…literacy projects, and school to work initiatives. He has managed educational reform initiatives in two cities in Michigan, and has been a middle and high school teacher and school administrator….
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The Culture of the School
…Eleven Essential Conditions for Highly Effective Schools and other strategies that the building administrator can use to build culture with students, staff, and families. Course content, activities and assignments align…
Gwen Agna
…and kindergarten in schools in Ohio, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. She served as the Northampton Public Schools Early Childhood and Civil Rights Coordinator in the late 80’s and 90’s. In…
Unusual Amherst Regional graduation ceremony ‘meant something to us’
…even though it was not how she preferred to have her time in high school end. “It doesn’t feel like school anymore. It feels like something else entirely,” Sittauer said….
US Dept of Education announces webinar “Two Approaches to Improve Student Achievement in Rural High Schools”
…for rural high school students: RMEP seeks to create a model of shared responsibility for schools in high-poverty rural environments that historically have undervalued mathematics as a requirement for future…
For new school head, leadership comes from experience
GREENFIELD. MA — Jake Toomey, the principal of the Academy of Early Learning and the school superintendent’s assistant for personnel in Greenfield, is no stranger to taking command. Though his…
Gill Elementary hires new principal
…School District Superintendent Michael Sullivan is retiring at the end of June, he chose the new principal in consultation with his successor, Brian Beck, who was chosen by the School…
Amherst Regional High School prepares to expand interactive math curriculum that encourages flexibility, multiple solutions
…costs and sale prices. Accounting for the limited capacity of her plane, how much of each is feasible to carry? Such was the problem facing students in an Amherst-Pelham Regional…
Breaking the school-to-prison pipeline for young offenders one class at a time
…in a new light. As reported by Hari Sreenivasan of PBS, “Just one third (of states) mandate that these kids meet the same standards as their public school counterparts. Massachusetts…
DESE report on Expanded Learning Time Grant available for districts and schools thinking about redesigning school schedules
…might be of interest to districts and schools that are thinking about redesigning school schedules. It is available on our legislative reports page or our expanded learning time page. …