Friday, October 9, 2026
📢 Tarr Announces FY27 DESE Early Literacy Tutoring Initiative Grant...
📢 Tarr Announces FY27 DESE Early Literacy Tutoring Initiative Grant Awardees 📢
Congratulations to the DESE Early Literacy Tutoring Initiative recipients who are benefitting from this year’s grants, awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The total investment for this program in
our Commonwealth this year is more than $20 million.
Early Literacy Tutoring Initiative Grants provides 338 schools across 102 school districts, charter schools and collaboratives with no-cost, high-impact early literacy tutoring during the 2026-27 school year.
The initiative will provide at least 8,485 tutoring seats for students in kindergarten through third grade, with priority given to first-grade students who demonstrate the greatest need in foundational reading skills.
A full list of the awardees can be found at:
https://www.mass.gov/news/healey-driscoll-administration-announces-continued-investment-in-early-literacy-tutoring-for-338-schools-0
These grants will support investments to strengthen early literacy instruction and help more students become strong readers.
To learn more, visit:
https://www.doe.mass.edu/instruction/ela/tutoring/
