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Healey-Driscoll Administration Highlights Importance of School Breakfast in Supporting Student Food Security & Local Food Systems

3/13/2026 Executive Office of Education

Administration tours New Bedford Public Schools’ state-of-the art Culinary and Nutrition Center

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Quincy Education Leaders Spotlight Preschool Expansion Through Commonwealth Preschool Partnership Initiative

3/11/2026 Department of Early Education and Care

CPPI Panel Highlights Local-State Collaboration at March Early Ed Board Meeting

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Celebrates Civic Learning Week, Highlights MA250 “Bold Stories, Bright Legacies” Student Initiative

3/11/2026 Executive Office of Education

K-12 students invited to submit creative projects highlighting Massachusetts revolutionaries; top submissions to be displayed at the State House

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Opens Applications for First-Ever Loan Repayments Dedicated to Early Childhood Educators

3/10/2026 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

$15 million program aims to strengthen and retain Massachusetts’ early education workforce

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases Year Two Progress Report on Early Education and Child Care Task Force

3/05/2026 Executive Office of Education

Governor Healey’s Task Force takes a “whole-of-government” approach ensuring affordable, high-quality child care across Massachusetts

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Highlights Importance of Child Nutrition During Massachusetts School Breakfast Week

3/03/2026 Executive Office of Education

Under state-funded free school meals, school breakfast participation increased 20 percent, reaching an additional 48,000 students per day

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Massachusetts Students Again Rank #1 in Nation on AP Tests, Earn Highest Scores on Record 

3/03/2026 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

More than a third of Massachusetts graduates scored a 3 or higher on an AP exam, the highest percentage in the nation and the highest on record 

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Massachusetts Students Again Rank #1 in Nation on AP Tests, Earn Highest Scores on Record 

3/03/2026 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

More than a third of Massachusetts graduates scored a 3 or higher on an AP exam, the highest percentage in the nation and the highest on record 

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Calls on Trump Administration to Reverse Graduate Student Loan Limits for Health Care and Social Workers, Educators

3/02/2026 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Proposed changes would increase costs for 13,000 Massachusetts students, exacerbating health care, social work and education workforce shortages

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Expands Early Literacy Training for Educators through Additional Literacy Launch Institutes

2/26/2026 Executive Office of Education

Summer opportunities open now for registration to serve up to 1,000 educators

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Seeks Public Feedback on Implementation of High School Graduation Requirements

2/12/2026 Executive Office of Education

Open survey allows students, parents, educators and community members to inform how statewide graduation requirements can be implemented and designed

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Higher Reimbursement Rates for Child Care Providers

2/11/2026 Department of Early Education and Care

Higher payments aim to reflect true cost of providing care

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Governor Healey Appoints Dr. Stephen Zrike Jr. as Secretary of Education 

2/10/2026 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Patrick Tutwiler is stepping down as Secretary to lead Walker Therapeutic & Educational Programs

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Massachusetts Opens the Door to Three-Year Degrees and Other Innovative Approaches to Higher Education

2/10/2026 Executive Office of Education

Board of Higher Education approves a new regulation that creates a pathway for innovative pilot proposals, including three-year degrees to lower costs