…supported the students’ proposal by incorporating food education into HEC’s curriculum. Amy Stamm, one of two special education teaching coordinators at HEC, has spearheaded this new focus, explaining that she…
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North Berkshire Academy prepares for success in the Berkshires
…Force of Superintendents, Special Education Directors, and community partners from several school districts in the Berkshires. Seeing the need for a locally based special education public day school, Superintendents Barbara…
Laurel Peltier leading cohorts in Connecticut for Special Education
…State Department of Education, the Connecticut State Education Resource Center (SERC), and the Regional Education Service Center Alliance (RESC) as we invite guest speakers and panelists, create content modules, and…
High Court Argument to Center on Level of Benefits for Special Education
…the court created a definition of a “free, appropriate public education” in the special education arena that has stood for decades. Under the definition, special education must confer “some educational…
First Annual Excellence in Education: Living our Guiding Principles Monthly Award
…day I found that admiration and respect rising to new levels.” About the DYS Education Initiative The Collaborative for Educational Services in Northampton, MA, manages the DYS EDUCATION INITIATIVE on…
$23 Billion Funding Gap Exists Between White and Nonwhite School Districts, Report Finds
…on improving the way states fund public education. “Walk into a rural nonwhite community,” she said. “Walk into an urban nonwhite school district. You can see what that means in…
CES Profile – Paying it Forward
Jimmy Pereira, a former Department of Youth Services (DYS) student, graduated from college with a clear goal of becoming an urban planner in his hometown. This past year, he landed…
Woody Clift, Ph.D.
Woody Clift has over twenty years’ experience in collaborating with stakeholders across disciplines towards improving educational, social, emotional, and life outcomes for youth placed at risk. Early in his career,…
MaryBeth Davidson
MaryBeth Davidson brings extensive experience in the field of education to her position at the Collaborative for Educational Services. She is an educational consultant specializing in supervision and evaluation, principal…
Rural schools develop state aid proposal
…education aid is “designed for urban districts,” and not for rural districts with miles of terrain and sometimes with fewer than 25 people per mile. Buoniconti said rural Chapter 70…