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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Special education initiatives at Ware public schools draw praise
WARE, MA - Initiatives initiated by the Special Education Director Heather Bish, that include a weekly newsletter and monthly "brainstorming" session with neighboring districts, were praised by the school committee at Wednesday's meeting. Board Chairman Aaron...
Attorney General Maura Healey issues new Open Meeting Law guide
NORTHAMPTON, MA — Attorney General Maura Healey has issued an updated version of the state’s Open Meeting Law guide that reflects newly enacted laws and information about recent decisions regarding the law’s requirements. The release of the new guide was timed to...
Editorial: Healthy Hampshire shines welcome light on challenges
People living in the residential East Hadley Road neighborhood off Route 116 south of downtown Amherst face challenges in their daily routines that are not part of the lives of many other residents. Because of inconvenient bus schedules and tricky access to the...
Hampshire Regional eighth-graders explore intersection of art and science during Smith College field trip
NORTHAMPTON, MA — Nearly 60 eighth-graders from Hampshire Regional Middle School descended on the Smith College campus Wednesday to spill water, melt plastic and spin on office chairs until dizzy — all in the name of science. The field trip was just one step in the...
Unjammed: Using Technology to Transform Teaching and Learning in the Classroom
The Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) and its educational partners, the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) and Commonwealth Corporation, were among those selected by The Center for Educational Excellence in Alternative Settings (CEEAS) for...
Gauging the need
AMHERST, MA - The Health Department commissioned the regional Healthy Hampshire program of the Collaborative for Educational Services to get data that highlights the needs for the 2,000 or so residents living in about 780 units and focuses on ways of easing their...
Amherst Regional High School prepares to expand interactive math curriculum that encourages flexibility, multiple solutions
AMHERST, MA — A businesswoman offers two items in her air delivery service: calculators and chicken feed. The two products come in containers of different weight and size, with different costs and sale prices. Accounting for the limited capacity of her plane, how...
Northampton Education Foundation prepares for 15th annual Adult Spelling Bee
NORTHAMPTON, MA — Whether you fancy yourself a word wizard, or just enjoy crazy costumes and jokes about grammar, it’s not too late to form a team for the annual adult spelling bee to benefit city schools. The 15th annual Northampton Education Foundation Adult...
Franklin County Tech principal picked
TURNERS FALLS, MA — Shawn Rickan of Phillipston is to take over for Franklin County Technical School Principal and Assistant Superintendent Richard Martin when Martin moves into the superintendent’s office in July. Now a high school principal in Baldwinville,...
Success in School Linked to Summer Reading
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 communities...
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