Education Dept. Reverses Plan to Cut Rural School Funding
WASHINGTON — Facing a bipartisan backlash led by Republican lawmakers, the Trump administration is backing off a bookkeeping change that would have drastically cut federal funds for rural ...
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From “flat Earth” to climate change denial, kids are deluged with fake science. Now teachers are fighting back
Melissa Lau, a middle-school science teacher in Piedmont, Oklahoma, with over 19 years of experience, stood by the doorway of her classroom as the last few of her first-period sixth grade ...
Focus on Teaching Students in Poverty
Dr. Albert Mussad began presenting to educators about teaching students who experience poverty back in 2016, through his initial work leading the training-of-trainers component of ...
Conway Grammar School hosts guest readers for Dr. Seuss’ birthday
CONWAY — Monday would have been the 116th birthday of Springfield native Theodor Seuss Geisel.
You know him as Dr. Seuss, and for 83 years children have pored over his more than 60 illustrated ...
A meeting of the minds: Sunderland sixth-graders interview UMass graduate students for podcasts
SUNDERLAND — Ryan Copeland, a sixth-grade teacher at Sunderland Elementary School, wanted to bring the traditional school report or essay more into alignment with the way his students interact ...
Government 101: Primary voting explained by a high school teacher
SOUTH DEERFIELD — What’s a primary? What’s a superdelegate? Why is Iowa such a big deal? What are we voting for, again?
American democracy is complicated. Laura Moore, who teaches government at ...
Meet Mack: Gill-Montague’s school comfort dog
TURNERS FALLS — A 5-week-old chocolate Labrador named Mack is headed to the Gill-Montague Regional School District next month to become the first full-time school comfort dog in Franklin ...
Warwick Community School Improv Club puts creativity to test with annual performance
WARWICK — Warwick Community School students let their imaginations run wild on Tuesday, pretending to be animals and creating spontaneous stories during an Improv Club performance at Town ...
Teacher Lauren Brown set to temporarily lead Northampton’s Jackson Street School
NORTHAMPTON — A fifth grade teacher who is training to be a school leader has been named Jackson Street School’s interim principal for next school year.
Superintendent John Provost announced ...
Mass Association of School Superintendents Supports Attorney General Healey in JUUL lawsuit announcement
Paul Andrews, M.A.S.S. Director of Professional Development and Government Relation, represented M.A.S.S. today as Attorney General Maura Healey announced that her office has sued JUUL Labs Inc. ...
Resources for Social Justice in Education Work
In the spirit of Black History Month as a time to reflect and dig deeper into our commitments, CES would like to share some resources for those of you doing social justice and equity work in ...
School panel takes aim at gun violence
HATFIELD — In 1992, Anne Thalheimer was a teenager in her second year at Bard College at Simon’s Rock when her life changed.
“I was writing a paper for his class … and then the phone rang, a ...