Laurel Peltier, Ed.D. is a Curriculum and Instruction Specialist in Special Education at the Collaborative for Educational Services. Her work focuses on special education leaders and leadership, and particularly on facilitating the IEP team process with people inside of schools and in community settings who support kids who have disabilities. We recently asked Laurel whether at this time, the role of special education team leader is more important than ever. She responded, “Special education funding has been an issue for as long as I have been in the field of education, and while...
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Nov
2016
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Trump Chooses Betsy DeVos For Education Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has picked billionaire Betsy DeVos, a Michigan Republican activist and philanthropist who is a strong supporter of school choice but has limited experience with public education, as his secretary of education. DeVos, 58, is a former...
Nov
2016
28
Report: High demand but high cost for voc-tech programs
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, in a paper titled "Skills For Our Future," reported that while a career, vocational and technical education (CVTE) costs about $5,000 per pupil more than a traditional high school education each year, good CVTE programs...
Nov
2016
22
Mass. employers identified skills gaps in workforce readiness
A new survey, reported in the Worcester Business Journal, has found that 75 percent of employers are having trouble finding qualified candidates to fill open positions, up from 69 percent in 2013, particularly in the central and western parts of the state. The...
Oct
2016
20
White Brook Middle School celebrates arrival of new recess equipment, breakfast kiosk with Pat Patriot
EASTHAMPTON, MA — Breakfast is the meal of champions, and no one can illustrate that better to a group of schoolchildren than Pat Patriot, who visited White Brook Middle School on Wednesday. The New England Patriots mascot joined school leaders and representatives...
Oct
2016
19
The election challenge: A race to the White House with this many turns has teachers scrambling
Social studies teacher Scott Mahar had the perfect election-related lesson plan sketched out for his high school students — a scavenger hunt in which they would match an issue with a candidate. Then the second debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump...
Oct
2016
19
Preschool playground at Crocker Farm Elementary School in Amherst officially opens
AMHERST — Town and school officials — and most importantly, children — gathered Monday to celebrate the opening of a new accessible playground just for preschoolers at Crocker Farm Elementary School. The new playground and its equipment are designed to meet the...
Oct
2016
3
First annual Transforming Education for Social Justice conference to be held October 15th at Holyoke Community College.
The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) will host the first annual Transforming Education for Social Justice conference on October 15th, 2016, at Holyoke Community College. A goal of this conference is to connect and grow a local network of committed...
Sep
2016
30
Rural schools develop state aid proposal
BUCKLAND, MA — Saying about 50,000 rural students attend public schools that are in “severe fiscal crisis,” Mohawk Superintendent Michael Buoniconti will ask the Massachusetts Rural Schools Coalition to review a draft proposal that seeks more Chapter 70 state aid...
Sep
2016
30
Franklin County Technical School starts year with student-built computers
Turners Falls, MA - Students in the Franklin County Technical School’s computer programming and web design program started the school year with 26 new computers, but the students themselves were the ones who assembled the machines. The school was able to purchase...
Sep
2016
24
Heath Elementary’s new principal no stranger to town
HEATH — Heath Elementary School’s new principal, Jesse Porter-Henry, is no stranger to the school or the town. Porter-Henry grew up here and was a Mohawk High School student when Heath Elementary School opened its doors, 20 years ago. His mother was one of the...
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