06.23.08 - New Era of Education Reform
On June 23, 2008, Governor Deval Patrick visited the Boys and Girls Club in Dorchester today to unveil parts of a long-term plan for education reform, designed to offer a consistently excellent, world-class education for all children in Massachusetts. Governor Patrick's Education Action Agenda is designed to raise achievement of all students as measured against global benchmarks and to help prepare all students by 2020 to compete successfully in the global economy.
The announcement comes after nearly a year of work undertaken by the Readiness Project – a statewide initiative involving more than 200 educators, business leaders, and community leaders to develop a strategic blueprint for the next phase of education reform in the Commonwealth, whose report will be released later this week.
Read the transcript of the speech (opens in a new window)
View photos from the event Read the press release Learn more about the Readiness Project
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