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Amherst-Pelham school district names Morris superintendent

AMHERST — Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools now has a permanent superintendent, though he’s by no means new. In a unanimous vote, the Union 26 and Regional school committees Tuesday evening ...

North Berkshire Academy prepares for success in the Berkshires

North Adams, MA -- Deciding on a perfect site for the new special education public day school at the Armory Building in North Adams was only the beginning. North Berkshire Academy Director Jodi ...

Afterschool programs work Let’s fund services with huge dividends for children and families

Each year, thousands of working Massachusetts families rely on afterschool programs to provide a safe, supervised haven for their children. But there are thousands more children sitting on wait ...

Editorial: Local educators join national effort to teach critical news literacy skills

In an age where “information” is available at dizzying speeds and in seemingly endless quantities, it is essential to teach consumers the skills they need to discern what is fair, accurate and ...

Interim GHS principal steps into permanent post

GREENFIELD — As she left college, Karin Patenaude wondered what to do with an English degree. She would try the field of law, working as a paralegal. Unfulfilled, she went back to school to get ...

Franklin Tech’s frogs along the river

GREENFIELD — Back around March, a Franklin Technical School shop teacher was approached about an idea regarding a frog and a few words to accompany it. Greenfield Rights of Nature wanted to ...

Gateway to host educational technology conference

HUNTINGTON — Gateway Regional will host a technology conference for staff in western Massachusetts schools Thursday, Sept. 28. Five educational technology vendors were selected to showcase ...

Smith Academy launches sign language class

HATFIELD — Anyone passing by Brittainy Simpson’s classroom last Friday might have mistakenly thought they were witnessing a small miracle: a class of high school students making not a peep, a ...

It’s 10 P.M. Do You Know What Apps Your Children Are Using?

Alexander Graham Bell didn’t expect his telephone to be widely used for prank calls. And Steve Jobs was chary of children using his iThings. But social media apps are appendages for tweens and ...

G-M schools have higher enrollment

TURNERS FALLS — The Gill-Montague Regional School District has an increase in enrollment for the 2017-2018 school year. Superintendent Michael Sullivan said they are at 984 students total, ...

Senate panel rejects Trump’s proposed federal education cuts

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a spending bill that rejects President Trump’s proposed cuts to education funding for fiscal year 2018 and, for now ...

Let them eat kale: Belchertown students plant, harvest the vegetable for cafeteria

BELCHERTOWN — With the sun streaming down and a slight autumn breeze in the air on Monday, it is not that surprising that the teachers at Swift River Elementary School wanted to get their ...
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