CONWAY, MA — A 14-member state Senate delegation got a blast about rural issues from nearly a dozen officials from the four western counties Tuesday. The legislators were taking a…
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When Your Remote Classroom Is Your Car: How Some Rural Students Without Broadband Are Connecting
…then it wouldn’t be able to get to every student.” Before schools closed, many people in communities that don’t have residential broadband services got work done in local libraries or…
PraacticalAAC Blog Post by Jeanne Tuthill
Jeanne Tuthill, an assistive technology specialist at the CCATT Center, has prepared a post for Carole Zangari’s PracticalAAC Blog, and we are pleased to share the blog with you: If…
State Legislators and School District Superintendents Gather to Discuss School Funding
…and relief for small and rural schools. Legislators shared their work on new and proposed legislation focusing on these issues of education funding at the state level. William Diehl, Executive…
Transforming Education for Social Justice: Conference Day Details
Home E Search query for: blog blog 2017 03 29 officials sound off to legislators on broadband schools legtour TE4SJ Conference Day Details Check here for Conference Day Details! Below…
Fifteen Superintendents Express Charter Concerns with Area Legislators
…impact of charter schools and school choice on smaller and rural districts, especially in Franklin, Hampshire, and Berkshire counties. These schools lead the state in the percentage of students enrolled…
Urban legislators don’t get the struggle to fund large, rural bus routes
Maybe someone should arrange a school bus ride across the 530 road miles of the Mohawk Trail Regional School District for state legislators from those geographically tiny Boston metro cities…
Connecticut Valley Superintendents Roundtable Hosts Massachusetts Legislators
Thirty-four Connecticut Valley Superintendents Roundtable (CVSR) members represented their Western Massachusetts school districts on Friday in discussions with legislators at the Delaney House in Holyoke, MA. Superintendents discussed their concerns…
Increased rural school aid ‘a tremendous win,’ administrators and legislators say
…million — or an approximately 172% increase over fiscal year 2023’s $5.5 million appropriation — which local officials say is a good start toward reaching the Special Commission on Rural…
Forum with legislators explores rural school aid, recreation tax and more
CHARLEMONT — State Sen. Paul Mark and state Rep. Natalie Blais fielded questions on rural school aid, potential recreation taxes, affordable housing and more during a recent public forum attended…