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DESE and EEC launch PRISM grants to align pre-K through grade 3 literacy
Summary
The state’s Literacy Launch dedicates $20 million for year one; DESE and EEC will fund PRISM competitive grants (PRISM 1) to about 20 communities to align pre-K and K–3 literacy instruction, require community-based preschool partners, and fund planning, coaching, curricula, screeners and stipends.
State education officials described 'Literacy Launch' and PRISM (Partnership for Reading Success Massachusetts) grants to the EEC board, framing the work as a cross-agency effort to improve reading outcomes from age 3 through grade 3.
DESE's Catherine Tarka said the legislature appropriated $20,000,000 for the initiative's first year. PRISM 1 is a competitive, multi-year grant targeting roughly 20 communities…
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