…demographic trends, an increasing number of the district’s students select vocational placements. The member towns of Amherst, Pelham, Leverett and Shutesbury have been considering all options in dealing with these…
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AG Healey Reminds Public Schools About Laws Requiring Equal Access to Education Regardless of Immigration Status
…reminding local public school districts of their obligation under state and federal law to provide all students with equal access to primary and secondary education, irrespective of citizenship or immigration…
CES continues its strong Partnership with BreakFree Education
…they need to make school relevant and meaningful. DYS youth find these learning activities engaging and teachers leverage these interdisciplinary resources to teach across content areas so that students can…
Specialized Reading Approaches
…readers experiencing difficulties reading and those students with learning problems. Students will gain skill and competency in utilizing research to analyze the components of each program while developing effective reading…
Rural School Aid awarded to local districts
…these leaders as we strive to ensure quality education for our rural students.” School districts that qualify for Rural School Aid have fewer than 21 students per square mile in…
ELL Education Workgroup
This workgroup will help all educators to strengthen their skills for working with ELL students and others who need language support, design curricula for these students, or gain further practice…
Continuing Earl McGraw’s Legacy in Turners Falls
…which is given to students and staff who exemplify McGraw’s principles. The school community nominates students and staff. McGraw’s principles were treating everyone with respect and without judgment, seeing someone…
Andy Craver follows Vice principal’s uplifting example in Turners Falls
Assistant principals, of necessity, are often the high school disciplinarians, which doesn’t exactly endear them to their students. So the late Earl McGraw, the former Turners Falls High School assistant…
Baker orders schools to stay closed through end of school year
…ground associated with the COVID 19 pandemic,” Baker said. He said there was no “authoritative guidance” on how to operate schools safely and how to get students to and from…
HEC Academy is one of 8 Massachusetts Green Team Program Grand Prize Winners
…statewide program sponsored by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and MassDEP to empower students and teachers to help the environment by acting in their communities. “Congratulations…