…experts advocated both at the state and local levels for sufficient funding for rural public school districts and championed opting out of state “high-stakes testing,” at an event hosted by…
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Afterschool programs work Let’s fund services with huge dividends for children and families
…for afterschool programs far exceeds available funding. Over the last decade alone, unmet demand for these programs grew by 20 percent, while government funding failed to keep pace with the…
Cooley Dickinson Health Care receives $555,555 grant to improve regional food insecurity
…news release sent to 22News, Cooley Dickinson Health Care received the funding from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission’s Moving Massachusetts Upstream (MassUP) investment program to develop a Hampshire County Food Policy Council….
Mass. Schools Get More Money In The Latest Budget. A Lot More Is Likely On The Way
…But the extra funding serves as only a down payment. A legislative committee tasked with generating an updated school-funding process must find common ground between competing House and Senate proposals….
Fond farewell: Bittersweet final day at Cheshire Elementary
…Elementary School will not reopen next school year, making Tuesday the final day of classes in a school that has been the center of a small community for nearly a…
Area parents share concerns about school reopening plans
…no one-size-fits-all method for returning to school this fall amid the challenges sparked by the pandemic. Greenfield Recorder reporters asked parents from local school districts about concerns they might have…
At state budget hearing at GCC, school officials share unique challenges faced by rural districts
…level, though, legislators, school officials and community members from up and down the Pioneer Valley honed in on one of the most important local education issues: rural school funding. In…
More state aid for rural schools this year
…schools and the grant program that provides financial assistance to the state’s most rural schools, several of which are in Franklin County. The Rural School Aid grant program helps school…
After School program coming to Easthampton High School
The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) 21st Century After School program has received three year grant funding to open an out-of-school time (OST) program at Easthampton High School. The program…
After School Office Hours give virtual support to students and families
Assistant Superintendent Vito Perrone and Superintendent Tim Connor, both in the West Springfield Public School District, were already aware of the creativity of CES After School Programs as CES staff …