…show them what they CAN do. We need more models for behaviors that are worth emulating, not scary stories about digital missteps. As she works to support schools and districts,…
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Technology Update at HEC Academy
…access to individual laptops with assistive technology. This technology provides educational assistance in the form of the ability to listen as well as read any text seen on the screen,…
Orientation to Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum
…completion of written feedback. (Teachers from other states will get a letter documenting participation). PDPs will be rewarded after completion of curriculum pilot. Learn more about the new curriculum: https://www.emergingamerica.org/blog/new-mini-units-will-integrate-disability-history-across-k-12-curriculum…
State education formula out of whack, Commission: Health insurance, special ed underfunded
…components,” Peisch said. “With sufficient funding for these areas, millions of dollars across the commonwealth will be freed up to spend on the kinds of things that we know students…
Developing Academic Language in Science and Technology/Engineering
This fully online course invites science and technology/engineering teachers, coaches, and administrators to approach instruction as a concerted effort in each lesson to develop students’ proficiency in content, thinking, and…
Playful Learning through Intentional Teaching
…Emotional Learning and Play and Learning Standards Massachusetts Science, Technology/Engineering Frameworks According to Kathleen Bailer, John Ashley School and Cowing School Principal, West Springfield, these initiatives have had a major,…
Special Education Services
…students. Specialists may also provide classroom teachers with strategies for accommodations and modifications necessary for instruction. Services may include: Teaching students to utilize aids and accommodations Developing systematic orientation to…
Workforce Development offers students opportunity and growth
…ways to support students by developing a series of mini online workshops for students, focusing on skills such as resume writing, cover letter writing, and interview skills, so that students…
Graduation Rates Up, Dropouts Down in Massachusetts High Schools
…low-income families. The second-largest school district in the state, Springfield, boasted the best improvement of any urban district in the state. Across the state, 87.3 percent of students who entered…
Early Learners Explore Science, Math and Technology at CES event
…full of questions and curiosity,” said CES?s Carolyn Mazel, who coordinated the event. Chris La Flamme said his granddaughters were fascinated by how many more parts of the insect they…