…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…
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No more homework? Greenfield elementary schools rethink approach
…to have the families engaged and participating in the student learning, to reinforce what’s happening at school,” Toomey said. “We wanted to take the pressure and angst off of schoolwork…
Voice and Choice: Mount Tom offers students a supportive and non traditional road to success after graduation
…Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin county school districts, and students graduate from their sending schools. With the smaller class sizes, there is an additional level of flexibility that students thrive on…
Graduation Rates Up, Dropouts Down in Massachusetts High Schools
Massachusetts four-year high school graduation rates climbed for the ninth year in a row in 2015 with some of the largest gains recorded by some minority groups and students from…
Connecticut Valley Superintendents Roundtable Hosts Massachusetts Legislators
Thirty-four Connecticut Valley Superintendents Roundtable (CVSR) members represented their Western Massachusetts school districts on Friday in discussions with legislators at the Delaney House in Holyoke, MA. Superintendents discussed their concerns…
HEC Academy is one of 8 Massachusetts Green Team Program Grand Prize Winners
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) today acknowledged students from 475 classrooms across the state who participated in the Green Team program, making the 2024-2025 school year…
Tobacco Free Community Partnership
…tobacco, prevent youth from starting, and protect everyone from secondhand smoke. Home E Search query for: blog blog tag massachusetts school building authority ( Page 37 ) The Hampshire-Franklin…
Empowering Educators: Integrating the New Massachusetts Frameworks Into Health Education
…to be LGBTQ+ inclusive, medically accurate and developmentally- and age-appropriate. On June 27, SPIFFY sponsored a training for health educators on the new Massachusetts Health Education Curriculum Frameworks. The training…
PARCC test pros and cons debated at Massachusetts Board of Education hearing
…existing Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Systems exam to the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for Colleges and Careers exam, which tests the federal Common Core standards Massachusetts public schools are currently…
Three Charter Schools in Massachusetts approved
MALDEN, MA – The state education board approved three new charter schools, two of which will be here in western Massachusetts. The decision comes after Massachusetts residents voted against allowing…