SHELBURNE — A group of Mohawk Trail Regional School District teachers is pondering the question of how to address hate speech in school environments. Led by an ad hoc committee of teachers and staff, the district welcomed educators, School Committee members and community members to the Shelburne-Buckland Community Center in June to start a dialogue about discrimination, hate speech, bias, and how to create school communities that foster openness and a sense of belonging. “The goal was not just to have one event, but to begin many more conversations,” said Boris Samarov, a...
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Mar
2024
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$100,000 Urban Agenda Grant Awarded to Enhance Food Security and Community Leadership in Hampshire County
The Collaborative for Educational Services’ Healthy Hampshire initiative is thrilled to announce a $100,000 grant from the Executive Office of Economic Development's Urban Agenda Grant Program to the Hampshire County Food Policy Council (HCFPC) for its Food Policy...
Mar
2024
4
At state budget hearing at GCC, school officials share unique challenges faced by rural districts
GREENFIELD — At the Joint Committee on Ways and Means’ fiscal year 2025 state budget hearing on Friday, the focus was on statewide education and local aid. At the regional level, though, legislators, school officials and community members from up and down the...
Feb
2024
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Emerging America shares stories of advocacy
“On behalf of CES, the Emerging America program works nationally in conversation with the Library of Congress and many other partners to support the full inclusion of students with disabilities in history and civics education. That includes development and sharing...
Feb
2024
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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 by roughly 20 residents. The “ReMarks and Refreshments” forum at...
Feb
2024
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MA education commissioner will step down in March
Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley plans to step down on March 15 after six years leading Massachusetts' K-12 school system, according to a letter he sent to the state's education board on Thursday. Riley plans to recommend Deputy...
Feb
2024
12
DYS Education Initiative wins nationwide BreakFree competition
Woody Clift, Director of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) Education Initiative at the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), was thrilled to share that students from the Robert F Kennedy School in the DYS Northeast Region have won first...
Jan
2024
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DYS Education Partners With Berklee Online
Through a new initiative that has been years in the making, Berklee College of Music is offering music scholarships to students like Mekhi, a student at a program operated by the Department of Youth Services, the Massachusetts juvenile justice agency. He recently...
Jan
2024
11
State education secretary takes to airwaves with a message: make school attendance ‘a priority’
Nearly four years after COVID-19 first shuttered schools, students are still missing class at rates unprecedented in the past two decades. In an effort to reverse that trend, Patrick Tutwiler, the state’s education secretary, will make his television debut this...
Dec
2023
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Voice and Choice: Mount Tom offers students a supportive and non traditional road to success after graduation
Led by Program Director Lynan Cerruti, additional teaching staff at Mount Tom Academy have provided deeper bench strength to the programming this year. The resulting energy at Mount Tom is striking. “We are adding elements to the program that are rich and...
Dec
2023
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Working with teachers and students online to create pathways, not roadblocks
Digital citizenship is a misnomer, says Casey Daigle. Casey is the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) Digital Learning Manager. Recently, her work has often revolved around helping schools and districts with what people call digital citizenship or digital...
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