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Small Business

  • 13-year high for business confidence in Mass.

    State House News Service March 7, 2017

    Optimism among manufacturers, a sector targeted for assistance from President Donald Trump, helped lift the latest Massachusetts business confidence reading to a 13-year high.

    State House News Service March 7, 2017
  • North Central chamber gives $15k to Worcester bakery

    March 7, 2017

    Crust Artisan Bakeshop in Worcester has received a $15,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp., the first such loan since the agency said it would begin expanding south.

    March 7, 2017
  • Central Mass. companies embrace mindfulness programs

    Laura Finaldi March 6, 2017

    Central Mass. companies are embracing programs like meditation and present-moment awareness to increase health and productivity.

    Laura Finaldi March 6, 2017
  • Worcester gives dessert shop $15K to move to Canal District

    Savannah Donohue March 6, 2017

    Worcester gave Millbury resident Renee King a $5,000 grant and $10,000 loan to realize her dessert expansion dreams.

    Savannah Donohue March 6, 2017
  • Wormtown growing beer distribution to Rhode Island

    Grant Welker February 28, 2017

    Wormtown Brewery will sell its beers outside Massachusetts for the first time in April when a Rhode Island distributor starts delivering the Worcester brews.

    Grant Welker February 28, 2017
  • Senate president: 'Stay tuned' on potential sales tax holiday this summer

    February 23, 2017

    Senate President Stanley Rosenberg told businesses and shoppers "stay tuned" on potential for a sales tax holiday this summer.

    February 23, 2017
  • 'Grave concerns' from building inspectors on state reorganization plan

    State House News Service February 22, 2017

    Building inspectors told state officials that a proposed reorganization creating a new Office of Public Safety and Inspections within the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development wouldn't increase safety.

    State House News Service February 22, 2017
  • Fluorolite grows through market demand

    February 21, 2017

    Light covers made by Fluorolite Plastics in Framingham can be found everywhere from school cafeterias to streets in major cities like Providence. The company, which was founded in 1977, manufactures and distributes replacement lens covers.

    February 21, 2017
  • Colosi builds E.T.&L. by never saying no

    Savannah Donohue February 20, 2017

    Jennie Lee Colosi runs the largest woman-owned company in Central Massachusetts, which is consistent with the company's history – E.T.& L. was founded by a husband and wife, with the wife owning more shares.

    Savannah Donohue February 20, 2017
  • Saint-Gobain invests in its employees' communities

    Livia Gershon February 20, 2017

    Saint-Gobain has established itself as a key supporter of nonprofits and community groups in Central Massachusetts.

    Livia Gershon February 20, 2017
  • Anthes grew health nonprofit into a community force

    Laura Finaldi February 20, 2017

    Frances M. Anthes has made it her goal to provide everyone – regardless of economic status – with access to comprehensive health care.

    Laura Finaldi February 20, 2017
  • WBJ names the 2017 Business Leaders of the Year

    Peter Stanton February 20, 2017

    This year, WBJ rethought its oldest and most established awards issue and added a new category: the WBJ Business Leader Hall of Fame.

    Peter Stanton February 20, 2017
  • Angelini connects the dots of Worcester's community

    Laura Finaldi February 20, 2017

    Over the course of his 50 years in Worcester, Michael P. Angelini has had his hands in a lot of different ventures.

    Laura Finaldi February 20, 2017
  • Hanlon creates innovative business by focusing on employees

    Savannah Donohue February 20, 2017

    In 2004, seven years after Paul Hanlon sold his first company Folio Exhibits, his former employees asked him to start a new company. So he did.

    Savannah Donohue February 20, 2017
  • Carroll never stops working, advocating

    Emily Micucci February 20, 2017

    Frank Carroll never left Worcester, but in a vast career in business advocacy bringing him deep into the national political area and an abiding commitment to philanthropy, Carroll's reach extends far beyond city limits.

    Emily Micucci February 20, 2017
  • Strully grows NECC by running it like a traditional business

    Laura Finaldi February 20, 2017

    Vincent Strully Jr. could have never predicted that the nonprofit he founded would eventually become one of the leading autism education and research centers in the world, employing more than 1,200, serving 680 students.

    Laura Finaldi February 20, 2017

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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.