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More Massachusetts Students Finding Success on AP Exams

10/31/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

State’s investment in fee subsidies enables more to participate

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Holyoke Public Schools’ Provisional Exit from Receivership

10/29/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

New Bedford’s Parker School also exiting receivership; Three other public schools exiting underperforming status

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La administración Healey-Driscoll anuncia la salida provisional de la administración judicial de las escuelas públicas de Holyoke

10/29/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

La escuela Parker de New Bedford también sale de la administración judicial; otras tres escuelas públicas salen de la condición de bajo rendimiento

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A administração Healey-Driscoll anuncia a saída provisória das Escolas Públicas de Holyoke da administração judicial

10/29/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

A Parker School de New Bedford também sairá da administração judicial; três outras escolas públicas sairão do status de desempenho insatisfatório

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces New Collaboration to Support Clean Energy Workforce Training

10/24/2024 Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development

$600,000 in grants will upgrade technology and instructional lab spaces to prepare adult learners in solar, wind, heat pump installation and maintenance roles

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Celebrates STEM Week in Western Massachusetts

10/23/2024 Executive Office of Education

Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler Visits Clarksburg Elementary School and McCann Technical High School in North Adams

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Reports Increased Enrollment in Community Colleges and Four-Year Public Colleges

10/22/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Historic investments in free community college fueled double digit percentage enrollment increase this year, reversing over a decade of declines and Public four-year colleges see first enrollment increase since 2013

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $17 Million for Career and Technical Education Equipment Improvements

10/22/2024 Executive Office of Education

18 schools receiving funds to upgrade and install equipment, improve and renovate facilities for equipment use and increased capacity

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $1.7 Million in Grants to Add 342 Career and Technical Education Seats Across Massachusetts

10/21/2024 Executive Office of Education

Funding supports workforce development, career training and industry collaboration in areas like advanced manufacturing, early education, health assisting

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Massachusetts Pledges Equity, Access and Opportunity for Colleges and Universities Impacted by Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision

10/16/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Healey-Driscoll Administration releases recommendations centered on recruitment, admissions, enrollment policies and support for historically underserved and underrepresented students

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $402 Million in Annual State Contracts with 110 Child Care Providers

10/07/2024 Department of Early Education and Care

Contracts prioritizes thousands of spots for infants and toddlers, families with the most needs

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Delivers $20 Million to Schools for Universal Access to Pre-K

10/03/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

30 school districts in partnership with community-based preschool programs receive funding