SPRINGFIELD —Nine-year-old Ery Perez Gutierrez focused last summer on sharpening his academic skills at Boland Elementary School, under a program that provides additional education to the children of migrant farm and fishery workers. The jobs, which require families to move across the state and country due to seasonal employment, can take a toll on their children’s education — a challenge the program aims to address. This summer, however, Ery, a US-born citizen whose Guatemalan mother previously worked in tobacco fields across three states, won’t get the chance to learn science lessons or...
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Jul
2015
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PARCC test pros and cons debated at Massachusetts Board of Education hearing
SPRINGFIELD, MA - College professors were pitted against public school educators and parents over the question of changing the state's main standardized exam from the MCAS to the new PARCC test during a public hearing Tuesday. The state Board of Elementary and...
Jul
2015
9
Lawmakers Move to Limit Government’s Role in Education
WASHINGTON, DC — Congress on Wednesday moved to substantially scale back the federal government’s role in education, particularly the use of high-stakes standardized testing to punish schools, in the first significant proposed revisions since the No Child Left...
Jul
2015
8
Expanding the Presidential Scholars Program to Honor Students in Career and Technical Education
President Obama signed an Executive Order expanding the United States Presidential Scholars program to establish a new category of outstanding scholars in career and technical education (CTE). The announcement of this new award category of CTE Presidential Scholars...
Jul
2015
2
The High Cost of Low Technology Skills in the U.S.–and What We Can Do About It
Although American millennials are the first generation of "digital natives"--that is, people who grew up with computers and the internet--they are not very tech savvy. That fact would probably come as a shock to most Americans--especially to millennials themselves....
Jul
2015
1
New Greenfield Public Schools website is live, official launch in August
GREENFIELD, MA - The Greenfield Public Schools unveiled a new website this morning. The site is the culmination of teamwork between the Greenfield Public Schools (GPS) design team and Travis Johnston of the web development team at the Collaborative for Educational...
Jun
2015
29
Kelley Brown speaks at Mitchell Chester’s ESE All Staff Meeting
Easthampton’s Kelley Brown was the invited speaker at ESE Commissioner Mitchell Chester’s all staff meeting this past week, sharing her insights regarding professional development, curriculum frameworks and educator evaluation. Chester’s weekly newsletter noted...
Jun
2015
25
Career Skills Workshop at the Amherst Survival Center
AMHERST, MA - On the evening of Thursday, June 18, 2015, area high school students and adult members of the community joined staff from the Amherst Survival Center to listen to a panel discussion of strategies for successful job searching and interviewing. Joining...
Jun
2015
25
Collaborative for Educational Services honors Board of Governors Chair Lisa Minnick
NORTHAMPTON, MA - The Board of Governors at the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) in Northampton honored departing Chair Lisa Minnick last night, at their June 24th meeting. Chairwoman Minnick was honored for her contributions to the growth of CES over...
Jun
2015
24
Blended Learning Issue Brief released and available for download
NORTHAMPTON, MA - An Issue Brief, ‘Connecting to Possibilities: Integrating Technology in Juvenile Justice Education’ is available for free download from the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES). Focusing on the ongoing work to integrate technology into...
Jun
2015
18
Bill S.261 would support literacy intervention programs in Massachusetts
BOSTON, MA - The Education Committee took testimony Wednesday on a bill that seeks to catch struggling young readers before it's too late. A measure under consideration by Education would create a reimbursement system for school systems that implement literacy...
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