The Massachusetts Institute for College and Career Readiness
Massachusetts Institute for College and Career Readiness (MICCR)
The Massachusetts Institute for College and Career Readiness (MICCR) has been developed to promote working alliances between researchers and policymakers in the use and interpretation of data and evidence to guide decision-making and improve student outcomes. The MICCR has developed through the collaboration of Boston University School of Education, MassInc’s Gateway Cities Innovation Institute (GCII), and the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy.
Over the three year grant period, the MICCR will recruit a national cohort of established education researchers to work with teams of local decision-makers in Massachusetts’ Gateway Cities, defined as historically thriving manufacturing communities with 50,000 to 250,000 residents. Key programmatic features include three annual two-day workshops to develop and advance locally determined college and career readiness projects and facilitate networking across communities; a webinar symposia to support project implementation through continued explorations of best practice; and bimonthly project meetings to discuss and examine progress. Source: MICCR