…her students Tuesday afternoon. “I could have called it,” Pioneer senior Matt Grover said, when Pioneer Principal Jean Bacon and Superintendent Ruth Miller entered Betsold’s second-floor classroom with a certificate…
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Jerry Lassos
…Charter Network, 10 of Colorado’s top academic performing schools serving primarily Latino students. He is co-founder of Indigenous Students Leap Ahead! (ISLA) co-planning and co-teaching lessons research-based on American-Indian students’…
Amherst eliminates winter break homework
AMHERST, MA — For the next week while students in Amherst’s public schools are on vacation, they can focus on celebrating the holidays with their families, pursuing their own interests…
Why young people are striking Friday: ‘I won’t go to school and act like everything is normal’
NORTHAMPTON — On Friday, many students will skip school for a trip to Boston — but it’s not for fun. The students, along with many adults, will attend the youth-led…
Mohawk, Hawlemont to test out ‘Blizzard Bags’ during spring vacation
…with plans next fall to start an “Alternative Structured Learning Time” — or “Blizzard Bag Program” — the Hawlemont and Mohawk school district students will be taking school assignments home…
Meaningfully Teaching Multilingual Learners
Meaningfully Teaching Multilingual Learners grants 15PDPs in English as a Second Language toward License Renewal. This course is intended for paraprofessionals, teachers, and all other education support staff to build…
Mount Tom Academy awards diplomas to eleven
Eleven students were awarded diplomas Wednesday morning at Mount Tom Academy’s commencement ceremonies. Mount Tom Academy is a program of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), and is located on…
Follow 15 of America’s teachers on a day of frustrations, pressures and hard-earned victories
…10 students are proficient in reading and math. That may be explained by the fact that 87 percent of the students are poor and one in five have a diagnosed…
Warwick Community School Improv Club puts creativity to test with annual performance
WARWICK — Warwick Community School students let their imaginations run wild on Tuesday, pretending to be animals and creating spontaneous stories during an Improv Club performance at Town Hall. The…
Massachusetts receives $4 million Gates Foundation grant
…for educator preparation programs, officials said. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Thursday in a statement that the money will be utilized over three years to launch…