The Montgomery County Business Roundtable for Education (MCBRE) is a nonprofit organization, founded in 2002 by leading Montgomery County employers to promote excellence in public education by helping to connect classroom learning to the workplace. Through strategic business-education partnerships with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), MCBRE delivers comprehensive learning opportunities that help students grow and become better prepared for the future.

Our Standards for Programmatic Success: Strategy, Scale, Sustainability

Many nonprofits operate in the field of education, but MCBRE has a unique focus. Before dedicating resources to a program, we ask three fundamental questions:

1) Will the program serve a strategic purpose? Efforts must be strategic, addressing broad issues of concern to both the education and business communities.

2) Will the program have a large-scale impact? Efforts must have a significant impact on a sizable group within the school system, or on the system as a whole.

3) Will the program be sustainable by the school system? Efforts must be sustainable in the long run by school system resources.