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DYS Education Partners With Berklee Online
…the Department of Youth Services, the Massachusetts juvenile justice agency. He recently completed his second Berklee Online course. The program is allowing them to earn college credit by taking online…
Lani Blechman
…more than 13 years, she’s worked across the urban/rural divides of Western Massachusetts for racial and gender justice. She holds the 2017 MA School Library Association’s President’s Award – West….
Teaching Changemakers
This hands-on workshop invites early childhood educators to explore how to nurture justice, empathy, and action in young learners through a Change Maker Curriculum. Together, we will define what it…
Unanimous Supreme Court Expands Scope of Special Education Rights
…by the Senate Judiciary Committee about the Supreme Court’s ruling before the morning ended. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote the opinion for the eight-member court, and he delivered…
$1M to fight youth opioid addiction
GREENFIELD — Six communities across the country received word this week from the Department of Justice that they will receive money to further study the causes and effects of the…
ONLINE: Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources
Social Studies and Humanities pose distinct challenges for struggling learners, including extensive discipline-specific vocabulary, difficult informational texts – including complex primary sources – and a need for background knowledge. However,…
Humanizing the History of Genocide in the Classroom
This full-day free workshop made possible by a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will be led by Kate Todhunter, a Northampton High School social studies…
Register for SPIFFY’s Summer Full Coalition Meeting!
…of speakers to discuss the latest research and data on the impact of social media and screen time on youth health, as well as best practices and first-hand experiences with…
Art therapy: Northampton authors launch new drawing webcasts to help kids, parents cope during pandemic
Monday marked the first day of working remotely for scores of Americans following social distancing guidelines, including many parents and guardians who suddenly found themselves homeschooling their kids. Of course,…