Department of Early Education and Care
In 2005, Massachusetts streamlined governance by creating the nation’s first independent Board and Department of Education and Care, which consolidated the state’s early education and child care agencies. The creation of the department is critical to the state’s efforts to develop an effective and accountable system of high-quality early education for all Massachusetts children.

Visit EEC's website.

Read a case study on the creation of the department. [PDF]

Read the executive summary. [PDF]

The Board of Early Education and Care
EEC is governed by the Board of Early Education and Care, which includes Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville. JD Chesloff, deputy director of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable and former legislative director for Strategies for Children/Early Education for All, chairs the EEC board.

Read the governor's press release about Chesloff's appointment. [PDF]
See the current members of the EEC board
Review minutes of recent board meetings.