Mark Jackson, M.Ed. was a middle school principal for 10 years and a high school principal for 16, leading both urban and diverse suburban schools in New Jersey and Massachusetts…
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State grant program aims to promote health in rural areas
…violence prevention, and substance abuse, Attorney General Maura Healey announced Tuesday. The Collaborative for Educational Services, working together with 10 other partner organizations, including the Hilltown Community Health Center, Hilltown…
Editorial: Sparsity aid concept would greatly benefit rural schools
…County, one of the state’s most rural areas and one of the poorest. Also, the county’s schools are experiencing greater enrollment drops than their urban counterparts. The concept of sparsity…
Leave no child’s school district behind
…Dec. 9 from John Provost, the Northampton superintendent, and William Diehl, executive director of the Collaborative for Educational Services. It is important to note that this opinion piece was developed…
Graduation Rates Up, Dropouts Down in Massachusetts High Schools
…low-income families. The second-largest school district in the state, Springfield, boasted the best improvement of any urban district in the state. Across the state, 87.3 percent of students who entered…
Dean Tech Students Learn High-Tech Skills by Moving Robots
…Program funded through a Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 21st Century Afterschool grant. The Collaborative for Educational Services, which has been managing Dean for the past two years, worked…
Barbara Cheney
Barbara is a veteran teacher with certifications in ESL K-12, English and History, she has experience in urban, rural and alternative settings. She earned a B.A. from Temple University and…
Donna Mehle
…learning and consultation in Engaged Classrooms, Recalibrating Codes of Character, Conduct, and Support, and other Engaging Schools services. Donna has worked in urban and suburban secondary settings, both small alternative…
Lisa Goldsmith, LICSW
…Action Pioneer Valley, where she led a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program, a regional needs assessment and planning process, and supported the startup of…
Patricia Kinsella
Patricia Kinsella has served as an educator, union representative, and administrator for over 30 years. Her experience spans PreK-12 in a wide range of districts (rural, urban, well-resourced, financially-challenged) and…