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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces 2025 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year  

12/04/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Boston teacher Luisa Sparrow receives state’s top educator award

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards New Career Technical Education Programs to 12 High Schools  

12/03/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

New programs add 200 seats for students in areas like HVAC, early education, and health assisting

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces First Massachusetts Registered Apprenticeship Program for K-12 Teachers  

11/22/2024 Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll

Administration also announces pre-apprenticeship partnership with Durfee High School and the Northern New England Laborers

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Elementary & Secondary Education Board Seeks Public Feedback in Search for Next DESE Commissioner 

11/07/2024 Executive Office of Education

First Session Taking Place Saturday at Worcester State University, Online Survey Now Open

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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