…they need to make school relevant and meaningful. DYS youth find these learning activities engaging and teachers leverage these interdisciplinary resources to teach across content areas so that students can…
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Fond farewell: Bittersweet final day at Cheshire Elementary
…Students and staff wore T-shirts that read “Cheshire Elementary School, 95 years of memories.” They lined up every grade for a group photo. And they didn’t forget to honor a…
Frontier keeps adding opportunities
…Pincipal Darius Modestow, 122 students took final exams for those courses. “81 percent of our students scored three or higher on the exam,” Modestow said in the statement, “which will…
Rural schools to push for millions more in state aid
…higher cost of doing business with fewer students per grade but with a full complement of teachers meeting state certification requirements. “They could fix us with such cheap money,” said…
Schools pivot to remote learning – Educators try to provide ‘normalcy in this abnormal time’ amid school closures
…added, “we’re doing the best we can to provide students with the best learning opportunities we can provide, even without having the availability of students and teachers in the same…
Building on the Cultural and Background Knowledge of English Learners in Classrooms and Counseling Groups
This course is meant for classroom teachers, arts specialists, counselors, librarians, nurses, paraeducators, speech/language therapists, and anyone else who works directly with students in Pre-K – 12th grade. The course…
The classroom hits the virtual road
EASTHAMPTON — To guide her students as they studied ancient Greece and Rome this spring, sixth-grade teacher Judith Breier took a different approach from the traditional textbook lesson. On June…
Math Modeling
Teachers work hard to engage students and to encourage student thinking and productive struggle. Despite heroic efforts, students are often disengaged and typically see math as an exercise in memorized…
Education secretary hears about rural school challenges
…with two assistant secretaries and his communications staff, spent Monday afternoon with Pioneer students, staff, administrators and public officials, as he learned about the challenges faced by rural school districts….
Rep. Blais takes the bus to bring awareness about funding, ride times for students
Rep. Natalie Blais wanted to better understand what children endure to get to and from school each day, so she did what seemed most logical — she got on a…