Scope and Content: In 1983 the Joint Committee on Education conducted a six-month study on the quality of elementary and secondary education in Massachusetts.  The committee held statewide public hearings, sponsored seminars, reported its findings to the legislature and educators, and made recommendations for modernizing and improving the public educational system.  It also drafted legislation leading to St 1985, c 188, “An Act improving the public schools of the Commonwealth.”  Administrative files contain records relating to the initial six-month study and its aftermath.
Arrangement: In four subseries: (1) Project files  (2) Media files (3) Study hearing files  (4) Hearing files; Arranged within each subseries chronologically
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