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The updated 2025 Massachusetts MTSS Blueprint unpacks MTSS from three perspectives: why it is important, what it entails, and how to approach implementation. It reflects a holistic view of student development and MTSS implementation lessons from the field and research.
Access practical tools and instructional planning videos on how to address both language and disability and plan effective student supports.
Use this module to learn about 12 key criteria for English learner education (ELE) programs in Massachusetts and access tools and resources to help design and improve programming.
Use this series of short 1-2 minute videos to introduce family members to English Learner Education. Available in English, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Use this video collection to learn about ways educators in schools across Massachusetts are transforming professional learning using a variety of collaborative and lesson internalization methods.
This guidance and AI Literacy for Educators training module are designed to help districts that opt to move forward with AI develop thoughtful, responsible, and equitable approaches. Grounded in the Commonwealth’s educational vision, they offer a foundation for local policy development, educator training, AI literacy, and the creation of adaptive systems that evolve alongside emerging technologies.
Use this series of fact sheets to refine tiered supports for student social emotional development and mental wellbeing. Topics include the research basis, student identification, data use, and educator wellbeing.
Use these modules to orient and train new paraeducators and provide a deeper dive into specific areas of practice.
Use these tools to support deeper learning grounded in grade-level, real-world, relevant, and interactive learning. Tools in the classroom support observations, lesson and unit unpacking, and student work review.
Find workshop materials from DESE’s 2025 Instructional Leadership Institute. Session topics included instructional vision and planning, designing for school belonging, scheduling, student support structures, multilingual learners, budgeting, and more.
Ground your learning community in DESE’s vision for Massachusetts students. Available in 8 languages.
In recent years, DESE has published and utilized several frameworks and resources that capture elements of great schools and levers to create conditions that improve student outcomes. The Coherence Guidebook pulls them together into one place to illustrate a systems-level path toward deeper learning.
This module provides users with an interactive learning experience so that they can learn what they need to know about the special education process. While this guide is geared towards families, it will be useful to anyone who needs to know more about topics like referral, evaluation and eligibility (among others).
DESE convenes panels of Massachusetts teachers to review and rate evidence of alignment and quality of comprehensive core curricular materials. Findings for each resource product are published in a user-friendly report for educators across the Commonwealth to consult and make informed, local decisions about curricula.
This report paper highlights promising practices and trends in personalized learning and competency-based education for English learners and includes case studies from these schools:
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