Yesterday Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick released a $32.3 billion budget recommendation for fiscal year 2013 that includes $260 million in new revenues generated, in part, by taxing the sale of candy and soda, raising the cigarette tax, and expanding the bottle bill. While the governor’s budget level funds many items related to early education and [...]
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MA Governor Releases FY13 Budget Proposal
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, MA governor, MA state budget on January 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
MA Governor Joins Early Learning Challenge Celebration
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, Early Learning Challenge, Federal, MA governor, MA Legislature, MA state budget, Reading proficiency on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.” The familiar children’s song, performed by preschoolers from Boston’s Ellis Memorial & Eldredge House, set the tone for yesterday’s event at the Massachusetts State House celebrating the federal Early Learning Challenge grant of $50 million over four years that the commonwealth was awarded last month. From [...]
Build on the Momentum: Increase MA Investments in High-Quality Early Education and Care
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, MA governor, MA state budget on January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
On December 20, some 50 people gathered at the nation’s first consolidated Department of Early Education and Care for the Executive Office of Education’s public forum on the fiscal year 2013 Massachusetts state budget. The forum, convened by Secretary of Education Paul Reville, took place just days after Massachusetts was awarded $50 million and earned [...]
Governor’s Plan Stresses Third Grade Reading
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, MA governor, Reading proficiency on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick laid out a four-point educational agenda for his second term – and we were delighted to see that ensuring that children read proficiently by the end of third grade was the first item on his list. “First,” Patrick said, “every child must read well by the third grade. Three-quarters of [...]
Talk to the Governor About Early Education
Posted in MA governor on July 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray are travelling the state for a “Summer Conversation Tour” to give residents a chance to discuss issues facing the commonwealth. This is a great opportunity to highlight the importance of high-quality early education and care. We have word from the field that this is happening. Kathy [...]
MA Governor Proposes New Children’s Department
Posted in MA governor on March 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick this week proposed creating a new Department of Children, Youth and Families that would consolidate the Department of Youth Services, which oversees juvenile offenders, and the Department of Children and Families, which handles social services. At Tuesday’s legislative briefing at the State House, Commissioner Sherri Killins of the Department of Early [...]
MA Governor Releases FY12 Budget Request
Posted in MA governor, MA state budget on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick released a $30.5 billion state budget for fiscal 2012 (House 1). The governor’s FY12 budget proposes $570 million in reductions. The state also faces an expected budget gap of more than $1.5 billion, with no federal stimulus dollars and limited state reserves. Despite the challenging fiscal climate, the governor prioritized [...]
MA Governor Patrick Inaugurated Today
Posted in MA governor, MA Legislature on January 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray, Senate President Therese Murray, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, and all returning and newly elected legislators. The new gubernatorial term and legislative session begin amid ongoing fiscal troubles. In good times and bad, our message to state leaders remains the same. Children are our common wealth. [...]
Governors Assn. Offers Advice on Early Education
Posted in Dept. of Early Education and Care, MA governor, Research on January 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
As governors in Massachusetts and across the country set the direction for educational policies and investments in their new terms in office, they would do well to read a recent publication from the National Governors Association (NGA). In “Building Ready States: A Governor’s Guide to Supporting a Comprehensive, High-Quality Early Childhood State Systems,” the NGA [...]
Join us for Kick-Off for Children 2011 on Jan. 20
Posted in MA governor, MA Legislature, MA state budget on January 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A new year has arrived, and with it the start this week of a new gubernatorial term and legislative session. Despite continuing fiscal pressures, investing in young children remains a wise investment that produces a substantial rate of return. High-quality early education is one of the few educational strategies documented to have lasting positive benefits [...]
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