…state support they need,” said Hinds, D-Pittsfield. Hinds, who serves on the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, has worked to build awareness and support for the needs of rural…
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Lawmakers Move to Limit Government’s Role in Education
…are starkly different. The House on Wednesday passed its version, a measure laden with conservative prescriptions that congressional Democrats and President Obama opposed. The Senate began debate on its alternative,…
Governor Baker signs FY16 Budget
…that are raising concern include funding for early education and care programs, and the full day Kindergarten development grant program. According to Senate President Stan Rosenberg, D-Amherst, “We have serious…
Unanimous Supreme Court Expands Scope of Special Education Rights
…by the Senate Judiciary Committee about the Supreme Court’s ruling before the morning ended. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the opinion for the eight-member court, and he delivered…
Officials sound off to legislators on broadband, schools
CONWAY, MA — A 14-member state Senate delegation got a blast about rural issues from nearly a dozen officials from the four western counties Tuesday. The legislators were taking a…
State education secretary takes to airwaves with a message: make school attendance ‘a priority’
…the state’s education secretary, will make his television debut this week to deliver the message that “school is where kids belong.” Tutwiler’s public service announcement is one part of a…
Silverback Learning Announces First Massachusetts Implementation Of Student Achievement Solution Mileposts Throughout Southbridge District?s K-12 Schools
…support of personalized learning achievement throughout Massachusetts. “The state of Massachusetts clearly understands the global economy will be driven by a global workforce, and preparing students requires frontier innovations in…
Sustainability on menu: HEC Academy in Northampton recognized for garden, other ‘green’ efforts
…a landscaper, so I feel like it’s kind of in my blood a little bit,” said Jesse Garrido, 17, as she helped pull weeds out of a vegetable patch. “I…
Share Your Art – Share Your Voice! Statewide Exhibition Showcases the Work and Accomplishments of Youth Involved with Department of Youth Services
…Share Your Art – Share Your Voice! Exhibition showcases the work of youth involved with the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, the state’s juvenile justice system. Share Your Art –…
Northampton Public Schools receive FRESH grant
The Northampton Public School District was one of 17 recipients of a Massachusetts Farming Reinforces Education and Student Health (FRESH) grant. Awards which total $300,000 to Expand Nutrition Learning Opportunities…