Beginning Aug. 30th, 2026, Dr. Sonia Fields, who currently oversees Title I services for the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) DYS Education Initiative, will be assuming the role of Director of Teaching, Learning, and Innovation. Sonia has dedicated three decades to education as a teacher, administrator, and educational consultant, including thirteen years in leadership roles with CES. She began her career as a Spanish teacher before serving as Regional Director of the Massachusetts Migrant Education Program, experiences that shaped her commitment to educational equity and the...
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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) strategies...
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 of...
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 by...
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...
Feb
2015
11
Interim Lenox Schools Chief Appointed Superintendent
LENOX MA -- Interim Superintendent Timothy Lee is no longer an "interim." Following an outpouring of accolades for Lee's performance, the School Committee on Monday night voted unanimously to appoint him as superintendent through June 2017. Lee, who had been principal...
Feb
2015
10
Mass. High School Graduation Rate Improves
Massachusetts education officials say the state's high school graduation rate is up to 86.1 percent, with some of the strongest gains among minority and low-income students. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on Tuesday announced that the four-year...
Feb
2015
10
White House Hosts Summit on Early Childhood Education
Washington D.C. - Today the White House announced $1 billion in funding in government, public and private support for early childhood education programs, including $750 million in federal investments for preschool development grants and an expansion of the Early Head...
Jan
2015
18
He’s game for becoming superintendent
TURNERS FALLS, MA — As principal of the Franklin County Technical School, Richard Martin was known for a nearer-than-the-bleachers involvement in the vocational high school’s sports teams, suiting up for practice and running drills with teenagers. Martin, 50, of...
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