MONTAGUE — Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School have all new administrators this year, whose goals include making themselves more accessible to students and giving students a…
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The vocational surge: Smith Voc, South Hadley schools experiencing increased demand
…opportunity. After graduation, he plans to move to North Carolina and work for his uncle’s plumbing company while also enrolling in college to study business. Rivera is part of a…
South Hadley names Bonneville interim schools chief
…budget shortfall. Earlier this month, the School Committee unanimously selected Bonneville as the district’s acting superintendent following the sudden retirement of former Superintendent Nicholas Young, who announced on Nov. 26…
Area schools turn to Google’s online software solutions
NORTHAMPTON, MA— Standing before a roomful of 10- and 11-year-olds, technology specialist Andrea Marks pointed to what she calls the “waffle” at the corner of a large computer screen in…
No Child Left Behind getting makeover
WASHINGTON — The way the nation’s public schools are evaluated — teachers, students and the schools themselves — is headed for a major makeover, with a sweeping shift from federal…
Educators rising to remote learning challenges
Schools across the state, country and the globe are closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Here in Massachusetts, schools are slated to reopen at the beginning of May, the state is…
Area parents share concerns about school reopening plans
…no one-size-fits-all method for returning to school this fall amid the challenges sparked by the pandemic. Greenfield Recorder reporters asked parents from local school districts about concerns they might have…
CES After School program receives grant for Dexter Park Elementary in Orange
…After School program for Dexter Park Elementary School within the Orange Public Schools. A highly competitive process, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education received funding requests totaling more…
State board rejects Hadley Chinese charter school expansion
…Malden, the board denied a 452-student enrollment increase at the charter school recommended by Mitchell D. Chester, the commissioner of elementary and secondary education. Chester called the decade-old school an…
SPIFFY Staff and Partner Coalitions attend CADCA
…from local tobacco retailers. The Belchertown Public Schools DFC, the prevention arm of Belchertown Overcoming Addiction Together (BOAT), achieved the Blue Ribbon Coalition credential from The Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of…