MASC

The MA School Building Authority Statement of Interest filing period for school building construction, renovation and repair grants closes on January 11, 2012.

MASC President Dorothy Presser, a member of the Lynnfield School Committee and President of the Suburban Coalition, presents the Massachusetts Association of School Committees' highest legislative tribute, its annual Legislator of the Year award to Senator Katherine Clark of Melrose.

Education leaders: take note. Northeastern University is inviting applications from school committee members and other education leaders for its nationally recognized Education Policy and Fellowship Program (EPFP), a 10-month program for mid-career professionals in education and related fields.

Now available.

Mayor Scott Lang response to inappropriate, unfair and poorly researched DESE findings is a good model for other districts.

In an effort to identify effective collaborative approaches to education innovation and set the stage for improved labor-management relations in the Commonwealth, Professors Barry Bluestone (Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy—Northeastern University) and Tom Kochan (Sloan School—MIT) are conducting a survey on labor-management relations in local school districts.

MASC President Dorothy Presser (Lynnfield), Immediate  Past President Kathleen Robey (Marlboro) and MASC Legal Counsel Stephen Finnegan presented testimony before the Joint Committee on Education in support of proposed legislation to restore to school committees the right of final review and approval of School Improvement Plans.