The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) will host the first annual Transforming Education for Social Justice conference on October 15th, 2016, at Holyoke Community College. A goal of this conference…
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Unanimous Supreme Court Expands Scope of Special Education Rights
…student offered an educational program providing ‘merely more than de minimis’ progress from year to year can hardly be said to have been offered an education at all,” Roberts said….
Resources for Social Justice in Education Work
…social justice and equity work in education. These come highly recommended by Safire DeJong, Ed.D., one of our Social Justice and Equity specialists. Their value will last beyond the month:…
Governor Baker boosts funding for early education
Governor Charlie Baker unexpectedly gave early education funding its largest boost in more than a decade on Wednesday, announcing that he would devote more than $28 million in found money…
Department of Youth Services Guiding Principles awards for November
The Collaborative for Educational Services is pleased to announce the November winners of our regional Excellence in Education: Living our Guiding Principles Award! We continue to honor those educators across…
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…