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Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents

9 hours ago

Teachers, school administrators, district leaders, and other PK-12 educators are invited to register for the IDEAS Annual Educator Conference: “Reimagining Equity through Relationship and Responsibility.”

🗓️ Friday, November 13
🕗 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
📍 Bentley University, Waltham

Dr. Tracey Benson, CEO and Founder of the Anti-Racism Leadership Institute, will deliver the keynote address.

Dr. Benson has written extensively about structural and systemic racism in K-12 systems, including:
📘 Author, “Antiracism Phobia: Overcoming the Fear and Getting to Work”
📗 Co-author, “Unconscious Racial Bias in Schools: A Developmental Approach to Exploring Race and Racism”

✒️ The closing session will feature Massachusetts Poet Laureate Regie Gibson.

📋 Agenda, including breakout sessions: bit.ly/4jJgEDx

🐦‍⬛ Register by October 20 for the early bird rate of $350.

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Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents

2 days ago

Our latest Superintendent Spotlight features Dr. Irwin Blumer, former Superintendent of Concord Public Schools, Concord-Carlisle Regional School District, and Newton Public Schools.

After a 60-year career in K-12 public education and higher education, Dr. Blumer recently stepped down from the M.A.S.S. Executive Committee. He is a former M.A.S.S. President and Massachusetts Superintendent of the Year.

Dr. Blumer has been a mentor, advisor, and friend to countless leaders of schools, districts, and M.A.S.S. itself. We are incredibly grateful for his decades of service to the profession, the association, and students, families, and staff in communities across the Commonwealth.

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Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents

1 week ago

M.A.S.S. released a position paper today on the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, urging Governor Maura Healey not to opt in to the program.

The position paper, approved by our Executive Committee, asserts that the new law was designed to favor private schools and essentially will function as a school voucher.

If adopted in Massachusetts, the program would have a significant negative impact on public schools, particularly if it exacerbates the declining enrollment that many of our school districts are already experiencing.

“At first blush, it could appear that public and private schools alike stand to gain from an influx of donations,” said Mary Bourque, Executive Director of M.A.S.S. “But a closer read of the law affirms that the deck is heavily stacked against public schools.”

#FSTC

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