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Environment

  • 2015 Outstanding Women In Business: Roberta Brien, Worcester Business Development Corp.

    October 26, 2015

    Roberta Brien is vice president of projects for the Worcester Business Development Corp., an organization designed to promote the city as an economic leader in Massachusetts. She started with WBDC as a project manager 11 years ago, bringing to

    October 26, 2015
  • Cascade Drilling acquires TerraTherm of Gardner

    October 20, 2015

    TerraTherm of Gardner has been acquired by Cascade Drilling, a national company with a regional office in Northborough.

    October 20, 2015
  • Reliability, transmission factors in role of hydro power

    State House News Service October 16, 2015

    The planned closure of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth represents "a big step back" in meeting the state's emissions reduction and clean energy goals, and makes it "all the more important" that the Baker administration's hydroelectric and

    State House News Service October 16, 2015
  • WSU professor warns of climate impact on real estate

    October 15, 2015

    A paper published Thursday by a team that includes a Worcester State University faculty member warns that rising sea levels over the next several decades could significantly impact coastal communities.

    October 15, 2015
  • 101: NEW MANAGERS

    Susan Shalhoub Special To The Worcester Business Journal October 12, 2015

    After accepting a new job or getting a promotion, you find yourself in the manager's seat. But before you pop that family photo atop your desk or locate the corporate washroom, spend some time reflecting on myths and missteps that could be out there

    Susan Shalhoub Special To The Worcester Business Journal October 12, 2015
  • Lawmakers raise cap on gas tank spill remediation

    State House News Service October 9, 2015

    Lawmakers appear poised to raise the amount of reimbursement money available through the underground storage tank cleanup fund, which is fed by motorists filling up at Bay State gas pumps.

    State House News Service October 9, 2015
  • Tantara Corp. of Worcester lands on national list for its revenue growth

    October 8, 2015

    Tantara Corp. of Worcester ranks 25th on the 2015 Inner City 100, a list of the inner-city businesses in the U.S. with the fastest-growing revenue.

    October 8, 2015
  • Marlborough residents coping with gas leak seek new liability law

    State House News Service October 1, 2015

    Marlborough residents and city leaders on Tuesday shared stories of well-manicured backyards turned into fields of testing wells, homes placed under environmental restrictions and the continuous loss of home equity as a result of a 2012 gasoline

    State House News Service October 1, 2015
  • Fitchburg company to provide YMCA with energy efficient lighting in EPA settlement

    September 16, 2015

    DRS Power Technology, Inc., which operates a machinery manufacturing facility at 166 Boulder Dr. in Fitchburg, will provide over $6,000 worth of energy-efficient lighting to the YMCA of Central Massachusetts as part of a violation settlement with

    September 16, 2015
  • $40 million order for AMSC

    September 1, 2015

    Power grid and wind energy equipment manufacturer AMSC said Monday it has received a $40 million order from Inox Wind Limited for wind turbine electrical control systems (ECS).

    September 1, 2015
  • Baker headed to Newfoundland for energy talks

    State House News Service August 28, 2015

    As Gov. Charlie Baker prepares to travel to Canada next week to meet with his fellow New England governors, a new report commissioned by business groups suggests that the region will face substantially higher energy costs and lose 52,000 private

    State House News Service August 28, 2015
  • Sunrun to bring 100 jobs to Marlborough

    Sam Bonacci August 12, 2015

    The residential solar company Sunrun, based in San Francisco, has announced that it will open a new branch office in Marlborough, bringing more than 100 jobs to the area.

    Sam Bonacci August 12, 2015
  • Beaton makes Charles River dive to highlight cleanup

    State House News Service July 15, 2015

    Looking to wash away a decades old stigma, Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton front-flipped into the Charles River on Tuesday afternoon, reminiscent of former Gov. William Weld's plunge into the river.

    State House News Service July 15, 2015
  • Environmental groups scoff at pipeline report

    State House News Service June 26, 2015

    Environmentalists are questioning the findings of a study funded by a Kinder Morgan subsidiary that found jobs and energy savings would accrue from a pipeline the company hopes to build.

    State House News Service June 26, 2015
  • Feds may fund cleanup of contaminated Franklin industrial site

    Emily Micucci March 26, 2015

    A former industrial site in Franklin that's heavily contaminated from decades-old manufacturing activity is getting new attention from the federal government.

    Emily Micucci March 26, 2015
  • Beaton focuses on more solar, lower energy costs

    State House News Service January 21, 2015

    Solar installations on city apartment buildings and strategies to reduce energy bills top the priorities of new state Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton, who listened to environmental advocates on Tuesday morning and discussed

    State House News Service January 21, 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.