A provision to study how rural schools might get more state aid has been included in the Senate budget that was adopted this week. That’s good news for Franklin County’s…
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SPIFFY’s June 2025 Full Coalition Meeting
…coalition members to connect and learn about the research behind bell-to-bell cell phone policies in schools, as well as hear directly from a panel of students and staff form schools…
Transforming Education for Social Justice: Conference Day Details
Home E Search query for: blog blog tag massachusetts rural school coalition ( Page 5 ) TE4SJ Conference Day Details Check here for Conference Day Details! Below are a schedule…
Western MA coalition releases recommendations for minimizing the impact of trauma on young children involved in DCF
…EEC and the DCF Greenfield Area Office took an active role in developing the recommendations through the SCSC Think Tank, a coalition of western Massachusetts early childhood educators, mental health…
Register for SPIFFY’s Summer Full Coalition Meeting!
The SPIFFY Coalition invites YOU to attend our upcoming Full Coalition meeting, taking place on June 4th, from 3:30-5:30PM at Nonotuck Park in Easthampton. We will be having a panel…
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…
Adolescent Brain and Substances: Presentation at South Hadley Coalition Meeting
On May 8, our partners at the South Hadley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition hosted Leslie Green, LICSW, from Boston Children’s Hospital for a presentation on the Neurobiology of Teen…
Grant Will Boost College’s Efforts To Teach Disability History in Rural Communities
…be engaged to develop a series of guides to conduct research on disability history in middle- and high-school classrooms. Topics will feature the experiences of people with disabilities, including rural…
Commissioner Announces 2021 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Malden middle school math teacher Jennifer Hedrington receives state’s top educator award
…Hedrington, a seventh-grade math teacher at Ferryway School in Malden, is the 2021 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year. The Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Program is the state’s top award…
When Your Remote Classroom Is Your Car: How Some Rural Students Without Broadband Are Connecting
…So in order to do school work she has to drive to a WiFi hotspot. Most weekdays, she spends about three hours at this school parking lot. “It kind of…