January 2017
A Community Conversation on ESSA and School Accountability – Lowell
- Program - 7:30 am Breakfast 8:00 am Welcome & Research Presentation Derek Mitchell, The Lawrence Partnership Framing the Opportunity for Gateway Cities Ben Forman, MassINC Ideas from the MA Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education Matthew Deninger, DESE 8:15 am Community Conversation led by LZ Nunn, Executive Director, Project Learn, Inc. Paul Georges, President, United Teachers of Lowell Ruben Carmona, Principal, Abraham Lincoln School Dario Guerrero, Senior, Lawrence High School Concluding Remarks Salah Khelfaoui, Superintendent, Lowell Public Schools The…
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A Community Conversation on ESSA and School Accountability
Please Join MassINC and the Worcester Education Collaborative for a COMMUNITY Conversation on OPPORTUNITIES in the new Every Student Succeeds Act to IMPROVE Education Accountability in Gateway Cities December 15th 7:30 am to 9:00 am Beechwood Hotel 363 Plantation St Worcester The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is the most dramatic change to federal education funding and accountability since Congress enacted the No Child Left Behind law in 2002. To comply with ESSA, Massachusetts is developing a new system to…
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2016 Gateway Cities Innovation Institute Awards
Please join us for the fourth annual Gateway Cities Innovation Awards and Summit! This year's event is themed around workforce development. Come exchange ideas, meet fellow leaders, and celebrate efforts to improve our Gateway Cities.
Find out more »June 2016
A Pioneer Valley Panel on Transformative Development
PVPC, The MassINC Gateway Cities Innovation Institute, Hodge Economic Consulting and Common Capital invite you to join us for a regional panel of economic development experts discussing MassINC's recently released report, 'Rebuilding Renewal: An Analysis of State Investment in Gateway Cities and a Work Plan for Delivering Transformative Development'. On hand to present the findings of this report will be Dan Hodge - a report co-author and Pioneer Valley resident. Panelists include: Samalid Hogan - Project Manager for the Holyoke…
Find out more »Taking a look back – and forward
Tuesday, June 7 │ 5:30pm Mintz Levin One Financial Place As a part of our 20th Anniversary Campaign, MassINC would like to say thank-you to our supporters past and present with an evening of cocktails and a conversation between CommonWealth Editor Bruce Mohl and former Governor William Weld. The two will discuss the current political landscape, as well as take a look back at the last 20 years. We hope you will be able to join us! An RSVP is required for each attendee. The event…
Find out more »May 2016
The Emerging Third Way
The Emerging Third Way: Blazing an Optimistic Path Ahead in K-12 Education Since 1636, Massachusetts has been known for its district public schools- the "first way." Since 1993, Massachusetts' charter schools have led the nation in pioneering a "second way." It is time to recognize a Third Way - an emerging set of strategies that combine school-level autonomies and energetic innovation with a commitment to universal service and local voice. The Third Way does not obviate the need and demand for either…
Find out more »Housing Opportunities in the Gateway Cities
REGISTER TODAY The event is free and open to the public. Wednesday, May 4, 2016 7:30am - 12:00pm DCU Center - Worcester, MA 01609 Approximately 1.8 million people, or 27% of Massachusetts residents, live in the 26 Gateway Cities designated by the Commonwealth. True to the name, the Gateway Cities serve as gateways to the nation and to the economy, hosting 37% of the state's foreign-born residents, 44% of the state's population living in poverty, 47% of the state's population without a…
Find out more »March 2016
Working Together for Results
Please Join MassINC and the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Reform Coalition for our Third Annual Criminal Justice Reform Policy Summit: Working Together for Results Friday, March 18th 9:00am Policy Summit, Working Together for Results 12:30pm Film Screening, Beyond the Wall MassINC and the Criminal Justice Reform Coalition invite leaders from Massachusetts and beyond to join us for a conversation on the role of cross-agency partnerships in criminal justice reform. Collaboration is central to nearly every aspect of an effective criminal justice system.…
Find out more »NEXT GEN LEARNING: Opportunities for urban education in the new federal law
The Sixth Annual Lee Gurel ’48 Lecture Featuring United State Senator Elizabeth Warren and The First Gurel Symposium on Education NEXT GEN LEARNING: Opportunities for urban education in the new federal law Monday, March 14th, 10:00 am to 12 noon Atwood Hall, Clark University REGISTER HERE Clark University welcomes United States Senator Elizabeth Warren for the sixth annual Gurel Lecture. As a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Senator Warren played an influential role…
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