HOLYOKE, MA (WWLP) – Steve Zrike has been chosen as the new leader for the Holyoke Public Schools. Zrike was announced as the permanent receiver for the district during a…
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Orange: state shortchanges its SPED funding by $3.5 million
…special education students in a nonvocational environment — like Orange’s elementary schools — as 3.75 percent of total enrollment, rather than polling the districts and finding out how many in-district…
No Child Left Behind getting makeover
WASHINGTON — The way the nation’s public schools are evaluated — teachers, students and the schools themselves — is headed for a major makeover, with a sweeping shift from federal…
Gill Elementary Global Finals team gets schoolwide send-off
GILL — Students from Gill Elementary School lined the hallways with posters and cheers on Monday morning to send the school’s Destination Imagination team off to global finals. Principal Conor…
Distinguished UMass Historian Encourages HEC Academy Graduates to Pursue their Dreams
…districts, and moving on to a two- or four-year higher education institution. Smith Vocational High School graduating senior Marquie Ann Gardner also received a 2014 Joan E. Schuman Scholarship Award….
Local technical schools lead donations to area hospitals
Two local technical schools, Franklin County Technical School in Turners Falls, and Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School in Northampton, have each made donations of supplies to their local hospitals…
Joan E. Schuman scholarship inspires students to pursue their dreams
…a two- or four-year higher education institution. Schuman says that many students with special needs struggle in school until they get into an alternative school setting that supports their learning…
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…
Dean Tech Students Learn High-Tech Skills by Moving Robots
HOLYOKE, MA – Web Design and Computer Programming Instructor Karen Morneau says that whenever the Robotics Club meets at Dean Technical High School, more students show up. The afterschool club…
U.S. Education Secretary Statement on Passing of Disability Rights Leader Judy Heumann
…had the right to physically attend public school, but that such students had the right to learn the same curriculum as their non-disabled peers. Her leadership is realized in the nearly…