Food insecurity, language barriers and a lack of transportation access are buzzwords that might feel abstract, especially given how often the terms are thrown around. But to give these pervasive struggles names and faces, a Northampton nonprofit founded at the height of the pandemic has received $20,000 to produce the stories of local people struggling to provide for themselves — and spin those stories into advocacy for improved public policies. Since 2022, the Hampshire County Food Policy Council, a resident-led coalition supported by the Collaborative for Educational Services, has been...
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Mar
2015
2
Read Across America Day
GREENFIELD, MA — “You don’t need a fancy office. That’s what’s great about being an author. You just need a paper and pencil,” said Natasha Lowe, a popular children’s book author, to a roomful of Newton School students. Lowe, author of the “Power of Poppy Pendle,”...
Feb
2015
26
Sen. Warren speaks at GCC
GREENFIELD, MA — Surrounded by Greenfield Community College students, faculty and local officials, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked for their support to help make college more affordable, to support early childhood education and to make education a priority and an...
Feb
2015
16
Technology in Education Relies on Both Student and Educator Voice
Over 200 elementary and secondary educators swapped stories, gained inspiration, and heard from innovative students, fellow teachers, and administrators about new projects and practices involving technology in the classroom; at today's 3rd annual Technology in...
Feb
2015
11
Early Childhood Programs Reduce Need for Special Ed
Attendance in an early childhood program dramatically reduces the chance that a child will need to be placed in pricier special education in third grade, according to research just published by Duke University. The findings were released just days after the North...
Feb
2015
11
Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) helps teachers communicate with students who have difficulty speaking
NORTHAMPTON, MA - Imagine how isolating and frustrating it would be if you couldn't speak clearly enough to be understood. There are many students across Massachusetts in this situation. Luckily, a variety of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ACC)...
Feb
2015
11
U.S. education policy: Federal overreach or reaching for the wrong things?
Federal overreach in education is under attack from multiple quarters and will likely be diminished in any overhaul of the No Child Left Behind Act, the current law governing national education policy. As a result, the powerful influence of nationally funded...
Feb
2015
11
Technology in Education Relies on Both Student and Educator Voice
Over 200 elementary and secondary educators swapped stories, gained inspiration, and heard from innovative students, fellow teachers, and administrators about new projects and practices involving technology in the classroom; at today’s 3rd annual Technology in...
Feb
2015
11
Local Educator Selected for Safe and Supportive Schools Commission
NORTHAMPTON, MA – William Diehl, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) in Northampton has been selected to serve on the Massachusetts Safe and Supportive Schools Commission. Diehl will be representing the Massachusetts Organization...
Feb
2015
11
New program lets schools compete for increased funding
BOSTON, MA (WWLP) – A new initiative called “Building on What Works” hopes to be a competitive way to increase funding for public schools. The new proposal would allow under-performing public schools to compete for additional state funding. The proposal is backed...
Feb
2015
11
School suspensions don’t work. It’s time for something better.
Cindy sits across from me in what is now called The Justice Center at Turners Falls High School in Montague, about 20 miles north of Amherst. The room is brightly decorated with student art, there is a coffee machine and some candy on a table, and behind me on the...
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