Governor Patrick has been an effective chief executive for Massachusetts. Under Governor Patrick’s leadership, Massachusetts has navigated the challenging economic environment and is now recovering twice as fast as the national economy. Massachusetts consistently leads the United States in its public schools and in innovation; Governor Patrick continued this trend by making unprecedented investments in education and in the green energy and biotech jobs of our future. Fulfilling key campaign promises, Governor Patrick succeeded in passing the overhaul of the state’s criminal background check system, or CORI reform and comprehensive education reform.