…Nakajima, an Amherst representative and chairman of the regional committee for the district that includes Leverett and Shutesbury. “One thing we know about our communities is they don’t like big…
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Special ed teacher now vice principal in Turners Falls
…special education teacher in the middle school as well as ninth and tenth grade will be an asset. “Some of the kids already know me, so that helps, I’m not…
School suspensions don’t work. It’s time for something better.
…chat for a while, about the weather and her weekend, her friends. Eventually I know she is ready, and I ask a question to begin the real work of our…
Ethnic Studies Educators PLC
…address the needs of students of the global majority and other marginalized communities Collaborating with other educators We’ll be meeting for 8 sessions, mostly hybrid, once a month between September…
Educators from Collaborative for Educational Services Publish Book on IEP and 504 Teams
…how the pandemic has affected students and will offer tools to improve the fit between the students’ individual learning profile and schooling. “We created the book to support educators, including…
Becoming money smart: At Fort River Elementary in Amherst, 5th-graders learn about finances by working and paying rent through mock program
On an afternoon in late December, fifth-grade students at Fort River Elementary School gather around and write their rent checks. “Who can remind us what a memo is?” teacher Jonathan…
Sunderland school gets adaptive tricycle
…donations. The adult-size trike is available to all students, though priority is given to about a dozen based on their specific diagnoses. “It opens an opportunity for other students to…
Schools pivot to remote learning – Educators try to provide ‘normalcy in this abnormal time’ amid school closures
…added, “we’re doing the best we can to provide students with the best learning opportunities we can provide, even without having the availability of students and teachers in the same…
State education secretary takes to airwaves with a message: make school attendance ‘a priority’
…including stable housing. And indeed, among the 59 Massachusetts schools and districts where 30% or more of students were chronically absent last year, all but seven enroll majority low-income students….
The classroom hits the virtual road
EASTHAMPTON — To guide her students as they studied ancient Greece and Rome this spring, sixth-grade teacher Judith Breier took a different approach from the traditional textbook lesson. On June…