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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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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

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Celebrates $1.2 Million in Grants that Expand Access to Healthy, Local Food in Schools and Child Care Centers

2/05/2026 Executive Office of Education

Officials visit Watertown schools to see a “freight farm” and other gardening initiatives supported by FRESH grants

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East Boston History Teacher Receives $25,000 Milken Educator Award

2/03/2026 Executive Office of Education

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Recruits More Organizations to Serve as Summer Eats Meal Sponsors

1/30/2026 Executive Office of Education

Summer Eats provides kids free, healthy meals throughout the summer

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Secretary Tutwiler Delivers Massachusetts 2026 State of Education Address

1/29/2026 Executive Office of Education

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $8.2 Million to Expand Early College Programs Across Massachusetts

1/27/2026 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Grants will expand access and add up to 44 new Early College partnerships, doubling the number of participating students to 20,000 by 2028

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Governor Healey Sets Goal of Enrolling 100,000 Early College Students by 2036

1/22/2026 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll