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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $850,000 for Locally Grown, Nutritious Food in Schools and Child Care Centers

3/31/2025 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

After Trump Administration cut funding, MA FRESH grants awarded to 26 school districts, 11 early education programs

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Trump Administration Continues to Take Away Food from Massachusetts Families and Students

3/28/2025 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

USDA Cancels $3.4 Million for Food Banks, Federal Farm to School Grants

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Kicks Off K-12 Statewide Graduation Council

3/28/2025 Executive Office of Education

Council members announced and sworn in at first meeting; Regional listening sessions across Massachusetts begin in April

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Proposes Changes to Regulations Related to Time Out

3/25/2025 Executive Office of Education

Board sends proposal out for public comment

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Sounds Alarm Over Donald Trump’s Dismantling of U.S. Department of Education

3/20/2025 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Massachusetts receives over $2 billion in federal education funding a year and cannot fully replace these funds if cut by Trump Administration

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Cybersecurity Education Pilots at 11 Massachusetts High Schools for AP Students

3/20/2025 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

College Board’s AP Career Kickstart Cybersecurity Pilot expands access to high-demand STEM careers, strengthens workforce development in cybersecurity

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Massachusetts Prepares for Summer Eats Child Nutrition Program 

3/17/2025 Executive Office of Education

Healey-Driscoll Administration calls for additional sponsors for meal sites

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Launches “Massachusetts Revolutionaries: Bold Stories, Bright Legacies” Education Project in Celebration of Massachusetts 250

3/13/2025 Executive Office of Education

Announcement made during Civic Learning Week; students encouraged to submit story of a Massachusetts ‘revolutionary’

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases Recommendations to Make Child Care More Affordable and Accessible

3/12/2025 Executive Office of Education

Child Care Task Force recommendations center on family affordability, sustainable high-quality local early ed businesses and workforce development

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Celebrates Success of Higher Education Financial Aid Road Show

3/11/2025 Executive Office of Education

Education Secretary Tutwiler, higher education officials visited 8 schools across Massachusetts; spoke with hundreds of students about historic financial aid opportunities

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Springfield School Creates Winning Attendance Video

3/11/2025 Executive Office of Education

Emergence Academy has top submission for Power of Presence initiative

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Nearly $1 Million to 135 Schools to Support Career and College Planning for Massachusetts Students 

3/04/2025 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

MyCAP connects students to career and college learning opportunities, including early college, innovation career pathways and higher education