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The Rennie Center is teaming up with Transforming Education to host a webinar on the state of social-emotional learning in Massachusetts. The webinar will feature brief presentations on SEL research, including the design and measurement of effective programming, and a panel discussion with the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and educators from local districts.

Changes in federal law under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) have provided states the opportunity to reconsider the design of their systems for school and district accountability and assistance. Massachusetts is reflecting on its current design and planning for potential changes to be implemented in the 2017-2018 school year.

Please join the Massachusetts Education Partnership (MEP) for its annual conference to explore how collaborative practice can move ideas into action. The conference will provide Massachusetts school committee members, superintendents, labor leaders, and potential partners an opportunity to plan for successful implementation of projects through a series of workshops and presentations.

Thank you to all those who joined us for our third annual review of the Condition of Education in the Commonwealth, featuring the release of our 2016 Data Report and Action Guide. The Condition of Education provides a "state of the state" on key education trends, bringing together a wide-ranging set of indicators to illuminate areas of success and areas for continued improvement across the education pipeline.

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Over the last ten years, the Youth Transitions Task Force (YTTF)—a coalition of Boston Public Schools, city and state agencies, and community-based organizations convened by Mayor Thomas M. Menino—has worked to address the dropout crisis in Massachusetts. Organized by the Boston Private Industry Council, the YTTF used a data-driven approach that combined strategic planning and mobilization, raised the visibility of the issue, made policy recommendations and piloted new practices. After a decade of work, the dropout rate is down by half.