Building Relationships in Education: Matthew Malone at TEDx UMass Boston

As Secretary of Education, Matthew Malone directs the Executive Office of Education and works closely with the Commonwealth's education agencies -- Department of Early Education and Care, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Higher Education and the University of Massachusetts system - while serving as a voting member of the governing board of all four education agencies. He is the Governor's top adviser on education and helps shape the Commonwealth's continuous education reform agenda. Prior to his appointment as Secretary, Dr. Malone served as the Superintendent of the Brockton Public Schools, and has also previously served as the Superintendent of the Swampscott Public Schools, the Headmaster of Monument High School in South Boston, a middle school assistant principal in Duxbury, Massachusetts, and taught social studies at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Boston. Dr. Malone began his career as both a Paraprofessional and long-term substitute teacher in Boston Public Schools at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School. Before beginning his career in education, Malone served as a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He is a Combat Veteran of the Persian Gulf War having served in the Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti Theatres of Operations with the First Marine Division.