Massachusetts Executive Office of Education

Secretary Tutwiler was grateful for the opportunity to celebrate Black History Month at the State House yesterday - it is important to continue to lift up the history, perspectives, and hopes that this month encapsulates together.

Who Would Win? Lobster vs. Crab 🦞🦀📘 Secretary Tutwiler is always excited to share in a good book and was thrilled to celebrate the United States of Readers, which provides students in schools like Harmony Grove Elementary School in Framingham with access to quality books through Scholastic Book Clubs.

It’s all about the YOU 🎓

We continue to hear from programs and caregivers of the social-emotional needs of our youngest learners. That's why we're partnering with Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate to launch trauma responsive early educator trainings to support behavioral health and social-emotional learning for children.

This family’s experience is an example of the magic of CPPI, which helps expand low to no cost pre-k. CPPI is one way we are expanding affordable, accessible and equitable early education and care to support working families across the state and help our youngest learners thrive. Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care

The Healey-Driscoll Administration issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. Department of Education's announcement that they will be enforcing the Trump Administration’s 2020 Title IX Rule.

Massachusetts's 2025 School Counselor of the Year, Ms. Santos, builds trust with students and families, and her care for others creates an environment where students feel comfortable seeking help and advice. Thank you to all our school counselors who, like Ms. Santos, help students thrive🍎

Special thanks to the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy for convening leaders from all levels of education for #COE2025. Together, we can stabilize, heal, and transform across our education system to deliver high quality education to all of our young people. They deserve nothing less.

Massachusetts has been hard at work to stabilize and heal our education system as we recover from the pandemic. While we continue to lead on the nation's report card, we also know achievement gaps remain. We're going to keep working towards the goal to be #1 for all students in our state.

Last week, during the State of the Commonwealth address, the Office of Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey highlighted the achievements of Haris Mukanga and Burlington Public Schools Technology Innovation Career Pathway program. Governor Maura Healey stated, "Harris comes to us as a graduate of Burlington High School. Now, when he was there, he didn't just take traditional courses. He was also taking computer science through a career pathway. It's one of the programs that we've brought to over 100 high schools in Massachusetts. These programs partner with local employers in fields from biotechnology to advanced manufacturing to clean energy. As a senior, Harris did a capstone project with an industry mentor nearby. He built an app for a local sneaker store called Courtside Kicks. Now he's a freshman at the University of Massachusetts Lowell doing a degree in software engineering and managing that sneaker store part time. He's working hard. He's building great experience....That's a real program" Congratulations to Haris! We are so very proud of his achievements, and we wish him continued success at University of Massachusetts Lowell! We're also deeply grateful to the incredible team of state, school, industry, and community partners who played a pivotal role in supporting Haris along the way. Burlington's program was made possible thanks to the State's Innovation Career Pathway initiative, with leadership from Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler, PhD, Asst. Secretary of Career Education, Robert LePage, Innovation Career Pathways Lead Jennifer Gwatkin, and #MAICP Community of Practice Lead Annie Leonard, Ph.D. During his Tech Capstone Experience, Haris received invaluable mentorship from industry expert Stefan Mationg, and technical guidance from Ishan Suhail, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute co-op student. He also had daily support during his Capstone project from Burlington teachers and staff like LeRoy Wong, Sofia Phillips, Susan Beane, Amy Doughty, Shannon Janovitz, and Heather Northrop. Computer science coursework was available to Haris thanks to the leadership of School Superintendent Eric Conti, Principal Mark Sullivan, Dir.of Tech Integration Dennis Vilano, and faculty Francis (Jerry) Fatal, Meredith Palmer, Arshad Khan, Katherine Whitcomb, as well as dual enrollment partner Middlesex Community College. Community leaders and partners also played a role, including the Burlington School Committee, mentors Jeremy Brooks, Steve Morin, Representative Ken Gordon, Rick Parker, Melisa F. Tintocalis, Deb Deacon and MassHire Metro North Career Center. For anyone interested in learning more about our program, please reach out via LinkedIn or email styrrell@bpsk12.org. Let's help more students get ready for their future!