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Due to coronavirus pandemic, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education looks to waive MCAS testing requirements for certain students
…Baker signed into law in late April permitting the Department of Elementary of Secondary Education to modify MCAS graduation requirements for high school seniors due to the public health crisis….
Editorial: Healthy Hampshire shines welcome light on challenges
…Southpoint Apartments and The Boulders. An estimated 2,000 people live in about 780 housing units, and many depend on public transportation. The Amherst Health Department commissioned the Healthy Hampshire program…
HEC Academy Graduates Four
…HEC Academy is a therapeutic, public day special education program in Northampton, for youth in grades 9-12 who are eligible to receive services via an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). For more information…
Attorney General Maura Healey issues new Open Meeting Law guide
…the law’s requirements. The release of the new guide was timed to coincide with “Sunshine Week,” a national, nonpartisan initiative that highlights the importance of open government and the public’s…
Jim Klaiber
…He presently teaches science to elementary students in the Gill Montague School District, in the Frontier School District, and to homeschooled students at the Carnegie Public Library in Turners Falls….
‘A really big part of our lives’: State commits $15.5M to early education and care programs
…“This has been a really big part of our lives,” Spisiak said as she joined several other parents and caregivers at the Leverett Public Library Wednesday morning, where their children…
Marcela Simpson
…workforce in the early childhood settings from public school, early childhood special education, to the private business of home-based child care. She has presented at national conferences, like NAEYC and…
For new school head, leadership comes from experience
…formal training was in art education, Toomey’s first pass at a leadership role came in the public transit sector. Just after graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he…
Orange Teacher Receives National Recognition
…cultural institutions so teachers can study with experts in humanities disciplines. Koonz will participate in an institute entitled ”Thomas Jefferson: The Public and Private Worlds of Monticello and the University…