Elementary Civics Curriculum: Children Discovering Justice

Children Discovering Justice is a K-5 standards-based civics curriculum developed by Discovering Justice to support and enhance social studies, literacy, and SEL instruction. Students explore topics including community, rules, leadership, and equity while answering the essential question, what is justice and how do I use my voice to advocate for it? The Massachusetts Civic Education Law passed in 2018 calls for comprehensive civics learning for Grades K-12, yet because of competing priorities, civics for elementary students has been a challenge. CDJ is created by teachers, for teachers, offering flexible and engaging modules based on real-time needs of educators in the field.

The K-2 curriculum is currently being piloted in classrooms in Springfield and Boston and has received overwhelmingly positive feedback.

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Public Policy Updates: December 2021 Board of Ed

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education met Friday, December 17 at 9 am. The agenda can be found online here; the video is here.

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Public Policy Updates: FY23 Joint Revenue Hearing

On Tuesday, December 21, the chairs of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, together with Secretary of Administration and Finance Michael Heffernan, held the annual Joint Revenue hearing to discuss tax revenue forecasts for the coming fiscal year 2023. 

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Report on the 2021 MASC Delegate Assembly

MASC's 76th annual meeting was held at the Cape Cod Resort and Conference Center in Hyannis on Saturday, November 6, convening at 9:00am. A total of 100 delegates representing school districts across the state were registered and participated in the deliberations of the meeting, both in-person and via zoom conference capability.

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Public Policy Updates: October 2021 Board of Ed

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education held their regular October meeting on Tuesday, October 19 at 9 am. The agenda can be found online here; the video of the meeting is online here. 

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Update to SRO MOU Commission Survey

The public input survey: Model School Resource Officer MOU Commission Public Input is now available in multiple languages. In the upper right hand corner of the survey, you will see a globe with the word English next to it on a drop down menu. By clicking on the drop down menu, survey participants can select from 11 languages, additional languages will continue to be added.