Western Massachusetts schools will receive just over $480,000 of the $3.8 million dollar Digital Connections Partnership Schools Grants awarded last week by the Baker-Polito Administration. Sixteen schools within Belchertown, Gill-Montague,…
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Area lawmakers active in crafting landmark education bill
…will create a special commission to study and make recommendations on the fiscal health of rural school districts that are facing, or might face, declining enrollment. Blais said the rural…
Healthy Hampshire’s Sarah Bankert interviewed for “Local Hero Spotlight” series on WRSI
Healthy Hampshire’s Sarah Bankert was interviewed by WRSI’s Monte Belmonte and Phil Korman for the Local Hero Spotlight on February 29th. Bankert shared details about Healthy Hampshire’s work with the…
A new report says Massachusetts schools are the best in the nation
School just got back in session after winter break, but Massachusetts already has top grades on its report card. The 20th edition of Education Week’s Quality Counts report, released Thursday,…
Editorial: Sparsity aid concept would greatly benefit rural schools
A provision to study how rural schools might get more state aid has been included in the Senate budget that was adopted last month. That’s good news for Franklin County’s…
Governor Baker outlines plans for local aid increases
…cities and towns. The combined $131 million increase in the two main local aid accounts compares to a more than $158 million increase in the two accounts in this year’s…
Classrooms: Teachers to be honored with excellence awards
Teachers from public schools in Hampshire and Franklin counties chosen for this year’s Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Awards will be honored April 26 at the Log Cabin in Holyoke….
Now available: Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation
…and the government and other funders who support and oversee these systems. The report offers recommendations to build a workforce that is unified by the foundation of the science of…
As details emerge, here’s what Trump’s plan to abolish DOE could mean for Mass. schools
…another thing. In response to McMahon’s confirmation, Gov. Maura Healey said that dismantling the DOE would mean that Massachusetts schools would lose $2 billion in federal funding for schools. Healey…
‘Hour of Code’ engages Pioneer Valley students
…senior Zach Laprade, 18, of Southampton, was working with Teddy McCormick, 20, an engineering student at Holyoke Community College, on an activity that involved making two-dimensional creatures chase a hero….