BOSTON – Lawmakers, a former top Baker administration and city manager, and a one-time lieutenant governor joined advocates Monday to call for an increase in funding for vocational-technical education and…
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Caucus of superintendents makes $60M in rural school aid top priority
…together to push for legislative changes that would benefit rural schools. “I launched a rural caucus of [the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents], and so, we brought all the rural…
Focus on Teaching Students in Poverty
…reflected on how presenting this content outside Massachusetts helps our Massachusetts educators and districts: “As I teach other groups, and tailor the content to their specific regional needs, I’m finding…
Trauma Informed Schools: Creating Classroom Culture
I think we can all agree that despite all we know about behavior and trauma sensitive schools, the behaviors and attitudes about learning seen in today’s classrooms have changed. Since…
Schools chief Tari Thomas to retire
…Schools, Ralph C. Mahar Regional School and Petersham consolidated school districts, said she is entering her last year in education, and her retirement will be official in August 2020. “It…
Hawlemont sees new principal, new programs
CHARLEMONT — Hawlemont is a school where everyone does farm chores, so it’s no big deal for the school principal, on a summer afternoon, to feed the school’s 19 chickens…
Amherst Middle School After School VELA program continues with strong remote format
When Covid 19 closed schools this past spring, the Amherst Middle School VELA After School program quickly moved to provide the program remotely to support students and the school community….
The 10th Annual Safe & Healthy School Summit
Pictured above: Gaelin Elmore (far left); Panel of Amherst Regional High School students On November 30th, 2024, the Office of Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan and the Children’s Advocacy Centers…
School officials: Pandemic has lingering impact on students’ mental health
…experienced the last year and a half — illness itself, fear of illness, the trauma of having everything closed, potential death in immediate or extended families. … Just because school…
$23 Billion Funding Gap Exists Between White and Nonwhite School Districts, Report Finds
…to fund their schools with local property tax revenue, while poorer districts are unable to generate the same revenue. “Because schools rely heavily on local taxes, drawing borders around small,…