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 local hospitals…
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Supporting Access to Educational Technology
…4th Annual Technology in Education (TiE2016) Conference, held at Holyoke Community College. Conference presenters shared a common thread that began with the first conference in 2013: how technology can be…
Conference draws 140 educators in discussion of how to manage race, polarizing conversations in schools
On November 17th, 2022 at the Log Cabin in Holyoke, the SPIFFY Coalition co-sponsored and co-organized the 9th Annual Safe and Healthy Schools Summit: Supporting Schools in Seeking Racial Healing…
2016 Parent Guide Now Available for Local Parents
…Coalition’s Heather Warner,about Data-informed parenting, and a quiz to help parents talk and actively listen to their teen. The 2016 Parent Guide can be found at the following link: https://view.publitas.com/p222-4389/parent-guide-2016/page/1…
Miller announces she’ll leave Pioneer school district
…news in letters to School Committee members last week, saying she will not be looking to negotiate a new contract once her current three-year contract is up. If nothing changes,…
Massachusetts to recommend modifying MCAS graduation requirements for Class of 2022
…Riley’s recommendations would change the competency determination requirement in English language arts and mathematics for students graduating next year to reflect missed testing opportunities last spring, when COVID forced schools…
Playful Learning through Intentional Teaching
…positive impact on kindergarten teaching in her district. Here is the link to her recent post on the MESPA blog, Principals Supporting Principals: Play Ball! A Home Run for Kindergarten…
National Endowment for the Arts award will support local arts integration program for girls in the juvenile justice system
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…
Baker to file stand-alone education bill
…his annual budget later this month to update the Chapter 70 funding formula and implement the reforms recommended by the Foundation Budget Review Commission. On Monday, the governor said that…
Steering Committee member Kris Hoag featured in SADO.D.
…in the community. In her interview, Kris talks about how crucial it has been for BOAT to have the support of key stakeholders in the town of Belchertown, like the…