…material presented to them in a way they can absorb it.” Schuman said the scholarship may inspire some students to consider pursuing post-secondary education. “Many of these students don’t have…
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GHS students participating in Community Service Learning Day
GREENFIELD — Greenfield High School students in grades eight through 12 will have the opportunity on Friday to do everything from work with elementary school students, provide music programs and…
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…
TiE conference speaker urges over 300 teachers to utilize technology to reinvent education
…and entrepreneurial talents will encourage students to create useful products. New educational technologies will help educators to individualize instruction, which is essential to giving students the room to grow. Amherst…
Safe and Supportive Schools for All
…ensure the safety of, and respect for, all students. On the one hand, we strive to honor the many students in Franklin and Hampshire counties who are responding to the…
Pioneer to adopt youth in transition program
…in Transition program. According to Christine Maguire, the school district’s special education administrator, implementing the customized program at Pioneer would mean having a more formalized plan for supporting students after…
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…