The Massachusetts Education Equity Partnership (MEEP) represents a diverse community of passionate advocates committed to fostering excellence and equity in education across the Commonwealth, from preschool through college, particularly for students from low-income backgrounds, students of color, and other underserved groups.
Drawing attention to educational inequities in Massachusetts:
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What The Data Tells Us & Why It Matters
Underneath Massachusetts’s #1 education ranking are glaring and persistent disparities that separate students from low-income backgrounds and students of color from their peers.
16% of 3-year-olds are enrolled in a public preschool program in Massachusetts and 28% of 4-year olds.
In 2024, 42% of third-graders met or exceeded grade-level expectations on the ELA MCAS.
58% of first-time full-time students enrolled in a Massachusetts state university graduate within six years. Graduation may take even longer for systemically underserved students, with even lower completion rates.
In Focus: The Latest From MEEP
Press Release: “A Group of Civil Rights and Education Advocates Calls for Strong Equity Guardrails in Massachusetts Graduation Framework — While Maintaining High Expectations”
May 7, 2026
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Read More > MEEP’s FY27 State Budget Advocacy
May 7, 2026
As the House Committee on Ways and Means prepares its Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget proposal for consideration by the House of Representatives, we—the undersigned civil rights, social justice, and educational equity organizations from across the Commonwealth—write to urge you to advance a budget that boldly reflects a durable and unapologetic commitment to educational equity.
View PDF > MEEP’s Memo/Recommendations for the MA Graduation Council
May 7, 2026
As you continue your efforts to craft a new statewide graduation standard for Massachusetts, we—the undersigned civil rights, social justice, and educational equity organizations from across the Commonwealth—write to express our appreciation for your commitment to developingthe preliminarygraduation framework.
View PDF >A Few Good Words From Partners
MEEP is doing a great job capturing and elevating voices of those working in impacted communities.
MEEP has given us a platform to get involved in advocacy in a much more meaningful way than we would have otherwise had. We would not be doing what we are doing on advocacy without MEEP.
MEEP has given us training, support, access, and opportunities that we otherwise would have likely not been able to leverage to advance our mission. It has also led to important partnerships and conversations with other partners in the space.
Our Partners
The Massachusetts Education Equity Partnership (MEEP), coordinated by The Education Trust in Massachusetts, is a cross-sector, statewide coalition of civil rights, social justice, and education advocates from across the Commonwealth dedicated to advocating for policies and practices that improve opportunity and outcomes for students for low-income backgrounds, students of color, and those in other underserved groups.
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