…with the installation of a college-level piano lab at Swift River, in addition to facilitating a gift of six free pianos from Westfield State University to Belchertown High School and…
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October 20th: Western Massachusetts Legislative Event: Youth Substance Misuse Prevention
On Monday, October 20th, 2025, from 9-10:30AM, the SPIFFY and Communities That Care Coalitions will be hosting a virtual event for Western Massachusetts legislators to learn about the latest research…
School panel takes aim at gun violence
…20 years later, friends messaged her saying not to turn on the news. The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting had just taken place. Now, she said, everyone from “preschoolers to…
Marti Wiechman
…minor in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Wyoming, and a Master’s degree in Young Children with Special Needs from Westfield State University. Her career has included teaching and consulting…
$1M to fight youth opioid addiction
…— which have been at the forefront of efforts in the state at tackling the opioid epidemic. “As stewards of the next generation, how can we work with our allies…
Teach Disability History: We Can and We Must
…rights activists across 200 years of history and ways you can support disability history today. The new curriculum offers free, online, 23 lessons in 8 units using over 200 primary…
White House Hosts Summit on Early Childhood Education
…embracing the need to invest in early education, Duncan said. Thirty-six states applied 18 grants totaling $226 million to improve and expand high quality pre-school programs in high need communities….
New Title IX Rule Has Explicit Ban on Discrimination of LGBTQ+ Students
…law outlawing sex discrimination at federally funded schools, expand the definition of sex-based discrimination and harassment to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sex stereotypes, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation,…
MIAC reverses Rule 53 decision
…students to participate on high school teams. Thus, all single-principal schools that include students in grades 7 – 12 can continue to use middle school athletics without a waiver, and…