Swampscott High School - Honored at the State House 

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Join the Leading the Nation State House Celebration

On April 5, educators, students, parents, policymakers, and other stakeholders will come together at the State House to celebrate 25 years of education reform in Massachusetts.

Passed into law in 1993, the Massachusetts Education Reform Act increased and stabilized state aid to districts, established high learning standards for students, and made it easier to see where schools were doing well and where changes might be needed.

Today, Massachusetts public schools are leading the nation in academic performance and creative successes.

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You can join the celebration as it happens by signing up for the Leading the Nation State House event livestream. The event will be from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon.

10:00	Welcome and Introduction to the Leading the Nation Celebration
	Leading the Nation District Videos
	Reflections on the 1993 Massachusetts Education Reform Act
10:30	Commendation Schools Awards
	Swearing-In Ceremony of New Commissioner
	Education Reform from the Front Row Video
11:10	Implementing and Building on Education Reform Panel
	Leading the Nation District Videos
	What's Next for Education Reform
	Spoken-Word Performance
11:55	Closing Remarks

Speakers, Panelists, and Performers

Robert Antonucci
Former Commissioner
Department Elementary and Secondary Education

Charlie Baker
Governor
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Tom Birmingham
Former Senate President
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Bridge Boston Charter School Chamber Ensemble

Harriette Chandler
Senate President
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Sonia Chang-Diaz
Senator
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Robert DeLeo
Speaker of the House
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

David Driscoll
Former Commissioner
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Priscilla Haro
Eighth Grader
Susan B. Anthony Middle School, Revere Public Schools

Keri Rodrigues Lorenzo
Executive Director
Massachusetts Parents United

Jami Milnamow
(formally Jami McDuffy, lead plaintiff in McDuffy v. Secretary of the Executive Office of Education)

Alice Peisch
Representative
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Jim Peyser
Secretary of Education
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Karyn Polito
Lt. Governor
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Paul Reville
Former Secretary of Education
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Jeffrey C. Riley
Superintendent/Receiver, Lawrence Public Schools
Commissioner-designate, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Tom Scott
Executive Director
Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents

John Stuart
SVP, Global Education
Parametric Technology Corp.

Paul Toner
Executive Director, Teach Plus Massachusetts
Former President, MTA