Education in Massachusetts

Roadmap to Expanding Opportunity: Evidence on What Works in Education

MassBudget and the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy have undertaken a shared project - the Roadmap to Expanding Opportunity: Evidence on What Works in Education - to identify evidence-based strategies for supporting all children in achieving college, career, and life success.
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Early Education & Care

Declines in Spending on Early Education & Care in MassachusettsJanuary 16, 2013

Under pressure from the recession and the large revenue losses that followed the tax cuts of the late 1990s and early 2000s, spending on early education and care has fallen by 25% since 2001. Read More

Cuts to Early Education & Care in the House Budget for FY 2014May 2, 2013

Quality Early Education & Care helps prepare kids for success in school and in life. The House budget would cut funding for Early Ed. & Care by $11 million--on top of the already-steep cuts that have been made since 2001. Read More

Nurturing Kids, Supporting Families: Early Education & Care in the Massachusetts State BudgetMarch 7, 2013

Quality Early Education & Care can help prepare children for success in school and in life--while also giving parents the flexibility they need to find and keep jobs. This brief discusses the different ways our Commonwealth invests in Early Education & Care. Read More

Economic Gains from Early Education & CareJanuary 16, 2013

K-12 and Higher Ed.

Ed Reform at Twenty: What's Worked, What's Changed, and What's NextJune 18, 2013

Twenty years ago this week, Massachusetts remade its education system to help ensure that all children across the Commonwealth would have the opportunity to thrive. "Ed Reform at Twenty" describes the new approach to education funding that anchored the 1993 law. It also discusses some of the options for future reform. Read More

Higher Learning, Lower Funding: The Decline in Support for Higher Education in MassachusettsOctober 2, 2013 (updated October 4, 2013)

Higher education is vital to economic prosperity, and it serves as the critical final step for students advancing through our state education system. Massachusetts is one of the states that has cut funding most severely, allowing out-of-pocket student costs to rise. Read More

Census Data Shows Massachusetts has Untapped Capacity to Invest in Public EducationOctober 2, 2013

In Massachusetts we invest a below-average share of our state's economic resources in public education. K-12 education spending as a percent of state personal income is 3.97 percent in Massachusetts compared to 4.12 percent nationwide. Read More

All Reports on Education

Bringing in the Relief Part II: The Census Counts for Equity

July 2, 2020 | PDF

Road to Recovery: How to Safely Reopen Early Education in Massachusetts

June 24, 2020 | PDF

FAQ: Status of the Mass. Early Education Sector During and Beyond the Coronavirus Outbreak

May 8, 2020

Federal Student Loan Debt Relief Significant, but Insufficient

May 1, 2020

That's A Relief Part I: Federal Fiscal Relief to Massachusetts in Recently-Passed Legislation

April 16, 2020 | PDF

Keeping Promises and Investing in Our Recovery: Why We Must Fund the Student Opportunity Act