Patrick education plan sets ambitious targets

BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has introduced a plan to provide universal pre-kindergarten, full-day kindergarten, an extended school day and year, and free community college for high school graduates in the Bay State. He made the announcement in a graduation address at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
“Right here, right now, I am committing this administration for the next 10 years to a statewide and sustained effort to change fundamentally the way we think about and deliver public education, to get ready for our future,” Patrick said in a statement. “Being ready means public education that is about the whole child, not just success on a single standardized test. Education that fosters creativity of every sort, and that develops the ability to apply those kinds of problem solving skills to a range of challenges.”
His plan also calls for a group to examine the challenges that the state’s public education system is facing. “The Readiness Project – A Review of the Future of Public Education in the Commonwealth” will include educators, legislators and business and community leaders.

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