…level of support. It employs self-directed learning methods that engage reluctant learners in their own educational process, removes students’ objections to studying and learning, and promotes achievement among students who…
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Author talks to high school students about trauma, life
GREENFIELD — Award-winning young adult author A.S. King asked several hundred Greenfield High School students Friday morning to look for their “own cans of succotash and examine their suitcases.” Before…
Teaching Writing Skills: Students with IEPs or English Language Learners
In this 1-day workshop, educators of English Learners and students with IEPs will consider the eight skills writers need to communicate personal meaning (e.g., select a genre and employ its…
HEC Academy in Northampton Celebrates Graduates of 2024
…community awareness for students at HEC Academy and provide transitional skills for students within our Northampton and Massachusetts community with monthly activities and outreach. Beginning in November of 2023, students…
Practical physics: Turners Falls students analyze speeds on tricky village roads
TURNERS FALLS — The newest advisors to the Montague Selectboard may be a group of high school students. As the culminating project for the semester, the Turners Falls High School…
‘We don’t come with the house’ FCTS students built Erving home with help from GSB Foundation
ERVING – Dozens of Franklin County Technical School students huddled together for a photograph around 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, but it was no ordinary school photo. They stood in front…
Why Talented Black and Hispanic Students Can Go Undiscovered
Public schools are increasingly filled with black and Hispanic students, but the children identified as “gifted” in those schools are overwhelmingly white and Asian. The numbers are startling. Black third…
State education board approves new hybrid test
BOSTON, MA – Massachusetts students will soon be facing a new standardized test after the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted to combine elements of the existing MCAS…
New Athol-Royalston superintendent appointed
ATHOL, MA — Pending negotiations, Steven Meyer will be the new superintendent of the Athol-Royalston Regional School District. Athol Selectman and Athol-Royalston School Committee member Mitchell Grosky said that Meyer…
Art therapy: Northampton authors launch new drawing webcasts to help kids, parents cope during pandemic
…every weekday 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time at youtube.com/studiojjk. Another Northampton resident, Kennedy Center Education Artistin- Residence Mo Willems, also launched a new webcast Monday called “LUNCH DOODLES with Mo…