…20 percentage point jump from 2000 to 2023 in the number of students with disabilities who graduate with a standard high school diploma. Judy’s legacy also includes influencing the publication of the regulations…
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Graduating junior firefighters recognized by Colrain Firefighters’ Association with signs
COLRAIN — The Colrain Firefighters’ Association is recognizing four junior firefighters who are graduating from high school this year. Signs were posted on the Fire Station on Monday for KC…
Teaching disability history in schools is ‘long overdue,’ advocates say
…webinars, conferences and professional development events. “It feels like it’s starting to show some signs of being a movement,” he said. The Emerging America curriculum focuses on using primary sources…
Franklin County Tech principal picked
TURNERS FALLS, MA — Shawn Rickan of Phillipston is to take over for Franklin County Technical School Principal and Assistant Superintendent Richard Martin when Martin moves into the superintendent’s office…
Unusual Amherst Regional graduation ceremony ‘meant something to us’
AMHERST — As music played and spectators clapped and used various noisemakers, including their car horns, more than 200 Amherst Regional High School seniors made their way across a makeshift…
Williamstown Elementary, Mount Greylock Principals Named
…the middle-high school. Thompson is an assistant principal at West Mesa High School in Albuquerque, N.M. Three weeks ago, Schutz and Thompson were announced as the two finalists for the…
‘History found you’: Mahar graduates 88 in virtual ceremony, subsequent parade
…their diplomas from their vehicles. The COVID-19 pandemic and the curveball it has thrown the world was an unignorable topic among the ceremony’s speakers. Superintendent Tari Thomas acknowledged the “season…
New Pioneer principal hopes to make school ‘model’ in western Mass.
NORTHFIELD, MA — Pioneer Valley Regional School’s new principal, Jean Bacon, says that she wants Pioneer to support all learning styles, including students who need more support or students who…
Maria Geueke
…Education teacher at Holyoke High School. She is currently an advocate for Emergent Bilinguals and Exceptional Learners and teaches at Marcus M Kiley Middle School in Springfield, MA. Maria has…
Smith Academy launches sign language class
…requirement. The pilot program has become popular among students at the school, which is one of the few high schools in the area to offer ASL as a classroom subject….