…highlights stories from Massachusetts DYS facilities of Blended Learning, as well as updates on the national Unjammed Blended Learning initiatives. The June 2015 Issue Brief is available for download here….
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Career Skills Workshop at the Amherst Survival Center
…student and Survival Center volunteer who began his working life at UMass as a food services employee, but has moved on to a position with a national retailer. The panel’s…
Gail Healy retires after 39 years in Franklin County
…would be self-sustaining and would require no future intervention, she said. Four Corners’ program was so successful that Healy was invited to speak at a national conference with Reading Recovery…
The vocational surge: Smith Voc, South Hadley schools experiencing increased demand
…the Smith Voc senior said his grades have improved and he’s in advanced placement classes and National Honor Society. Though he is content, he says there are stereotypes about Smith…
Teaching Disability History: How the Civil War Changed Disability and American Government
…set. This program is made possible by a grant from Mass Humanities, state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, which provided funding through the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC)….
Transforming Education for Social Justice Conference: Bridging, Belonging & Civic Engagement
…beyond. This year’s conference will focus on Bridging and Belonging without Othering: Youth Civic Engagement. Ongoing tensions at the national and global levels have been accompanied by an increase in…
Principal leaving Discovery School at Four Corners
…for Toomey until a permanent replacement is selected. Toomey, an Army National Guard veteran who spent a year in Iraq in 2005, said he has been with the Greenfield School…
Jillayne Flanders
…served on advisory board for the MA Department of Early Education and Care, and with the Early Learning Team with DESE. She was elected to the National Assoc Of Elementary…
AG Healey Reminds Public Schools About Laws Requiring Equal Access to Education Regardless of Immigration Status
…color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or immigration status. Those laws include the Massachusetts Student Anti-Discrimination Act, the Massachusetts Anti-Bullying Law, and Title IV and Title…
Obama Education Rules Are Swept Aside by Congress
…intervene in failing schools. Mr. Obama called the bill a bipartisan “Christmas miracle.” The National Council of La Raza, a Latino-rights organization, gave ESSA’s two Senate co-sponsors, Patty Murray of…