Press Release – A message from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education – Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley today announced that Jennifer…
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Trump Chooses Betsy DeVos For Education Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has picked billionaire Betsy DeVos, a Michigan Republican activist and philanthropist who is a strong supporter of school choice but has limited experience with public education, as…
Obama Education Rules Are Swept Aside by Congress
With all the attention paid to President Trump’s lightning-rod secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, and her advocacy for private school vouchers, little public notice has been paid to the action…
Support for the NEW Massachusetts IEP
Home E Search query for: blog blog tag financial education innovation grant ( Page 20 ) We want to support you in implementing the changes to the Massachusetts IEP! The…
My Turn: Our educational landscape: Charter schools’ negative impact in area
…Hampshire counties. The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) and the superintendents of most of the school districts in Franklin and Hampshire counties have been examining the data about enrollment trends…
State Senate OKs study on rural school aid
…struggling, small school districts. The so-called “sparsity aid” formula is aimed at providing additional financial aid to rural districts like those in Franklin County. The idea, proposed by Mohawk Trail…
A different kind of meals on wheels: Franklin County Technical School delivers food to students
…prepared, healthy meals are delivered to Franklin Tech students and children in other districts. Bouchard explained she has tried to leverage Franklin Tech’s National School Lunch Program financial reimbursement to…
School transportation costs a burden to Mohawk Trail
…$2.34 million in promised state transportation reimbursements, adding to the financial burdens of running a district across nine sparsely populated and relatively poor towns, whose geographic footprint is larger than…
Connecticut Valley Superintendents Roundtable Hosts Massachusetts Legislators
…with state senators and representatives about topics of vital importance to their districts. Of particular concern were the timing and number of unfunded educational mandates in Massachusetts, and their impact…
New principal to join Granby Junior Senior High School
…has created financial uncertainty. With an increasing number of families using school choice to leave the district, or deciding to attend the Granby-based campus of the private MacDuffie School, Sullivan…