing the critical challenges of reforming Massachusetts’ education system, including the closing achievement gap, reforming the labor management structure of schools, implementing school choice, working within the framework of No Child Left Behind, and a host of other education issues. The Rennie Center conducts independent research to inform and further public discourse about what can be done to better opportunities for students throughout Massachusetts, convenes meetings and conferences to maintain open discussions about emerging trends ideas, and works to develop and sustain a shared public agenda for improving the Massachusetts education system.
Strategic Business Involvement in Massachusetts
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