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The Green Ribbon Schools recognition program honors schools and districts that are exemplary in reducing environmental impact and costs, improving the health and wellness of students and staff, and delivering effective environmental and sustainability education that incorporates Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), civic skills, and green career pathways. Each year, Massachusetts selects one or more schools or districts to honor at the state level.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) funds research and education in most fields of science, engineering, technology, and computer science. It does this through grants, and cooperative agreements to more than 2,000 colleges, universities, K–12 school systems, businesses, informal science organizations and other research organizations throughout the United States. The Foundation accounts for about one-fourth of federal support to academic institutions for basic research.
At any point in time Massachusetts has about 2,900 NSF awards. To search for NSF funding opportunities, visit NSF Funding Search. To search for NSF Awards, visit NSF Awards Search.
In partnership with Lighthouse Wellness and Health Education Consulting, Inc, DESE is pleased to announce a Fall series of training related to the implementation of the CHPE Framework. Visit the CHPE professional learning webpage for registration information. Additional in-person and webinar sessions will be added as they become available.
Due date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
The purpose of this competitive Computer Science (CS) Professional Development (PD) and Devices grant is to support Massachusetts public school teachers in learning Computer Science content and in purchasing student learning devices (e.g., circuit boards, Makey Makey, Beebots, micro:bits) for their classrooms. Funds under this grant may be used to attend select summer Professional Learning workshops and purchase classroom devices and accessories associated with that workshop. Optionally, schools may use these funds to purchase devices or accessories for teachers using a CS curriculum marked as "comprehensive" in the Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science Curriculum Guide .
See the FC 0142 grant posting for the official grant details.
See the FC 0142 Questions and Answers (Updated 3/19/2025) for further details.
The Tiered Math Academy is now accepting applications for its multi-year professional learning opportunity for school and/or district teams to receive training, coaching and technical assistance to strengthen their tiered math programming.
See the Tiered Math Academy webpage for more information or Apply for the Tiered Math Academy
DESE is currently accepting vendor submissions for the new Math Tutoring Master Agreement , which will cover FY26 through FY30. This agreement establishes a list of pre-approved tutoring vendors that schools and districts may contract with directly for future tutoring services.
Once approved, vendors will be eligible to:
If you anticipate continuing or launching math tutoring services in the coming years, you will be able to choose from vendors approved through this statewide process.
See the a list of approved math tutoring vendors
For general program questions, contact Math.Tutoring@mass.gov .
In partnership with the One8 Foundation, schools can apply for grants to help support implementation of the program, access in-state training, and receive additional support and complimentary programming from the OpenSciEd Equitable Instruction Initiative. To learn more, visit OpenSciEd in Massachusetts.
Last Updated: September 16, 2025