…seasonal, locally grown vegetables and fruits at multiple locations each week. After two years of planning, the Amherst Mobile Market completed its first active year, a 12 week season in…
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Workforce Development offers students opportunity and growth
…over 450 area students found internships, shadowed professionals at work, and attended career days across Hampshire County. Forging partnerships across the state has been core to success in this work,…
Joan E. Schuman scholarship inspires students to pursue their dreams
…a two- or four-year higher education institution. Schuman says that many students with special needs struggle in school until they get into an alternative school setting that supports their learning…
Experts discuss state of local education at GCC
…funding for students in rural districts versus urban and suburban districts. “(Mark is) there fighting for equal funding for all students in his district and across the Commonwealth as well,”…
Amherst-Pelham school district devises new funding formula
…for how wealthy each community is and how many students they are sending to the district’s schools based on 5-year averages. Representatives from the select boards and finance committees in…
Baker-Polito Administration Awards $600,000 in Grants to High Schools to Support Innovation Pathways
…students with hands-on skills learning and access to opportunities for future success in high-demand fields,” said Governor Charlie Baker. “The expansion of Innovation Pathways will allow more students to gain knowledge and…
Transforming Education for Social Justice Conference: Bridging, Belonging & Civic Engagement
This is the fourth Transforming Education for Social Justice conference for PK-12 educators, pre-service teachers, school and district leaders, students and community members in Massachusetts to gather and see what…
Rural School Aid in State Budget
…allowing it “to build on the success of its first year, which provided nearly 40,000 families with fresh, healthy, local food, and millions of dollars in sales to Massachusetts farmers,”…
Area lawmakers active in crafting landmark education bill
…time so that means western Massachusetts is going to be heard for a long time. Domb herself sponsored a successful amendment that ensures that charter schools are submitting the same…
White House Hosts Summit on Early Childhood Education
…to preschool Massachusetts will receive $15 million from the US Department of Education to expand access to preschool to about 750 4-year-olds in five communities across the state, officials announced…