Northampton, MA - National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects across the country in the NEA’s second major funding ...
EASTHAMPTON, MA — In the face of another demonstration that drew about 200 people in advance of a School Committee meeting Tuesday night, school officials defended their actions in dealing with ...
MALDEN - The Baker-Polito Administration today held a ceremony at the State House to recognize 51 schools for high achievement, narrowing achievement gaps between groups of students or making ...
ORANGE, MA — Orange schools will be experimenting this winter with using “blizzard bags” to make snow days count.
Mahar Regional and Orange school committees have approved a pilot project to ...
Over the past several years, the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District has been operating with state funding that has been stagnant at best, and declining at worst.
In addition, enrollments ...
NORTHAMPTON, MA—A $3 million National Science Foundation grant will bring a new science curriculum to youth involved in juvenile justice system in Massachusetts.
Through Project RAISE ...
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, ...
It’s a busy Tuesday at the Green Room. As Dan Sullivan, site coordinator, explains the different offerings each day of the week, he fields a steady stream of questions from adults and students ...
Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society. – John Lewis
ONE CANNOT HELP but be troubled by the ...
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Woody Clift, Director of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) Education Initiative at the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), was thrilled to share that students from ...