- Key Outcomes
- Strengthening the global competitiveness of Massachusetts' workforce
- Closing the opportunity and achievement gap
- Getting the Conditions Right
- World-class standards & assessments
- Accessible, timely & meaningful information for policymakers, providers, educators & parents/consumers
- Transparent, predictable, sustainable finance systems, with incentives for performance
- Effective educators and leaders
- Authority to act with accountability for results
- High-quality options and parental choice
- Focusing, Aligning & Integrating
- Upgrading Early Education Quality
- Workforce Development
- Kindergarten Readiness Screening
- Rate increases Tied to Quality Improvement
- Strengthening & Expanding Career Pathways
- Voc-Tech Capital Grants
- Workplace Learning (STEM high school internships)
- Expansion of engineering and computer science courses
- Early College/Dual Enrollment
- Improving College Affordability & Completion
- Reducing/Accelerating Remediation
- Commonwealth Commitment
- Alternative Pathways/Models (including On-Line & Competency Based Education)
- Coordinated Regional Planning
- Workforce Skills Cabinet
- Higher Education Capital Investment
- What Success Looks Like*
- An early education system that works in partnership with local school districts, while developing and supporting its workforce, to ensure literacy for all by 3rd grade
- A K-12 education system that empowers schools and offers parents diverse, high-quality options -- especially in high-need communities
- Expanded opportunities for high-quality career education and workplace learning in both high school and college to better prepare young people for successful careers, especially in STEM fields
- A focused, efficient higher education system that offers students and families accessible and affordable pathways to a college degree, while providing supports and incentives to ensure their success
- Integrated regional public education systems that maximize resources and capacity, while responding flexibly to the changing needs and priorities of the state and local economy
*Emphasis as it appears in the Secretary's original (bold red)