September 27, 2010 by Irene Sege
In Governor Patrick’s hometown of Milton, 61% of preschool-age children are enrolled in a formal early education and care program and, according to 2010 MCAS results released earlier this month, 29% of third graders read below grade level. The source of these demographic tidbits? Fast Facts.
Compiled and updated regularly by Strategies for Children, Inc., for each community in Massachusetts, Fast Facts lists key educational benchmarks, characteristics of both early education and care and the public schools, and basic demographic information about children, from birth to age 18.
Lt. Gov. Tim Murray’s hometown of Worcester has 23 public pre-kindergarten
