EASTHAMPTON, MA — In the face of another demonstration that drew about 200 people in advance of a School Committee meeting Tuesday night, school officials defended their actions in dealing…
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Ethnic Studies Educators PLC
…to share in problems of practice, develop ideas, and learn together about developments in the field. We’ll be gathering in our virtual meetings as partners and be in communication throughout….
Massachusetts Migrant Education Program provides support across the Commonwealth
…I am taking these classes because it will open more doors for me, it will help me achieve my goals and dreams. I am very grateful to this program for…
Laurel Peltier leading cohorts in Connecticut for Special Education
…and how this work is designed to strengthen collaboration and compliance with the IEP Team Meeting process. Bryan Klimkiewicz, the State Director of Special Education in Connecticut visited one of…
Youth
…blog blog tag open meeting law ( Page 9 ) Youth Power – Get Involved! Hampshire County Leaders of Today Council: SPIFFY has been supporting a group of youth in…
U.S. education policy: Federal overreach or reaching for the wrong things?
Federal overreach in education is under attack from multiple quarters and will likely be diminished in any overhaul of the No Child Left Behind Act, the current law governing national…
PVRS students walk out in support of transgendered individuals
…on Question 3, a referendum on a law against discriminating on the basis of gender identity. “Let them be what they want to be!” said seventh-grader Emily Canon. “Everyone’s human…
No Child Left Behind getting makeover
…to state control over school accountability and student testing. The Senate on Wednesday voted 85-12 to approve legislation rewriting the landmark No Child Left Behind education law of 2002, now…
Charter school debate looms over raising state caps
…is affecting the sending districts to such a degree that was perhaps an unintended consequence to the Massachusetts law,” Riddle said. “There wasn’t an expectation that this would affect local…
Gov. Baker agrees to major spending increase in his final budget
…The budget fully funds the ongoing implementation of the Student Opportunity Act school financing law and makes “record investments” in early education and child care, housing and homeownership, college financial…