…adopt a curriculum that would ensure students were prepared to take calculus their senior year. Justin has worked with both the College Board and Boston Public Schools central office in…
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Laurie Risler
Laurie Risler is a former elementary school teacher. She now teaches education courses at Westfield State University. She has co-led professional development programs in history for the Collaborative for Educational…
Lisa Kucia
…experience as a classroom teacher, Reading Recovery teacher, and reading interventionist in MA and NJ. Lisa earned her B.A. from Goucher College and M. Ed. in Reading from Curry College….
‘You’re braver than you believe’ Smith Voc sends 122 grads out into world
…by Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School valedictorian Alexandra West in her speech to her fellow graduates. Hundreds of people packed into John M. Greene Hall on the Smith College…
Peggy Hoime
…Because of her labels, she was allowed to go to college on a disability grant and was accepted on probation. After graduating from college, she has spent over 40 years…
School panel takes aim at gun violence
HATFIELD — In 1992, Anne Thalheimer was a teenager in her second year at Bard College at Simon’s Rock when her life changed. “I was writing a paper for his…
Art therapy: Northampton authors launch new drawing webcasts to help kids, parents cope during pandemic
Monday marked the first day of working remotely for scores of Americans following social distancing guidelines, including many parents and guardians who suddenly found themselves homeschooling their kids. Of course,…
When coronavirus closed schools, some Detroit students went missing from class. These educators had to find them.
…out to a social worker who’d worked with his family in the past. But more than a month after the coronavirus threat forced the New Paradigm Loving Academy in Detroit…
Jes Karr
…for young children in a variety of settings and roles. She received her Masters of Social Work from Florida State University and worked as a Community Therapist, Mentor Trainer, and…
Vanessa Pashkoff, ECMH-E®
…– learner, family partner, and advocate for young children. She is committed to anti-bias education, social emotional development, and learning through play. In addition to her work in the classroom,…