Signing his eighth and final budget as the state’s chief executive, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday agreed to a major increase in state spending as he approved the vast majority…
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State hopes to hire new education czar by end of the year
…a candidate by the end of the year. Commissioner Mitchell Chester — who had been the longest-serving chief state school officer in the country — died in June at the…
Judith Houle appointed interim Granby school superintendent
…until next year, current superintendentIsabelina Rodriguez has accepted the position of special education bureau chief for the state of Connecticut’s Department of Education, with a starting salary of $141,386. She…
Steering Committee member Kris Hoag featured in SADO.D.
…Chief of Police, the School Head Nurse, and the head of the Board of Health, all as members of the coalition. Connecting with community residents and reducing stigma towards harm…
Greenfield teacher wins national award for sharing personal story
…schools for the third time in five years. A new school, new teachers, no friends, and to top it all off, the children joining me in my new fifth-grade homeroom…
MaryBeth Davidson
…offering on-site and remote training of school leaders and teachers in the implementation process. MaryBeth was invited by the Council of Chief State School Officers to be a critical reader…
DYS Education Partners With Berklee Online
…music courses that are taught remotely by Berklee professors. The majority of the partnerships are in Massachusetts through DYS, with additional partnerships in California, Texas, and Missouri. Michael Moyes, Chief…
Governor Baker outlines plans for local aid increases
…leaders are counting on state tax collections to pick up and deliver a 3.9 percent increase in fiscal 2018, which begins on July 1, 2017. According to the administration, Baker’s…
Unanimous Supreme Court Expands Scope of Special Education Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a major decision expanding the scope of students’ special education rights, ruling unanimously that schools must do more than provide a “merely more…
School panel takes aim at gun violence
…elected officials, the town’s police chief, a middle school student, a researcher from Smith College and a suicide prevention advocate. The panel was meant to address the ramifications of school…