…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…
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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…
$1M to fight youth opioid addiction
…the grant will be dedicated to planning and data collection, specifically with the direction of Youth Catalytics, the national nonprofit training and research organization focused on the needs of vulnerable…
Local Spotlight: Quaboag Hills Substance Use Alliance’s New Social Norms Messaging Campaigns!
…with the following links: National Social Norms Center A Guide to Implementing a Social Norms Media Campaign for Substance Use Prevention in Secondary Schools An Introduction to Positive Community Norms…