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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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…
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Home E Search query for: blog blog 2020 03 16 schools closed in massachusetts until at least april 7th charlie baker 2 ( Page 17 ) We acknowledge that our…
$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,…
Urban legislators don’t get the struggle to fund large, rural bus routes
…to balance the state budget, leaving regional districts scrambling to cut money from supplies, training and staff mid-year to compensate. The Massachusetts Association of Regional Schools has given up on…
Students focus on peers’ struggles: Getting to Y pilot program at Easthampton High seeks to address concerns raised in health survey
…Services’ Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY) coalition as part of a program piloted in a handful of Massachusetts schools and communities by the Department of Elementary and…
Laurel Peltier leading cohorts in Connecticut for Special Education
Laurel Peltier, CES Curriculum and Instructional Specialist in Special Education, has been part of the team leading the Special Education Team Leader Institute (SETLI) since this Massachusetts state-wide program began…
Providers and Parents Talk with MA Early Education Leader at CES
…on his April visit to western Massachusetts. “Hi, I’m Tom,” he said as he crouched next to a young boy playing with clay. Weber also talked to parents and teachers…