…beside her. “It’s my favorite school in the whole world.” For the final day of school, most of the children wore green Heath School T-shirts designed by some of their…
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Massachusetts Migrant Education Program provides support across the Commonwealth
…will address the issue of chronic absenteeism and tardiness and how the MMEP can support them to achieve their plan. The work to partner with schools and school districts is…
Dean Tech Students Learn High-Tech Skills by Moving Robots
…the school as part of a grant through the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. Students first build robots out of Lego building blocks. After plugging the robots into school computers, students…
Special Education Team Leader Institute completes first program year with gathering in Northampton
…cohort were Laurel Peltier and Sharon Jones. SETLI, in partnership with and funded by the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE)’s Office of Special Education Planning, provides special…
Early Childhood Focuses on Social-Emotional Wellbeing as the Foundation of Learning
…Health, Children and Families, Early Education and Care, Elementary and Secondary Education, and Public Health to support all children in gaining the skills they need to succeed in school and…
CES Conference Explores How Technology Can Help Students Learn
…around the state. A morning panel discussion explored some of the issues related to virtual schools. Panelists include Luis Rodriguez, Director of Digital Learning for the Department of Elementary and…
Uncovering Security Flaws in Digital Education Products
When Tony Porterfield’s two sons came home from elementary school with an assignment to use a reading assessment site called Raz-Kids.com, he was curious, as a parent, to see…
Hawlemont sees new principal, new programs
CHARLEMONT — Hawlemont is a school where everyone does farm chores, so it’s no big deal for the school principal, on a summer afternoon, to feed the school’s 19 chickens…
Urban legislators don’t get the struggle to fund large, rural bus routes
…lost $195,815 and Franklin County Technical School lost $216,984, according to Department of Elementary and Secondary Education data. Franklin County Technical School, the largest regional technical school district in the…
Joanne Blocker
…Joanne was an elementary principal and a Director of Curriculum. Joanne supervised mentoring and new teacher induction programs at multiple school districts and has extensive experience building successful mentoring programs….