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Entrepreneurs

  • Entrepreneurial Business Leader: Michael Covino

    Sam Bonacci February 15, 2016

    Mike Covino has been the lead on numerous entrepreneurial efforts throughout Worcester, but says true success is grounded in a strong team.

    Sam Bonacci February 15, 2016

  • 2016 Business Leaders of the Year Honorees

    February 15, 2016

    The Business Leaders of the Year is an annual look at stories of success and engagement throughout Central Massachusetts.

    February 15, 2016

  • Worcester small business microloan center to open

    Sam Bonacci February 9, 2016

    The South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC) is set to open a new center in Worcester on Wednesday that will provide low-interest microloans to small businesses and underserved entrepreneurs throughout Worcester County.

    Sam Bonacci February 9, 2016

  • Embracing foreign-born Central Mass. residents

    February 1, 2016

    In an election year where fear-mongering and playing off people's biases have seemed to rule the day – we've recently observed a sensible, intelligent approach to one of the nation's hot button issues that is worth noting. David A.

    February 1, 2016

  • Foreign-born business owners boost Worcester

    Laura Finaldi February 1, 2016

    Worcester's foreign born population is making its mark in the city's business community.

    Laura Finaldi February 1, 2016

  • Marlborough launches small business loans

    Sam Bonacci January 28, 2016

    The Marlborough Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) has launched the Marlborough Area Community Loan Fund aimed at supporting local economic development through lending to small businesses.

    Sam Bonacci January 28, 2016

  • Women’s business center moves to Westborough

    January 28, 2016

    The nonprofit Center for Women & Enterprise is relocating its Central Massachusetts branch from Worcester to Westborough.

    January 28, 2016

  • $100K challenge to boost biotech and medical device start-ups

    Sam Bonacci January 20, 2016

    The University of Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) has kicked off its fifth annual $100,000 challenge to showcase the innovative ideas of early-stage medical device, diagnostic and biotech companies.

    Sam Bonacci January 20, 2016

  • North County chamber to finance small biz growth

    January 18, 2016

    Roy Nascimento took over as leader of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce one year ago, succeeding David L. McKeehan, the North Central chamber's only chief executive since its founding 32 years ago.

    January 18, 2016

  • Apps not always the best mobile solution

    Laura Finaldi January 18, 2016

    As mobile phones and tablets start to become the Internet device of choice, Central Massachusetts businesses are finding new ways to reach their customers and realizing there are more options than apps.

    Laura Finaldi January 18, 2016

  • AbbVie hepatitis drug granted priority review

    January 8, 2016

    Worcester pharmaceutical firm AbbVie has received priority review status from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for its drug meant to treat those suffering from chronic hepatitis C virus.

    January 8, 2016

  • Area colleges focus on big data

    Laura Finaldi January 4, 2016

    Before he was a management professor at Nichols College, Leonard Samborowski worked for the head of army intelligence at the Pentagon, where he used data analytics to predict the outcome of possible military moves.

    Laura Finaldi January 4, 2016

  • Youth sports becoming big business for Central Mass

    Sam Bonacci January 4, 2016

    Sports complexes across Central Massachusetts are tapping into a youth sports market that has proven recession proof and continues to grow.

    Sam Bonacci January 4, 2016

  • Fed tax bill measures could benefit Mass. jobs

    State House News Service December 17, 2015

    Small business and medical device industry officials say a pair of provisions in the just-struck Congressional deals on tax credits and spending bode well for job production in Massachusetts.

    State House News Service December 17, 2015

  • Becker names David Jordan director of social business center

    Sam Bonacci December 16, 2015

    Becker College has named Seven Hills Foundation President and CEO David Jordan as the first director of a new center that will focus on how business can identify and solve social problems, the Worcester school announced Wednesday.

    Sam Bonacci December 16, 2015

  • Mazzarella pushes can-do attitude in Leominster

    Brad Kane December 7, 2015

    In November, Dean J. Mazzarella was elected to his 12th two-year term as Leominster mayor, extending his lead as longest serving mayor in the city's 375-year history. This January, when Medford Mayor Michael J. McGlynn retires, Mazzarella officially

    Brad Kane December 7, 2015

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Will the new lottery-based admissions systems for vocational-technical high schools make the economy better?
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Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.

Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.

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