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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2013
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CES Conference Explores How Technology Can Help Students Learn
HOLYOKE, MA - The Collaborative for Educational Services, in collaboration with MassCue, hosted the 2013 Technology in Education Conference on January 14th at the Kittredge Center at Holyoke Community College from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Over 200 educators, technology...
Dec
2012
17
Students Learn at local horse farm
Thanks to the efforts of a committed special education teacher, Collaborative students have been able to participate in a work and learning program at the Full of Grace Horse Farm in Amherst, Massachusetts. The story that follows was sent to us by Patricia Taylor,...
Dec
2012
12
AESA Walter G. Turner Award goes to Senator Chang-Diaz and Rep. Peisch
TAMPA, FL - State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz and Rep. Alice Hanlon Peisch, D-Wellesley, were awarded the 2012 Walter G. Turner Award by the American Educational Service Agency (AESA). The two co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Education were selected for their...
Nov
2012
15
Monte’s March
NORTHAMPTON, MA - When the Collaborative for Educational Services' HEC Academy students learned last fall about Monte's March, they decided to get involved. This was the third year that Monte Belmonte, host of the local radio station WRSI-FM, had organized...
Nov
2011
30
CES Director Accepts National Award For Innovative Leadership
NORTHAMPTON, MA - When Dr. Joan Schuman was hired as Executive Director of what is now the Collaborative for Educational Services the agency was a "tiny provider of special education and professional development programs to a limited number of schools in Hampshire...
Jun
2011
9
Looking Back: Ben DeMarino Memorial
NORTHAMPTON, MA - For some people, graduating from high school is a given, a stepping stone on a relatively straight-forward path to college and career. For Ben DeMarino, graduating from the Collaborative for Educational Services' Alternative Learning Program (ALP)...
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