Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education

Ensuring all students read proficiently by third grade is one of our state’s most urgent education challenges.?Just 42% of the Commonwealth’s third graders were proficient in reading on the 2024 MCAS exams. Students who don’t learn to read by third grade can’t read to learn. An exciting new reading intervention could be the gamechanger we need to boost literacy rates and get our students on track. ? Learn about a high dosage tutoring program during our webinar on Wed, 12/11 and hear about the significant impact it’s having from researchers at?John Hopkins University. Acting Commissioner of Education Russell Johnston will reflect on the findings and discuss steps the state is taking to address the Commonwealth’s growing literacy crisis. ? Boston Globe Media's?Mandy McLaren?will moderate a panel of educators and administrators from?Revere Public Schools?and?Chelsea Public Schools, who will share their firsthand insights and experiences with the intervention. ? Register now:?https://bit.ly/4hvzfzm

MBAE is excited to welcome member?Brian Gilmore.?Brian?has a long history with MBAE having served as a member of the Board of Directors for many years. Now retired from the Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) after 30 years of service, he is focusing his efforts and knowledge working with several organizations whose missions include improving the quality of public education in the state.?Brian?earned a BS in Marketing from Suffolk University and a Master of Public Administration degree from Suffolk University's Sawyer Business School. We are honored by and?thankful for?Brian's long-term support of MBAE's commitment to excellence, opportunity and innovation in our public education system and look forward to his continued involvement in our efforts to assure students are prepared for?college, career, and citizenship.? MBAE members inform our work by sharing their experience and perspective on education and workforce development issues. Together with our partners and affiliates, we’re working to promote a high-quality public education system that prepares?every?student for success?leading to more equitable opportunities, a stronger, more diverse workforce, and a thriving Massachusetts economy.?Visit?https://lnkd.in/e64fSZP2 for more information.

Welcome to MBAE's newest member, Marie Schwartz. Marie is passionate about expanding teens’ horizons by engaging them in experiences that push them out of their comfort zone. That passion, together with her professional background and experience as a parent of teenage boys, inspired her to launch TeenLife Media,?a discovery platform for teen-centered academic and experiential learning opportunities. In August 2024, TeenLife was acquired by US News & World Report where Marie now serves as the VP of Strategic Development.? ? Prior to founding TeenLife.com in 2008, Marie was a consulting, marketing and business development professional at companies such as McKinsey and American Express. She received a BSE from Princeton University, was a DAAD recipient at the University of Hamburg, and received an MBA from Harvard Business School. She looks forward to making meaningful contributions in the education sector in Massachusetts. MBAE members inform our work by sharing their experience and perspective on education and workforce development issues. Together with our partners and affiliates, we’re working to promote a high-quality public education system that prepares?every?student for success?leading to more equitable opportunities, a stronger, more diverse workforce, and a thriving Massachusetts economy.?Visit?https://lnkd.in/e64fSZP2?for more information.

Check out this story from Boston Globe Media and Mandy McLaren about a 1 to 1 high dosage tutoring model that is delivering impressive reading growth for first graders in Chelsea Public Schools & other MA districts. With just 15 min a day, this virtual intervention is adding 5.4 months of learning for students in a school year: https://bit.ly/3UVMEac

Join us December 11th to learn about an exciting and successful program that is improving reading outcomes and that can help address our state literacy crisis: https://bit.ly/4hvzfzm

Join us December 11th to learn about an exciting and successful program that is improving reading outcomes and that can help address our state literacy crisis: https://bit.ly/4hvzfzm

I post this op/ed authored by many Latino leaders in MA in my individual capacity, having served on the MA Board of Ed. What Question #2 doesn't do is propose a comprehensive standard to replace MCAS. What's needed is work to make improvements on MCAS across the board. Rosalin Acosta Andrea Wolfe Andrew Melendez Eneida Roman Evonne Alvarez, Ed.D. Isis Ortiz-Belton Jabes Rojas Jeffrey Sánchez, MPA Josiane Martinez Juan Carlos (“JC”) Morales Lazaro Lopez (Laz) Lucy Pineda Natalia V H. Dr. Noemi Custodia-Lora Oz Mondejar Phyllis Barajas Sol Carbonell Stephen Zrike Vanessa Calderon-Rosado Veronica Conforme Vivian Iannotti Yvonne Garcia Zamawa Arenas Aixa Beauchamp https://lnkd.in/e3BEGnCv

In an op-ed, CEOs Jim Rooney, Brooke M. Thomson, and JD Chesloff?outline why to vote No on Question 2: “Growth only happens when we put children and their futures first by maintaining the best schools in the nation. This has been the foundation of the Massachusetts success story for decades.” https://lnkd.in/ezhfrnnG

Join us December 11th to learn about an exciting and successful program that is improving reading outcomes and that can help address our state literacy crisis: https://bit.ly/4hvzfzm