Starting a National Conversation on Career Literacy

Policy Center
Sep 30, 2015 Policy Center

“The Massachusetts Institute of College and Career Readiness hosted a webinar for leaders in Gateway Cities and communities across the country working to build robust college and career pathways for their students.” The webinar—which features presentations from Pathways to Prosperity author William Symonds and BU Associate Dean of Research, Scott Solberg—can be viewed in its entirety

Gateway Cities Public Safety Leadership Summit

Crime-fighting summit draws AG, area police chiefs, mayors

Policy Center
Sep 28, 2015 Policy Center

MassINC gathered with Gateway City public safety leaders in Lawrence for an event hosted by Mayor Rivera, a co-chair of our Gateway Cities Innovation Institute. The meeting brought together mayors, city managers, and police chiefs representing nearly two dozen cities for an open dialogue on community policing and reentry. These Gateway City leaders were joined

Lending a helping hand to our cause

Policy Center
Sep 25, 2015 Policy Center

Dear Friends: Last week you received an email inviting you to join us for the Third Annual Gateway Cities Innovation Institute Awards. We love hosting this event. When the greater Gateway City community comes together to celebrate their collective achievements, we breath in the positive energy, filling our lungs for another year of hard work.

Derek Mitchell

This week's Gateway Cities Leader

Policy Center
Sep 25, 2015 Policy Center

Cities are shaped by their citizens. From New Bedford to Pittsfield, a new generation of passionate young leaders are spearheading innovative efforts to reinvent their communities. This series profiles their work and introduces their ideas, visions, and aspirations to the wider Gateway City world. Is there a young leader in your city that we should spotlight? Please let us know.

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Creative placemaking succeeds when...

Policy Center
Sep 17, 2015 Policy Center

Creative placemaking succeeds when, as the National Endowment for the Arts puts it: “partners from public, private, non-profit, and community sectors strategically shape the physical and social character of a neighborhood, town, city, or region around arts and cultural activities.” Here in Massachusetts, examples abound of successful placemaking efforts in Gateway Cities. Perhaps the most

Mary Tinti

This Week's Gateway Cities Leader

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Sep 16, 2015 Policy Center

New low-income student designation may have consequences for immigrant-rich Gateway Cities

Policy Center
Jun 23, 2015 Policy Center

While the new approach the state has adopted to track low-income student enrollment does not change the share of the state’s low-income students served by Gateway City districts in the aggregate, it does lead to some significant changes between these urban district. On average, those with higher levels of English Language Learners tend to lose

New school poverty figures obscure need in Gateway Cities

Policy Center
Jun 22, 2015 Policy Center

Since Massachusetts passed education reform in 1993, the share of Gateway City students who are low-income has risen from less than half to two-thirds. This concentration of poverty in Gateway City school districtsmeans nearly every student in these urban centers now attends a school wheremore than 40 percent of the students are poor—a threshold social

Gateway Cities Innovation Institute applauds Boston 2024 Selection of New Bedford to Host Sailing

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Jun 5, 2015 Policy Center Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Winthrop Roosevelt wroosevelt@massinc.org (617) 224-1625 Statement: Gateway Cities Innovation Institute Applauds Boston 2024 selection of New Bedford to Host Sailing The Gateway Cities Innovation Institute applauds Boston 2024 for revising their initial bid for the Olympic Games to include New Bedford as the venue for the sailing competition. Locating the Olympic

How would Governor Baker’s EITC proposal benefit Gateway Cities?

Policy Center
Apr 1, 2015 Policy Center

The Governor’s Budget includes a plan to double the state’s EITC from 15 to 30 percent of the federal. Gateway Cities would disproportionately benefit from this change. Together, the 26 Gateway Cities represent about one-third of the state’s taxpayers (35 percent) but well over half (57 percent) of all of those filing for the EITC.

Crime-fighting summit draws AG, area police chiefs, mayors

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Creative placemaking succeeds when...

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