…of isolation. To respond to the problem — and with grant support from the Community Foundation in hand— the Northampton-based Collaborative provided an institute for early educators from Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin…
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A morning of educational play for families from seventeen communities at the Holyoke Children’s Museum
…playgroups and family centers are funded by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, through the Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) Grant. The centers provide programming for children…
Sarah Westbrook
…the QFT for a range of audiences, including NCSS, NSTA, NCHE, and ASCD national conferences; Chicago Public Schools; Cincinnati Public Schools; New York State BOCES districts, San Francisco Public Schools;…
Community leaders support local program for young children and families
…the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) in Northampton; and the Executive Director of CES, Bill Diehl. Ms. Susan Clopton and her husband, John Levine, donated $10,000 in a matching grant…
Families Embracing Anti-Bias Values: Film Screening and Discussion
…in their communities, and in schools. Families Embracing Anti-Bias Values (2024) is a companion to Reflecting on Anti-Bias Education in Action: The Early Years (2021), which received the Silver Prize…
Supporting Access to Educational Technology
…grants from the Federal Rural Utility Service and a Massachusetts Educational Technology grant, and worked with local districts to pilot distance learning courses for their students. The project began with…
SPIFFY and QHSUA Present to Ware Select Board
On June 3, 2025, SPIFFY Coalition Coordinator, Lexi Polokoff, and Project Director for the STOP Act Grant on Underage Drinking Prevention for Healthy Quaboag and the Quaboag Hills Substance Use…
Building a Foundation for Culturally Responsive/Anti-bias Practices in Early Childhood
…world do we want to create with our children? The film depicts these families in their everyday experiences at home, in their communities, and in schools. Families Embracing Anti-Bias Values…
Karen Auerbach, PhD
…use prevention programs such as Drug-Free Communities (DFC) and STOP Act grant programs, and assisting the DFC in the Hampden-Wilbraham, MA school district. Prior to joining the SPIFFY team, Karen…
Emerging America shares stories of advocacy
…and policy work for the first time. When CES successfully applied for a Teaching American History grant, we began developing a series of summer institutes for educators. At the time,…