MARLBORO, MA - The Assabet Valley Collaborative, which works with 15 school districts including Marlborough, Maynard, Grafton and Hudson Public Schools, is hoping that Taylor Swift will see the video created with the help of their Evolution program students. They...
Kindergartners who share, cooperate and are helpful are more likely to have a college degree and a job 20 years later than children who lack those social skills, according to a new study. Kids who get along well with others also are less likely to have...
SPRINGFIELD, MA - College professors were pitted against public school educators and parents over the question of changing the state's main standardized exam from the MCAS to the new PARCC test during a public hearing Tuesday. The state Board of Elementary and...
WASHINGTON, DC — Congress on Wednesday moved to substantially scale back the federal government’s role in education, particularly the use of high-stakes standardized testing to punish schools, in the first significant proposed revisions since the No Child Left...
President Obama signed an Executive Order expanding the United States Presidential Scholars program to establish a new category of outstanding scholars in career and technical education (CTE). The announcement of this new award category of CTE Presidential Scholars...
Although American millennials are the first generation of "digital natives"--that is, people who grew up with computers and the internet--they are not very tech savvy. That fact would probably come as a shock to most Americans--especially to millennials themselves....
NORTHAMPTON, MA - An Issue Brief, ‘Connecting to Possibilities: Integrating Technology in Juvenile Justice Education’ is available for free download from the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES). Focusing on the ongoing work to integrate technology into...
BOSTON, MA - The Education Committee took testimony Wednesday on a bill that seeks to catch struggling young readers before it's too late. A measure under consideration by Education would create a reimbursement system for school systems that implement literacy...
BOSTON, MA – Governor Charlie Baker announced today a $5 million investment in the Regional School Transportation Reimbursement Fund (RTR Fund) that supports student transportation efforts of 85 regional school systems throughout the Commonwealth. The Baker-Polito...
ESE has lifted the registration cap for the upcoming Building Aligned Curriculum Training, so that more than two people per district may apply. According to the update, ‘The training is an opportunity for districts to better align existing curriculum to the state...
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