…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…
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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…
Meet Mack: Gill-Montague’s school comfort dog
…a dog breeder in New Hampshire who was donating dogs to police departments. Miner, Montague Police Chief Chris Williams and Gill-Montague Superintendent Michael Sullivan quickly made an arrangement with the…
Third Annual DYS Racial Trauma Conference Held on April 11, 2022
…M.Ed., Executive Director of the Latino Education Institute at Worcester State University on “My Future Self”; J. Stuart Ablon, Ph.D., Director, Think Kids at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Thomas G….
NHS Latin teacher wins national honor
NORTHAMPTON — Northampton High School Latin teacher Thomas J. Howell recently won national recognition for his work from the Society for Classical Studies, a major academic group focused on ancient…
Springfield DYS Campus Hosts Career Day for Youth
SPRINGFIELD, MA – Youth from all three programs on the Springfield Campus participated in a Career Day on May 21, 2013. CHD Assessment, Terri Thomas Girls Program, and Springfield Secure…