AMHERST – This summer, 30 students from high schools across Franklin and Hampshire counties are taking part in internships in local businesses and at the University of Massachusetts, where they…
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For the Hampshire County Food Policy Council (HCFPC), community leadership is at the heart of their work.
…socially just. The group received funding from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission through the Moving Massachusetts Upstream Investment Program to establish the council. The initial partners for the program included…
White House Hosts Summit on Early Childhood Education
…The states that won were red and blue. Continue reading at nbcnews.com What this means for Massachusetts Coverage from the Boston Globe: Mass. receives $15m US grant to increase access…
Mass Association of School Superintendents Supports Attorney General Healey in JUUL lawsuit announcement
…new facts that have not previously been made public about JUUL’s youth-oriented advertising campaign in 2015. Thomas Scott, Executive Director, Massachusetts Association of Schools Superintendents submitted the following statement of…
Afterschool and Out-of-School Programs Woefully Underfunded
A release from the office of State Senator Brendan Crighton: The Legislature’s Afterschool and Out-of-School Time (ASOST) Coordinating Council has found that years of underfunding have left too many Massachusetts…
State education formula out of whack, Commission: Health insurance, special ed underfunded
…for updates to how the state calculates the per pupil cost of delivering education in Massachusetts, saying that the current system’s starting point — known as the foundation budget —…
Excellence In Education: Living our Guiding Principles Awards – December and January winners announced
The Collaborative for Educational Services is pleased to announce the December and January winners of our regional Excellence in Education: Living our Guiding Principles Award! We honor those educators across…
ONLINE: Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources
…History/Social Studies/Humanities and for Special Education teachers. Employing primary sources and analysis tools, it is grounded in innovative practice by historians, civic educators, and based on current research and classroom…
Calm Teachers, Calm Kids: Pause, Breathe and Reset
This fun and interactive professional development session will equip teachers with effective mindfulness techniques to use with young children. Educators will learn strategies to integrate mindfulness, Qigong (similar to T’ai…
Juuling in school: E-cigarette use prevalent among local youth
…teenage electronic cigarette use has reached “an epidemic proportion.” Statistics from a bi-annual survey of thousands of students were discussed Friday at a presentation mostly to educators in area schools,…