…through Community Preservation Act money, town capital spending and a grant by the Amherst Education Foundation. The playscape replaces the former playground, which offered students little more than shovels and…
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Easthampton chooses LeClair for superintendent
…voted on a new superintendent Wednesday night. After two full days of site visits, meet-and-greets and public interviews that wrapped up a process lasting several months, the committee selected Allison…
Baker-Polito Administration Signs Criminal Justice Reform Laws, Proposes Additional Reforms
…said Gov. Baker. “The two pieces of legislation signed today represent bipartisan work to find common ground and reform outdated elements of our criminal justice system,” said Lieutenant Governor Karyn…
‘We don’t come with the house’ FCTS students built Erving home with help from GSB Foundation
…we have a program to try to run,” he explained. “So I asked our administration if I’m allowed to approach certain banks and propose that we do our own. And…
How one Massachusetts town turned around early reading program
MALDEN, MA — When Carlos entered Kristen Reidy’s first-grade class at the Salemwood School in Malden, Mass., nearly five years ago, his reading scores put him in the “at risk”…
Amherst Mobile Market begins third year on June 7th
…the Amherst Mobile Market Planning Committee–this group is convened by Healthy Hampshire staff at the Collaborative for Educational Services and is part of the recently-launched Hampshire County Food Policy Council. …
Students release Poetry in Motion video to share their “best selves” with community
…the video. We invite you to view the 2016 Poetry in Motion Group video, “Feed the World” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csQNQ9molZI For more information about Special Education in Institutional Settings please visit collaborative.org/programs/seis…
Breaking the school-to-prison pipeline for young offenders one class at a time
…classes and good old reading, writing and arithmetic.” See Sreenivasan’s PBS report highlighting the work at the MA Department of Youth Services to educate these young offenders here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4lIZKWNcwY …
DYS Statewide Youth Showcase 3rd Annual Event is a big success!
…2015 DYS Statewide event also featured display tables of its programs and community partnerships where guests met and spoke with the youth artists, learned more about the various services, and…
Teach Disability History: We Can and We Must
…Rights Movement. A special unit on disabled Civil War veterans and nurses who served them features Massachusetts stories, supported by the Expand Massachusetts Stories program of Mass Humanities. Hear from…