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August 26, 2026, 12pm. 🔗
PDL Consulting partnered with Salem Public Schools to strengthen its local teacher pipeline, helping develop the landscape analysis, strategic framework, and inaugural Pathways to Teaching Community Summit. The event brought together more than 50 aspiring educators, district leaders, and community members to advance a more accessible and equitable pathway into teaching. Speakers included:
Massachusetts Secretary of Education Dr. Stephen Zrike,
Salem State’s Dr. Laura McCarty, and
State Rep. Manny Cruz, along with current pathway participants, who shared their experiences.
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Watch this virtual panel exploring the evolving role of nonprofits as regional intermediaries at the forefront of education systems change. Drawing on a new MassINC Policy Center case study of Teach Western Mass by Pema Latshang and Greta Shultz, the discussion examined what it takes to move beyond direct programs to build collaborative, regional capacity aimed at addressing inequities in the educator workforce.
Panelists reflected on the opportunities and tensions that arise when small nonprofits are charged with leading systems-level change, including questions of organizational structure, governance, and resourcing. The conversation invited diverse perspectives on the role nonprofits should play in systems change, how much regional capacity is needed to sustain this work, and what lessons from Western Mass are transferable to other contexts.
Our founder Pema Latshang was joined by an amazing panel of educators and leaders:
Migdalia Diaz, Chief Operating Officer, Latinos for Education & Interim Executive Director, Latinos for Education Massachusetts
Nadia Harden, Chief of Staff, New Commonwealth Fund
Paulina Murton, Executive Director, Great Schools Partnership
Ashanta Ester, TWM Residency Alum and Special Education Teacher, Holyoke Public Schools
Check out this important conversation and our event recap, including slides!
As MassINC celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, Greg Torres senior fellow Charlotte Golar Richie convened her fellowship cohort as their two-year terms came to completion. Each Torres Senior Fellow is a civic leader with a distinct project and a vision for the future they hope we’ll see in Massachusetts, 30 years from now — from housing and our courts, to energy and immigration, to civic engagement and racial harmony.
Panelists included:
Dina Fein, Retired Judge, Massachusetts Trial Court, Housing Court Department, Western Division
Pema Latshang, Founder & Consultant, PDL Consulting and former founding executive director, Teach Western Mass
Mary Wambui, Asset Manager, Planning Office For Urban Affairs (POUA)
Leverett Wing, President and CEO, Commonwealth Seminar
Moderating the talk was Cynthia K. Orellana, Ph.D., President and CEO of Mass Mentoring Partnership, connecting young people across Massachusetts to high-quality mentoring relationships.
The event was attended in-person at the Boston Public Library or virtually!
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