…starting this year, said Wendy Long, the district’s community relations official. The school has seen sustained poverty over the last several years, Long said, and many students were on free…
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Announcing the CES Center for Emerging Educational Practice website launch
…administrators, particularly those in small and mid-sized districts. This dynamic new website, emergingedpractices.org, provides free, practical, research-based resources to address some of the most pressing challenges in public education today….
Gill-Montague school district gears up for another school year
…studies, to have students work collaboratively on research projects and writing assignments,” Sullivan said. In the respective schools, expanded programming and new staff members will bolster student learning, he said….
Jeff Riley Will Be Massachusetts’ New Education Commissioner
…in education — charter school advocates, teachers’ unions, and others — “have fought with each other too much without breaking the logjam” to help students. Riley was willing to cross…
New Greenfield superintendent brings ‘commitment to supporting the whole child’
…everyone she sees. “I’m definitely someone who wants to … eventually know the names of all my staff and students,” she said. “Greenfield is small enough that I’ll still be…
SPIFFY’s New Coalition Coordinator
SPIFFY has had a recent staff transition. Amy Cronin DiCaprio is no longer working with us and we are excited to report that Lexi Polokoff is moving into the Coordinator…
Smith Academy principal leaving for bigger school
…Smith Academy, whose enrollment is less than 200 students. Though Berrios said a small school had benefits – such as getting to know all the students – he said the…
$23 Billion Funding Gap Exists Between White and Nonwhite School Districts, Report Finds
…of students, a new report found. The report, released this week by the nonprofit EdBuild, put a dollar amount on the problem of school segregation, which has persisted long after…
Ed tech must do more to ‘advance equity,’ U.S. Secretary of Education says
…Arne Duncan urged developers to consider the needs of disadvantaged students, so that they are not left behind as more schools adopt new tools that advance teaching and learning. “If…
Districts team up on county’s first public therapeutic day school
…by a board representing 36 member school districts in Hampshire and Franklin counties. It also provides services to other districts and education programs throughout Massachusetts and New England. Among its…