…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…
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Buckland-Shelburne Elementary climbs from a ‘lowest-’ to a ‘highest-performing’ school
SHELBURNE FALLS, MA — In 2011, the Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School MCAS scores caused the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to declare BSE a “Level 3” school, which meant…
Hinds and Blais say launch of Rural Schools Commission ‘a big win’ for region
…creation of the commission was partly due to the discrepancies in funding between rural schools and their urban and suburban counterparts. Hinds and Blais said Chapter 70 school aid’s funding…
Rita DeOliveira
…urban and virtual school districts. Prior to joining the field of Education, Ms. DeOliveira managed large-scale projects for public and non-profit organizations. She has facilitated strategic planning for geographically-dispersed teams;…
Local Educator Selected for Safe and Supportive Schools Commission
…successful in educating all children and youth in Massachusetts.” Diehl, and the Collaborative, have experience in building or supporting asset-based, safe, and culturally responsive school environments in urban, suburban and…
Third Annual DYS Racial Trauma Conference Held on April 11, 2022
…Collaborative for Educational Services in Northampton, MA, manages the DYS Education Initiative on behalf of the MA Department of Youth Services. This initiative, spearheaded by Director of Education Woody Clift,…
TiE conference speaker urges over 300 teachers to utilize technology to reinvent education
…education. The TiE2014 Conference is hosted by the Collaborative for Educational Services in Northampton; in partnership with MassCUE, a non-profit dedicated to supporting K-12 instructional technology. Zhao argued that the…
Scholar and Common Core critic Yong Zhao says schools need to rethink use of classroom technology
…has technology transformed education, the answer is no,” Zhao told an audience of some 300 area educators gathered for a Technology in Education Conference Tuesday at Holyoke Community College. The…
Massachusetts Migrant Education Program provides support across the Commonwealth
In the fall of 2020, the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) took on the management of the Massachusetts Migrant Education Program (MMEP). CES has a strong programmatic core of supporting…
Special Education Team Leader Institute completes first program year with gathering in Northampton
…cohort were Laurel Peltier and Sharon Jones. SETLI, in partnership with and funded by the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE)’s Office of Special Education Planning, provides special…