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Dean Tech Students Learn High-Tech Skills by Moving Robots
HOLYOKE, MA – Web Design and Computer Programming Instructor Karen Morneau says that whenever the Robotics Club meets at Dean Technical High School, more students show up. The afterschool club…
Gov. Baker agrees to major spending increase in his final budget
…aid, economic and workforce development, behavioral health care and local aid, Baker said. It provides almost $6 billion in Chapter 70 local school funding, a $495 million increase over fiscal…
National Endowment for the Arts award will support local arts integration program for girls in the juvenile justice system
…funding announcement for fiscal year 2017. Included in this announcement is an Art Works award of $30,000 to the Collaborative for Educational Services to give girls in the juvenile justice…
Area lawmakers active in crafting landmark education bill
BOSTON — It was a joyous atmosphere on Beacon Hill Wednesday as the state Legislature unanimously passed the $1.5 billion Student Opportunity Act school funding bill. And western Massachusetts lawmakers…
The Special Education Team Leader Role is More Important Now Than Ever
…facilitating the IEP team process with people inside of schools and in community settings who support kids who have disabilities. We recently asked Laurel whether at this time, the role…
White House Hosts Summit on Early Childhood Education
…Wednesday. The funding comes as part of the federal Preschool Development Grant program, which will use $250 million to enroll 33,000 children in high-needs communities in preschool programs nationwide. The…
Sen. Adam Hinds talks about environment, plastic straws at Conway Grammar School
…—two students at Conway Grammar School. The Pittsfield Democrat stopped by to speak with Maggie West’s fifth-graders, who took it upon themselves to lead a campaign to transition away from…
Elementary School In Berkshires Revamps Culture With Trauma In Mind
Other than its bucolic setting in the Berkshire mountains, Lee Elementary seems like any other public school. Case in point: On a recent morning, as children were scuttling to classes,…
Sunderland school gets adaptive tricycle
SUNDERLAND — Jessica Callahan made an observation as a class of kindergartners and their educators strolled down a hallway at Sunderland Elementary School. “This would be anxiety for him,” she…