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Back to school: Dual enrollment, early college programs a boon for area high schoolers
HOLYOKE — College unaffordability. Increased competition for spots at prestigious local institutions of higher education. The inaccessibility of college. Decreased academic offerings at high schools struggling with budget woes. These…
Shawn Fortin
Dr. Shawn Fortin is the Director of Teaching and Learning for the Belchertown Public Schools. He has fifteen years of experience in public K-12 education in MA and has used…
Trump Chooses Betsy DeVos For Education Secretary
…create a voucher system for students to attend nonpublic schools. DeVos is chairman of The Windquest Group, a Michigan-based investment management company. She is married to billionaire Richard DeVos Jr.,…
Thriving North Berkshire Academy Result of Collaborative Efforts
…want to help more kids and we want to help more schools do better work with these kids.” The academy opened in the North Adams Armory on Jan. 2 along…
Amherst eliminates winter break homework
AMHERST, MA — For the next week while students in Amherst’s public schools are on vacation, they can focus on celebrating the holidays with their families, pursuing their own interests…
Easthampton chooses LeClair for superintendent
…superintendent of Agawam public schools since 2012. Berrios has been principal of Smith Academy since 2012, and was vice principal of Chicopee Fairview Veterans Memorial Middle School from 2009 to…
Williamstown School Committee Talks Special Education Collaboration
…told the Williamstown School Committee on Wednesday. North Adams Public Schools Superintendent Barbara Malkas said she’d seen the benefits of educational collaboratives when leading the public schools in the Worcester…
The Pandemic Hurt These Students the Most
…nationally. Scores for their peers in wealthier schools, who have historically performed in the 71st percentile, declined by just seven points, leaving them in the 64th percentile, well above the…
PARCC test pros and cons debated at Massachusetts Board of Education hearing
…test during a public hearing Tuesday. The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education held its fifth and last hearing to discuss the proposed switch from public schools using the…