About
Jason Sachs joined Boston Public Schools (BPS) as Director of Early Childhood in 2005 to oversee the expansion of Kindergarten 1 classes and coordinate kindergarten and preschool programs for three-, four-, and five-year-olds. In 2017 he was promoted to Executive Director of the Preschool to 2nd grade office. Since the inception of the Early Childhood Department, Dr. Sachs has led an effort to deliver a universal high-quality system of early childhood programs for BPS, including the successful implementation of the PreK-2nd grade curriculum, a professional development system for teachers and principals, and a comprehensive evaluation system of both classroom quality and child outcomes; as well as the expansion of classrooms accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) in Boston – all of which help prepare students for successful transition into the elementary grades. Previously, Dr. Sachs worked for six years in the Massachusetts Department of Education’s Early Learning Services division as a research and policy consultant. He was also a former board member of NAEYC. He graduated from the Los Angeles Unified School District and received his master’s in applied child development from Tufts University. He obtained his Ed.D. from the Harvard School of Education.