Dr. Russell Vernon-Jones is a longtime anti-racism and climate justice activist, consultant, and educator. He was a public school teacher and principal for 35 years and provides workshops and organizational…
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BEACON Students Explore GCC Pathways
Nine high school students from the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) BEACON and Mount Tom Academy programs explored Greenfield Community College’s career pathways in health careers, outdoor leadership, manufacturing and…
Early childhood educator Barbara Black named Gazette’s “Person of the Year”
NORTHAMPTON, MA — Amid the piles of brightly colored building blocks, Barbara Black, 66, kneels comfortably among several 4- and 5-year-olds on the floor of a Bridge Street School classroom….
Whately Elementary selects Kristina Kirton as new principal
…school administration and that when she switched over after two decades of classroom work to the role she’s held the past three years, she held the “respect of the building.”…
AI in Real Life – A PLC for Educators
…AI tools, building policy, or just trying to make sense of the headlines, this is a space for collaborative inquiry—not one-size-fits-all answers. Topics will be shaped by participant interest, and…
CES welcomes a new SJE Specialist to the team
The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) welcomes Mariah Lapiroff as a new Social Justice and Equity in Schools Specialist. Mariah, originally from Berkeley, CA, joins our team as a social…
Department of Youth Services Guiding Principles awards for November
…the classroom.” Northeast Region: Kennedy School Teacher, Rhonda Fears Rhonda Fears, Teacher at Kennedy School, is the recipient of the Excellence in Education: Living our Guiding Principles Award for the…
Palmer-Monson Family Network offers a “great, fun, safe place” for kids and parents
…the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care through a Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Grant. This service, designed for young ones from infants through age 8, is not only…
New program lets schools compete for increased funding
BOSTON, MA (WWLP) – A new initiative called “Building on What Works” hopes to be a competitive way to increase funding for public schools. The new proposal would allow under-performing…
Western MA coalition releases recommendations for minimizing the impact of trauma on young children involved in DCF
NORTHAMPTON, MA – System Change for Successful Children (SCSC), a federally funded initiative coordinated by the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), recently released recommendations to Massachusetts policy makers for minimizing…