Students and educators from seven Pioneer Valley school districts are going to Boston on Feb. 28 to ask state lawmakers to increase funding for rural schools. The students were supposed…
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Pioneer to close Pearl Rhodes
NORTHFIELD — Leyden’s Pearl Rhodes Elementary School is closing at the end of June, the Pioneer Valley Regional School Committee decided last night. Warwick Community School, which the committee has…
GusNIP Produce Prescription Program boosts healthy food availability and support for local residents
…in a significant grant from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commision’s Moving Massachusetts Upstream investment program to improve access to healthier food via development of a Hampshire County Food Policy Council….
Excellence In Education Awards: Living Our Guiding Principles award winners for February and March
…including regional specialists is excellent.” “Drew does an incredible job of working with residents who have a tough time going to school and have limited schooling history. He has a…
Money for vet program proposed in Tech budget
…supplies for a new veterinary animal sciences program at the school. The fiscal 2020 budget book explains the Tech School has applied to the state for authorization to form a…
Massachusetts receives $4 million Gates Foundation grant
Massachusetts has been named one of five recipients nationwide that will receive a $4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Commonwealth will use the funds…
The New Massachusetts IEP: Referral, Evaluation, & Eligibility Guidance
This webinar will offer an introduction to the Massachusetts New IEP and associated guidance. Participants will explore the Referral, Evaluation and Eligibility guidance together and discuss elements of the new…
As Massachusetts charter schools enroll more students with disabilities, who exactly are they serving?
…district schools to educate them, because charter schools have fewer students with those needs. “Charter schools don’t have the economy of scale that district schools have,” Carrero said. Over the…
Massachusetts DYS Students Win National BreakFree Competitions
…to make school relevant and meaningful. The competitions sponsored by BreakFree provide engaging activities for youth, and teachers leverage these interdisciplinary resources to teach across content areas so that students…
William Diehl, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services, to Retire
…CES, the largest Massachusetts educational collaborative, since 2014, after joining the agency as Deputy Director in 2010. CES directs major direct service initiatives in Early Childhood, Special Education, After School…