…approved Superintendent John Provost’s budget plan, which reduces educational support positions, adds special education teachers and moves students receiving special education services into the mainstream. The approved budget for the…
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U.S. Department of Education Issues Guidance on Federal Funds to Support Afghan and Other Newcomer Students
…by states, LEAs, and schools to support recently arrived students. In addition to an overview of federal funds, this letter contains resources that LEAs may use as they fulfill their obligations to not only…
Collaborative for Educational Services Begins Statewide Youth Mental Health First Aid Training Project
…from behavioral support services. CES will train education staff of at-risk adolescent students within the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) programs. Adolescents entering the MA DYS juvenile justice system…
Ross Newton
Ross Newton is a History Teacher at HEC Academy in Northampton, a special education public high school of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES). Ross relates history to students’ lives…
Mark Branco
…as a middle school Assistant Principal for five years and a middle school Principal for six years. He currently serves as the Assistant Superintendent of the Tyngsborough Public Schools in…
Western MA coalition releases recommendations for minimizing the impact of trauma on young children involved in DCF
NORTHAMPTON, MA – System Change for Successful Children (SCSC), a federally funded initiative coordinated by the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), recently released recommendations to Massachusetts policy makers for minimizing…
MIAC reverses Rule 53 decision
…students to participate on high school teams. Thus, all single-principal schools that include students in grades 7 – 12 can continue to use middle school athletics without a waiver, and…
Humanizing the History of Genocide in the Classroom
…their history and social studies classrooms. Course requirements will be reading relevant articles, submitting lesson plans, and attending 1.5 days of on-site professional development. Participants who complete the work and…
MOEC Highlights Work of Collaboratives to Support Student Mental Health
…of the event was “Social Emotional Wellness: Building Resilience.” The symposium featured presentations by field experts discussing unique topics in mental health and wellness to support students and educators. Topics…
Kate Todhunter
Kate Todhunter has been teaching about the history of genocide for over twenty years at Northampton High School in Northampton, Massachusetts. She is also a lecturer at Smith College. Kate…