Audrey Morse is a Curriculum and Instruction Specialist at the Collaborative for Educational Services, taught the 2018 and 2019 MA DESE Institute course Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty in…
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Hope or Hype? Exploring Virtual Reality in the Secondary Classroom
…student learning. Participants in this session will: Review findings of current research about how best to use VR in middle and high school classrooms Explore critiques of and concerns about…
When coronavirus closed schools, some Detroit students went missing from class. These educators had to find them.
…to move its classes online, the little boy, Legend, hadn’t been in touch with his teachers. His family had not shown up for the meals the school distributes on Tuesdays…
HCC Receives $1 Million Grant To Build New Engineering Program
…recognized as HSIs when their Hispanic/Latinx enrollment exceeds 25%. HCC’s partners in the grant include Holyoke High School, Westfield High School, Western New England University, UMass Amherst, the Northampton-based Collaborative…
Emerging America shares stories of advocacy
…Rich named the project Emerging America, expressing the project’s ties to service learning, including local history projects for civics, history and social studies teachers. Of the name, Rich said, “We…
Franklin County Technical School starts year with student-built computers
Turners Falls, MA – Students in the Franklin County Technical School’s computer programming and web design program started the school year with 26 new computers, but the students themselves were…
Pols take their cue from students
High school senior Augie Seuffert looked around the full circle in the school’s library, seeing mostly his peers and politicians. He offered his reflection. “I came in here thinking I…
Experts discuss state of local education at GCC
…MTA union, Joe Kurland, member of the Mohawk Trail Regional School Committee and Doug Selwyn, a professor of education in New York discussed with an audience of activists and community…
Sheffield Elementary School counselor honored with Grinspoon award
TURNERS FALLS — It can take a village to raise a child. But just as often, it takes a whole school. Kevin White, the counselor at Sheffield Elementary School, knows…
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…