…with and supported by the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE)’s Office of Special Education Policy and Planning, will be to equip special educational team leaders with tools…
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Scholar and Common Core critic Yong Zhao says schools need to rethink use of classroom technology
…has technology transformed education, the answer is no,” Zhao told an audience of some 300 area educators gathered for a Technology in Education Conference Tuesday at Holyoke Community College. The…
Rural schools to push for millions more in state aid
BUCKLAND — Hoping to boost state money to rural school districts by about $9.5 million, educators at the Massachusetts Rural Schools Coalition voted unanimously Wednesday to back a proposal for…
Massachusetts DESE Responds to USED Request for Certification
…release from the U.S. Education Department. We understand that local education agencies also received the certification message. Today, Massachusetts sent this letter to the U.S. Education Department in response. It…
Baker-Polito Administration Awards $600,000 in Grants to High Schools to Support Innovation Pathways
…the classroom.” The Baker-Polito Administration launched these early career programs in 2017 to help students develop knowledge and skills related to a chosen field of study before they graduate high school. To date, 49…
Driving Through Mud: How Rural Mass. Schools Are Coping With Rising Transportation Costs
…have been declining in enrollment. Between 2008 and 2017, rural schools in the state lost 14 percent of their students. Fewer students translates to less funding overall from the state….
Jenna Biscoe
Jenna earned her Master’s Degree in Special Education in 2013 from Fitchburg State University and her Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Special Education Administration from American International College in…
SPIFFY Staff and Partner Coalitions attend CADCA
…and met with their federal legislators to discuss their priorities. The Belchertown BOAT coalition also received a Blue Ribbon Award for their work to reduce youth access to vapes/nicotine products…
State politicians battle Tech culinary students in good-natured food fight
TURNERS FALLS, MA — “Lemons! I need some lemons!” shouted state Rep. Stephen Kulik, pacing the culinary arts program kitchen at Franklin County Technical School Friday afternoon. “Did somebody already…
Massachusetts statewide school mask order coming
…of Elementary and Secondary Education. Education Commissioner Jeff Riley said the mandate he plans to impose will require all students and staff to wear masks indoors through Oct. 1. After that…