Mike Barrett is State Senator for nine Massachusetts communities — Bedford, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Lincoln, Waltham, Weston, and large parts of Lexington and Sudbury. Mike serves as Senate Chair of the Legislature’s Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. The committee’s jurisdiction covers everything from cell phones to alternative energy to public utility reform to carbon pricing.
In 1990 Mike wrote an attention-getting cover story for the Atlantic Monthly advocating a longer school day and year for American students, triggering a debate that continues to this day. The next year, the US Congress created a National Education Commission on Time and Learning and named Mike one of nine national commissioners.