SPIFFY Youth Steering Committee member Z Vamosy received the Youth Activist Award from the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth at their Annual Gay-la on March 30, 2024. This event brings…
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Massachusetts House restores $17.5 million for kindergarten expansion grants to state budget
BOSTON, MA — The Massachusetts House on Wednesday voted to restore $17.5 million in funding for kindergarten expansion grants, overriding Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto. The restoration of the kindergarten expansion…
Massachusetts Senate passes Breakfast After the Bell legislation
BOSTON (WWLP) – Several schools in the western part of the state already offer what is known as the Breakfast After the Bell program, which makes sure students aren’t hungry…
October 20th: Western Massachusetts Legislative Event: Youth Substance Misuse Prevention
On Monday, October 20th, 2025, from 9-10:30AM, the SPIFFY and Communities That Care Coalitions will be hosting a virtual event for Western Massachusetts legislators to learn about the latest research…
CES Partnerships
Home E Search query for: blog blog tag massachusetts school building authority ( Page 46 ) Would you like to partner with CES for a project or program? You can…
Educators from Collaborative for Educational Services Publish Book on IEP and 504 Teams
NORTHAMPTON — The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), a member of the Massachusetts Organization of Educational Collaboratives (MOEC), is pleased to announce that two of its educators recently published a…
A Goodbye to Bill Erickson
…teacher in Auburn and Hadley, a Middle School Principal in Easthampton, and a Superintendent of Schools in Vermont and in the Hampshire Regional Schools. He also served for a short…
Scholar and Common Core critic Yong Zhao says schools need to rethink use of classroom technology
…Massachusetts, have adopted to ensure that students who graduate from high school are ready for college and careers. Zhao said Common Core standards, and tests used to measure whether students…
Northampton schools eye ‘science of reading’ model, backed by $323K in grants
NORTHAMPTON — At Ryan Road Elementary School, students in Diana Ramsden’s first grade class work on reading and writing using a mixture of phonics lessons already included in the school’s…
‘A really big part of our lives’: State commits $15.5M to early education and care programs
…on by the School Union 28 Community Network for Children, programs that have been essential to their well-being and development. “It’s the best thing that ever happened to us,” Spisiak…