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Baker orders schools to stay closed through end of school year

Governor Charlie Baker on Tuesday ordered the state’s schools to remain closed through the remainder of the school year. “It’s the right thing to do, considering the facts on the ground ...

MCAS Requirement Waived for Mass. Students This Spring

Students in Massachusetts won't have to take the MCAS exams this spring, amid school closures across the state due to the coronavirus outbreak. Gov. Charlie Baker signed the law that cancels ...

An Epidemic Far Worse Than Coronavirus

It feels the world I was born into has been taken from me without prior notice, without warning. Coronavirus snuck in like a thief in the middle of the night while I slept in peace, and robbed ...

After School Programming During the Crisis

CES began running 21st Century Learning Programs after school 20 years ago, and currently runs fourteen After School Programs in Franklin and Hampshire counties, including 12 programs funded by ...

Educators rising to remote learning challenges

Schools across the state, country and the globe are closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Here in Massachusetts, schools are slated to reopen at the beginning of May, the state is now per Gov. ...

Not country — but a great teacher: Kayla Werlin of Hadley wins Country Music Association Award as a top music instructor

Country music might not be Kayla Werlin’s area of expertise. But that hasn’t stopped the Country Music Association (CMA), the trade organization formed in 1958 to promote country music, from ...

Gill-Montague selects Hopkins Academy principal Brian Beck as new superintendent

MONTAGUE — Brian Beck, principal of Hopkins Academy in Hadley, has been chosen to replace Michael Sullivan as superintendent of the Gill-Montague Regional School District. Beck is a Montague ...

A different kind of meals on wheels: Franklin County Technical School delivers food to students

TURNERS FALLS — The past week and a half has kept school staff from across the county busy planning and delivering meals to students. Included is the Franklin County Technical School, which has ...

Hatfield taps 2 finalists for Principal position

HATFIELD — Principals at two elementary schools in Franklin County are finalists to become the next principal at Hatfield Elementary School beginning July 1. Conor Driscoll, principal at Gill ...

Mohawk Trail Regional School special education teacher earns Excellence in Teaching Award

BUCKLAND — Shelburne resident Angela Schatz was recently awarded the 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award within the Mohawk Trail Regional School District for her work as a special education ...

Local technical schools lead donations to area hospitals

Two local technical schools, Franklin County Technical School in Turners Falls, and Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School in Northampton, have each made donations of supplies to their ...

Schools pivot to remote learning – Educators try to provide ‘normalcy in this abnormal time’ amid school closures

NORTHAMPTON — With Massachusetts schools closed through at least April 7 as part of a state effort to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, school districts are adjusting to a remote ...
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