At Lawrence Family Day Charter School, which caters to poor and minority students, fewer than 7 percent of students have special needs – far below the statewide average. Director Ralph…
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Relationships as the Center of Learning
…support of humans [2:53] Working with adult learners [4:20] Students as emerging teachers to peers [5:12] Engaging with technology in learning [7:18] Connecting and relationship in online learning [10:29] Belonging…
Reliable Research
…moving “beyond the headline” to see what research went into a new practice – things like funding sources, sample sizes, and other implementation characteristics. Lastly, consider connecting with a colleague…
Sen. Adam Hinds talks about environment, plastic straws at Conway Grammar School
…—two students at Conway Grammar School. The Pittsfield Democrat stopped by to speak with Maggie West’s fifth-graders, who took it upon themselves to lead a campaign to transition away from…
The High Cost of Low Technology Skills in the U.S.–and What We Can Do About It
Although American millennials are the first generation of “digital natives”–that is, people who grew up with computers and the internet–they are not very tech savvy. That fact would probably come…
$1M to fight youth opioid addiction
…substances and to try to find the most effective evidence-based ways to prevent addiction in the first place. The program brings together Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden and Berkshire counties, and will…
Story exhibit on May 1st highlights action-oriented conversations around anti-racism
…students in this project,” said Keisch. “Not only their stories, but their insight about exhibit design has been extremely valuable.” The JFK Students of Color Alliance, for example, has been…
Northfield Environmental Educator honored by town
…of STEM RAYS, students annually attend a science program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A regular classroom program sees students raise and release brook trout. Loubris said the…
Turners Falls schools get new principal
TURNERS FALLS, MA — A former assistant principal in Amherst and London, Annie Leonard of Amherst will have the helm of the Great Falls Middle School and Turners Falls High…
Virginia educator chosen as next ARHS principal
AMHERST — Gene T. Jones, an education consultant from Virginia, was named principal of Amherst-Pelham Regional High School Thursday morning. Jones was selected for the position from among three finalists…