…have been declining in enrollment. Between 2008 and 2017, rural schools in the state lost 14 percent of their students. Fewer students translates to less funding overall from the state….
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With prospect of more charter schools, rural educators see greater risk
…districts can be defined as those with fewer than 1,000 students, or which serve towns with fewer than 10 students per square mile, according to the National Center for Education…
Leominster schools take initiative on teaching techniques
…part in an initiative to evaluate the effectiveness of new teaching techniques. “We are constantly developing innovative strategies to prepare students for college and career, and we are beginning to…
DYS Educator Develops Breakfree Project
…to then participate in the nationwide Breakfree Competitions, where his project, “Unworldly” was selected. “Unworldly” will focus on outer space and the “potential benefits of its exploration.” Students will also…
Four Corners student fundraiser helps ailing children
…group of students in the Four Corners Student Council went with an issue they said they could all relate. “We’re not just helping people,” Jayden Daiqneault, 10, said. “We’re saving…
ELL Education Workgroup
This workgroup will help all educators to strengthen their skills for working with ELL students and others who need language support, design curricula for these students, or gain further practice…
Continuing Earl McGraw’s Legacy in Turners Falls
…which is given to students and staff who exemplify McGraw’s principles. The school community nominates students and staff. McGraw’s principles were treating everyone with respect and without judgment, seeing someone…
Andy Craver follows Vice principal’s uplifting example in Turners Falls
Assistant principals, of necessity, are often the high school disciplinarians, which doesn’t exactly endear them to their students. So the late Earl McGraw, the former Turners Falls High School assistant…
Baker orders schools to stay closed through end of school year
…ground associated with the COVID 19 pandemic,” Baker said. He said there was no “authoritative guidance” on how to operate schools safely and how to get students to and from…
Easthampton fourth-graders launch campaign against car idling
…into the atmosphere, you don’t have to ask a scientist. You can ask a fourth-grader. Over the course of two days, students at the elementary school conducted a study to…