by tjohnston | Mar 16, 2015 | State/National News
Boston, MA – Boston school officials and nonprofit leaders will huddle Monday to mull strategies for closing the achievement gap that afflicts children from low-income families. Initial data from an ongoing study conducted in Boston and four other urban...
by tjohnston | Mar 16, 2015 | CES Stories, Local News
NORTHAMPTON, MA – HEC Academy rolled out a new one-to-one laptop initiative for students last week, the culmination of years of review, research and planning. HEC Academy students now have access to individual laptops with assistive technology. This technology...
by tjohnston | Mar 12, 2015 | Local News
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 with state...
by tjohnston | Mar 12, 2015 | CES Stories, Local News
During the month of February, the Center for Educational Excellence in Alternative Settings (CEEAS), with the support of Scholastic, Inc., sponsored Unbound, a nationwide read-a-thon. More than 50 schools across the country participated. The project began with bundles...
by tjohnston | Mar 9, 2015 | CES Stories, Local News
NORTHAMPTON, MA – WRSI’s Monte Belmonte has organized the ninth annual Cancer Connection Campout, being held in Downtown Northampton on the Old Courthouse lawn. Students from HEC Academy in Northampton raised funds and made personal donations to support this...
