Gwendolyn VanSant is co-founder of BRIDGE (2007) with Bob Norris and Marthe Bourdon… a grassroots organization dedicated to promoting cultural competence and integration of diverse groups in Western Massachusetts. Graduating…
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DYS Education Initiative wins nationwide BreakFree competition
Woody Clift, Director of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) Education Initiative at the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), was thrilled to share that students from the Robert F…
Check out UMass Amherst’s SPHHS In-Person Career Fair!
The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s School of Public Health and Health Sciences Career Center invites you to participate in their SPHHS In-Person Career Fair 2023. The event consists of an…
STCC awarded grant to help close achievement gaps
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Springfield Technical Community College has received a $75,000 Massachusetts Higher Education Innovation Fund grant from the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. The grant will support professional development for…
Monte’s March
…Belmonte, host of the local radio station WRSI-FM, had organized “Monte’s March”, raising money for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts by pushing an empty shopping cart from Northampton to…
CES Director Accepts National Award For Innovative Leadership
…schools in positive dialogue about how to improve the lives and education of young people. This past year, CES partnered with the Holyoke Public Schools to manage Dean Technical High…
Kevin Courtney
Kevin Courtney is a consultant to the Executive Director at CES, whose responsibilities include serving as a liaison to the Franklin County school districts and working with school leaders, primarily…
As details emerge, here’s what Trump’s plan to abolish DOE could mean for Mass. schools
…another thing. In response to McMahon’s confirmation, Gov. Maura Healey said that dismantling the DOE would mean that Massachusetts schools would lose $2 billion in federal funding for schools. Healey…
Rural schools seek grant for shared services
…full-time superintendent, business manager or bookkeeper? The Massachusetts Rural Schools Coalition would like to form an online platform that lets school districts share services, creating an economy of scale and…
Hampshire COG, Franklin CDC, to offer local foods to schools
…organizations around western Massachusetts, one that will offer locally grown fruits and vegetables for their menus. The co-op links schools and other bulk food buyers as far apart as Williamstown…