Children enter the world with unique temperaments, which shape the personality they develop over time. Learn about the traits seen in the three temperamental categories, sometimes referred to as “flexible,…
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Bill S.261 would support literacy intervention programs in Massachusetts
…Public Schools, said the bill would “reduce unnecessary special education referrals.” “We’re at 19.6 percent of BPS students needing special education, that’s one fifth,” she said. “Serious thought needs to…
Districts team up on county’s first public therapeutic day school
…city. North Berkshire Academy provides a personalized, therapeutic, small-school learning environment for special education students in grades 7-10 with learning disabilities and/ or social, emotional or behavioral disorders. This is…
Teaching Disability History: How the Civil War Changed Disability and American Government
…and vastly expanded state and Federal services to aid veterans after. By 1900, the U.S. had paid pensions to nearly a million veterans, justified largely by their disabilities. These changes…
Orange committee to discuss name and budget for new school on Thursday
…ourselves”. “. “The school building program is evolving as it goes,” he said. The proposed school is in a “schematic design phase,” but the plan is to have a new…
Annual Educational Team Leaders Seminar
This annual ETL (Educational Team Leaders) Seminar is offered for people from Massachusetts who chair IEP team meetings. Each year, we will select topics of interest to support IEP Team…
Warwick Fire Dept. sparks hands-on learning for electrical students
WARWICK — The Franklin County Technical School students are no strangers to Warwick. Having replaced the ceiling fans in the Warwick Community School’s gymnasium last fall, the technical school’s electrical…
Money to help explore school regionalization
…Tari N. Thomas said cost-saving measures are the most attractive aspect of regionalization. She explained the Orange Elementary, Petersham Center and Ralph C. Mahar school committees — the three she…
Ethnic Studies Educators PLC
This professional learning community (PLC) is for anyone who is an Ethnic Studies educator in a school setting in Massachusetts. This PLC will be a place for Ethnic Studies educators…
Sustainability on menu: HEC Academy in Northampton recognized for garden, other ‘green’ efforts
…done by the students is what HEC Academy is all about. “It really just shows and helps represent us as a school,” she said. “It shows people that we’re doing…