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Entrepreneurs

  • Landlord donates space, but TechSandBox founder hopes for more sponsors

    Emily Micucci December 4, 2014

    Last week, MetroWest's only technology accelerator and incubator, TechSandBox, announced its largest sponsorship to date, after its debut a year-and-a-half ago. Landlord Harold Nahigian of Southfield Properties III has agreed to let TechSandBox

    Emily Micucci December 4, 2014
  • Have a dream? MWCC contest deadline is Dec. 31

    November 21, 2014

    A business plan competition put on by Mount Wachusett Community College encourages entrepreneurs to develop their ideas and perhaps win a prize.

    November 21, 2014
  • New program to offer free space to college startups

    Sam Bonacci September 8, 2014

    A new program will provide a year of free space in Worcester to entrepreneurial college graduates seeking to open their own businesses in the city.

    Sam Bonacci September 8, 2014
  • Despite traveling a sometimes risky path, immigrants seize business opportunities

    Emily Micucci June 2, 2014

    Although many face obstacles entering the United States, immigrants are launching their own businesses at a higher rate than those started by native American citizens.

    Emily Micucci June 2, 2014
  • TechSandBox wins grant to boost startups

    May 9, 2014

    TechSandBox, the MetroWest innovation center for science- and technology-based startups, said it has received a $25,000 planning grant to develop a new accelerator program from the Westborough-based Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. As part

    May 9, 2014
  • FSU celebrates Innovation Center opening

    April 22, 2014

    Officials at Framingham State University will celebrate the opening of the school's new Entrepreneur Innovation Center with a ceremony on site this afternoon. The incubator provides office space for area entrepreneurs, as well as internship

    April 22, 2014
  • Mass. life sciences firms look beyond VCs for funding

    April 14, 2014

    When Geert Cauwenbergh needed money for a life sciences startup in 2002, he knew where to turn: venture capitalists.

    April 14, 2014
  • As health care shifts to preventing illness, more entrepreneurs seize opportunities

    Emily Micucci March 3, 2014

    A little over five years ago, Peter Rucinski couldn't have told you the first thing about yoga.

    Emily Micucci March 3, 2014
  • Canned drink losing its taste? They’ve got it covered

    Rick Saia January 20, 2014

    Who says innovation has to be complicated? Many inventions are seen as solutions to problems. One day, Gary Richard saw how people who enjoy canned, carbonated beverages couldn't put down their drinks for long stretches without those drinks losing

    Rick Saia January 20, 2014
  • Q&A With Mark Durrenberger Of New England Clean Energy

    November 25, 2013

    As an engineer, Mark Durrenberger has plied his craft in the nuclear energy and information technology fields. When he formed New England Breeze Solar — later renaming it New England Clean Energy — he engineered the formation of a new business in a

    November 25, 2013
  • Northborough Lender Marks First Expansion Beyond New England

    Emily Micucci November 5, 2013

    A Northborough company that provides lending services for people who buy mobile homes, will expand outside New England, establishing operations in Maryland, Delaware and New York. Chris Schofield, who founded Priority Funding in 2003, made the

    Emily Micucci November 5, 2013
  • Eyes On The Sky With Feet In The Sand

    Emily Micucci October 20, 2013

    Inside the Route 128 belt, technology entrepreneurs who need cheap space to work have plenty of options.

    Emily Micucci October 20, 2013
  • The 3 Keys To Helping Entrepreneurs Stay Here And Start Businesses

    Jeff Schiebe Special To The Worcester Business Journal September 30, 2013

    I'm constantly meeting entrepreneurs, would-be-entrepreneurs, educators, students and government officials and am amazed at how many of them talk about innovation and startups in the Greater Worcester area. Their level of interest is quite high.

    Jeff Schiebe Special To The Worcester Business Journal September 30, 2013
  • Web Company Expands Into Worcester

    August 29, 2013

    Citing rapid growth, Salespod Inc., the maker of a field sales and retail merchandising tool by the same name, has moved into an office in Worcester.

    August 29, 2013
  • Hudson Firm Finds Growth Through Reinvention

    June 16, 2013

    Marianne Lancaster is having a great year. And it's about time.

    June 16, 2013
  • The New College Try: More Central Mass. Schools Embrace Entrepreneurship

    May 27, 2013

    Derek Canton has an energy that's contagious, is heavily active at his church and has a self-described entrepreneurial mindset.

    May 27, 2013

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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.