News and Events

The Boston Private Industry Council honored 20 "PIC Achievers" at its thirty-first annual meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank. 

The PIC manages the private sector component of the Mayor’s Summer Jobs Campaign. Please join our nearly 900 employers and hire a Boston Public School student this summer. See Recruitment Letter, Summer Jobs Frequently Asked Questions, sign up for Summer Jobs.

The statewide dropout rate falls below three percent, the lowest in a decade. In Boston, the dropout rate is at its lowest point in more than two decades.  See DESE press release;  BPS press release;  Globe article.

In a year-end "round-up," WBUR revisited the issues covered in its 2009 Project Dropout series, and numbered the opening of the Re-Engagement Center and the Graduation and Dropout Prevention and Recovery Commission report among the wins.  Listen or read the transcript at Project Dropout: Revisited.

Secretary Paul Reville released Making the Connection, the report of the Dropout Prevention and Recovery Commission, at a press event on October 21.

The Rennie Center, the Youth Transitions Task Force, and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education are sponsoring a forum, which will feature the report and recommendations of the Dropout Prevention and Recovery Commission.  Speakers include Education Secretary Paul Reville, Workforce Secretary Suzanne Bump, Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester, Representative Marie St.