AMHERST — An anti-racist curriculum will be launched in the public schools in Amherst and Pelham beginning in September, according to Superintendent Michael Morris. Morris is pledging that every student,…
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Bill Erickson
…Daoulas Award by his colleagues in the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents. He has served in leadership responsibilities, including superintendencies, in Massachusetts and Vermont. Recently, he was the Interim Superintendent…
Student-Centered Programs Help Kids Feel Connected
…to integrate and honor student voices, especially in the development of new enrichment activities. Students make suggestions and work with supervising adults to develop new activities. They are fun, but…
National speaker shares effective techniques for teaching vocabulary at Collaborative for Educational Services workshop
…of vocabulary words is easier said than done. Many students learn new words just long enough to repeat them back on a test, but over time, they slip out of…
Teaching disability history in schools is ‘long overdue,’ advocates say
…under threat,” said Ross Newton, who teaches history at HEC Academy in Northampton, a therapeutic special education high school. Newton has used the Emerging America curriculum in his classroom and…
HEC Academy students add nutrition education to their weekly schedule
A new focus has been added to the work of the HEC Academy students over the past year, and they are responding and finding rewards in inspirational ways. Lessons in…
North Berkshire Academy prepares for success in the Berkshires
…Force of Superintendents, Special Education Directors, and community partners from several school districts in the Berkshires. Seeing the need for a locally based special education public day school, Superintendents Barbara…
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Grant Will Boost College’s Efforts To Teach Disability History in Rural Communities
…strengthen the teaching of stories of disability history in K-12 schools. Participants share the curricula and projects they are working on and strategize ways to enlist new teachers in this…
In the big-kids school: Preschoolers welcomed into Sanderson Academy
…into two sunny new classrooms furnished with new preschool-sized chairs, tables, giant Legos and homemade play-dough. The preschoolers even have their own coat room, and restrooms furnished with small sinks…