Kathleen Koonz, a fifthgrade special education teacher from the Dexter Park Innovation School in Orange, has been selected as an National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar to attend one…
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PVRS students showcase robotic fish feeders in first ever Pioneer Engineering Expo
…Pioneer’s Innovation Center and a former computer engineer, founded the class this year. “I am proud of the way they combined what they have learned and I am impressed with…
National Endowment for the Arts award will support local arts integration program for girls in the juvenile justice system
…organizations such as the Collaborative for Educational Services, in serving their communities by providing excellent and accessible arts experiences.” Woody Clift, Director of DYS Education Initiative at CES, noted, ”We…
Dean Tech Students Learn High-Tech Skills by Moving Robots
…Program funded through a Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 21st Century Afterschool grant. The Collaborative for Educational Services, which has been managing Dean for the past two years, worked…
Youth substance abuse prevention programs get state funding
…Prevention Grant Programs. The grants will be distributed over eight years, beginning in FY22 through FY29, to support local substance use prevention efforts. The program is funded through the Substance…
Teaching Disability History: How the Civil War Changed Disability and American Government
Join us for the release of an exciting new curriculum: Reform to Equal Rights! A Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant supported Emerging America to create a free…
Exemplary Status for four CES-run After School Programs
Four after school programs managed by the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) have been awarded Exemplary status from the Exemplary Grant Program of the Massachusetts 21st CCLC Exemplary program, supported…
Despite Claims, PVCICS is Not a Model of Integrated K-12 Public Education
…but let’s not pretend that it is a model for educational equity. We note with pride that Horace Mann, the first Secretary of Education in Massachusetts, was a pioneer for…
50 Years of Belonging and Community for Students with Disabilities
In 1974, the Massachusetts special education law Chapter 766 was passed, which required that all school districts provide education in a new and more inclusive way for students with special…
Transforming Education for Social Justice Conference set to take place on March 29th, 2025
The Collaborative for Educational Services is in the final stages of planning for the fourth regional Transforming Education for Social Justice conference for PK-12 educators, leaders, students, and community members,…