Now, more than ever, the world needs independent, unbiased information they can trust. The Rennie Center has been that voice for the past 20 years. Each year since our founding, our team has adapted our work to meet the changing needs of students, educators, school leaders, and state policymakers. This year was no different. Our team made great strides to keep the public informed about the shifting education policy landscape by providing evidence-based research to key decision-makers and offering hands-on training and support for practitioners across Massachusetts and beyond.
This year our research team explored and evaluated critical issues facing public education, from early education funding, to STEM learning opportunities, to early college expansion. Our practice team provided professional development opportunities to practitioners from more than 250 Massachusetts school districts and expanded beyond Massachusetts to support educators in 6 states. And our policy team provided valuable resources to help voters decide on the MCAS graduation requirement ballot question in November and keep the public informed of the impacts of recent White House executive orders related to education.
This is just a small glimpse of what our team has accomplished over the past year. Our first end-of-year report provides more detail on the initiatives and efforts we led during Fiscal Year 2025 (July 2024 – June 2025). We’re proud to share these achievements with you.