…a community effort to promote public schools in an era where other options, such as private and charter schools, are able to afford the publicity. “The public schools, they don’t…
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…with regulations and meet diverse learning needs. Home E Search query for: blog blog tag easthampton public schools ( Page 8 ) Inclusive, Engaged, Expert Support Our Approach In partnership…
Safe and Healthy Schools Summit draws educators in discussion of how to manage race, polarizing conversations in schools
…high schools. Students shared their thoughts and experiences around what it means to have safe and healthy schools and fielded questions from attendees on how to provide more opportunities in…
Local Educator Selected for Safe and Supportive Schools Commission
…as the Office of the Secretary of Education. With the enactment of the Safe and Supportive Schools provisions in August of 2014, Massachusetts becomes a national leader in supporting schools…
Welcome new SPIFFY Coalition Coordinator, Amy!
…stewarding the Healthy Relationships Grant project, a collaboration between Safe Passage, Community Action, and Easthampton High School to support the Easthampton High School community in building skills to recognize, interrupt…
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…
Kelley Brown speaks at Mitchell Chester’s ESE All Staff Meeting
Easthampton’s Kelley Brown was the invited speaker at ESE Commissioner Mitchell Chester’s all staff meeting this past week, sharing her insights regarding professional development, curriculum frameworks and educator evaluation. Chester’s…
Northampton Public Schools receive FRESH grant
The Northampton Public School District was one of 17 recipients of a Massachusetts Farming Reinforces Education and Student Health (FRESH) grant. Awards which total $300,000 to Expand Nutrition Learning Opportunities…
Raising MCAS bar was a move in the wrong direction
…the needs of today’s schools, students, or society. Todd Gazda is executive director the Collaborative for Educational Services in Northampton. He formerly served as superintendent of the Ludlow Public Schools….
Scholar and Common Core critic Yong Zhao says schools need to rethink use of classroom technology
…from other countries as a sign that U.S. public schools are failing, he believes there is another side to that story. “In more homogenous societies like Finland and China, it’s…