The three-year initiative known as the Amherst Wellbeing Alliance will bring together community members, organizational and governmental stakeholders to create a community-wide plan for health AMHERST, MA — The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), in partnership with the Amherst Public Health Department, has received $375,000 over three years to complete a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) for Amherst, Massachusetts. The Amherst Wellbeing Alliance (in Spanish: “Alianza para el Bienestar de Amherst”) will engage the community and strategic partners, collect and analyze data,...
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Apr
2014
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Local author shows how memory is critical to teaching struggling learners
NORTHAMPTON, MA - Educators engage struggling learners when they use teaching techniques that are in sync with the brain's memory systems, says local educator and author, Ken Pransky. In his new book, Memory at Work in the Classroom: Strategies to Help Underachieving...
Mar
2014
18
Joan E. Schuman scholarship inspires students to pursue their dreams
NORTHAMPTON - For over twenty years, Joan Schuman led the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), creating and nurturing programs and resources that sought to provide the highest quality education for underserved students and the dedicated professionals who...
Feb
2014
3
CES launches statewide training program to help early childhood educators assess and respond to children’s needs
NORTHAMPTON - When educators know the children in their classroom well, they can teach in ways that are more responsive to each child's individual needs. A powerful approach for teachers to get to know their children well is through observing and documenting them in...
Jan
2014
31
New Leader of Early Childhood Programs Joins the Collaborative for Educational Services
NORTHAMPTON - Desiree Lalbeharie-Josias, the new Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) Early Childhood Programs, has a vision for enhancing educational and wrap-around services for children and families. "I am committed to empowering teachers,...
Jan
2014
23
Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) Hires New Executive Director
NORTHAMPTON - The CES Board of Directors voted unanimously on Wednesday to hire William Diehl as the new Executive Director, succeeding Joan Schuman. "I am very pleased for Bill and for the agency," said Schuman, who retires at the end of next month after 20 years at...
Jan
2014
20
Two finalists for Collaborative for Educational Services executive director to interview Wednesday
NORTHAMPTON, MA - The two finalists for executive director of the Collaborative for Educational Services are the agency's deputy director and a Northborough man. In a press release issued Monday, the collaborative announced that William Diehl of Northampton, the...
Jan
2014
15
Scholar and Common Core critic Yong Zhao says schools need to rethink use of classroom technology
HOLYOKE - In author and education scholar Yong Zhao's view, the prevailing use of classroom technology has failed to improve student learning in America. "Honestly, today, if you ask yourself has technology transformed education, the answer is no," Zhao told an...
Jan
2014
12
TiE conference speaker urges over 300 teachers to utilize technology to reinvent education
HOLYOKE, MA - Dr. Yong Zhao, an international speaker and expert, delivered the keynote address at the Technology in Education (TiE2014) conference in Holyoke, MA on Tuesday morning, January 14th. Zhao spoke to a packed audience of over 300 educators from around the...
Oct
2013
22
Silverback Learning Announces First Massachusetts Implementation Of Student Achievement Solution Mileposts Throughout Southbridge District?s K-12 Schools
BOISE ID and SOUTHBRIDGE MA - Silverback Learning Solutions (http://www.silverbacklearning.com), an educator-founded technology company and developer of Mileposts, a results-driven student achievement solution installed in schools K-12 nationwide, today announces that...
Oct
2013
22
Northampton School Board Expected To Decide Among Three Finalists Wednesday For New City Schools Chief
NORTHAMPTON MA - The community will have a chance Wednesday, in a whirlwind of meetings and interviews, to hear from three candidates for the post of school superintendent, topped off with a planned decision by the school board. The three finalists, chosen from a...
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