Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Massachusetts Publishes FAFSA Completion Dashboard to Encourage Students to Apply for Financial Aid
The Healey-Driscoll Administration has published a FAFSA data dashboard to encourage students in MA to complete the form with help from their family, school...
Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $2.3 Million in K-12 Language Learning Program Grants
The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced on January 6th that it is awarding over $2.3 million in grant funding to 32...
Healey-Driscoll Administration Proposes New Pathways to Educator Licensure
The Healey-Driscoll Administration is proposing a new pathway to educator licensure designed to expand access to the profession and...
Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards over $1 Million in Hate Crime Prevention Grants to 38 School Districts
The Healey-Driscoll Administration is awarding $1,014,500 in state grants to 38 school districts, including Lynn, to prevent hate crimes...
2025 MCAS Results Underscore Importance of Focus on Early Literacy, Chronic Absenteeism
The Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education released 2025 MCAS results, which show that post-pandemic learning loss continues to...
Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $9 Million in Literacy Launch GrantsÂ
Lynn is 1 of 15 school districts to receive funding from Partnership for Reading Success - Massachusetts (PRISM) I...
Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Nearly $3 Million in Adult Education and Workforce Training GrantsÂ
The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that they have awarded $2.86 million in grants to 24 community organizations, public schools...
Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases Recommendations to Improve Health and Nutrition in K-12 School Meals
The Healey-Driscoll Administration released a series of recommendations from the School Meal Nutrition Standards Commission, charting a path forward to improve the nutritional content...
Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Nearly $1 Million in Civics Teaching and Learning GrantsÂ
The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced July 14th that it is awarding almost $972,000 in Civics Teaching and Learning Grants to...
8.3 Million More School Meals Being Served in Massachusetts
Participation in school meals continued to climb during the 2024-25 school year, the third year of state-supported universal free...
Elementary and Secondary Education Board Approves Changes to Time-Out Practices in Schools
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education unanimously approved updated regulations that the Healey-Driscoll Administration proposed to the use...
MA Legislature Invests $1.39 Billion into Public Transportation and Education
The MA Legislature has approved $1.39 billion in new investments in public transportation and public education across the Commonwealth....