Harvard Graduate School of Education(HGSE) Dean James Ryan announced today the Saul Zaentz Early Childhood Initiative at HGSE — a major investment in transforming early childhood education in the United…
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Due to coronavirus pandemic, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education looks to waive MCAS testing requirements for certain students
State education officials are looking to waive certain high school testing requirements for many students in Massachusetts due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Massachusetts Board of Elementary and…
Norris School social studies teacher makes 9/11 part of his lessons
…the William E. Norris School, when a maintenance worker used it to help people who were stuck in an elevator escape after a plane crashed into the World Trade Center….
Unusual Amherst Regional graduation ceremony ‘meant something to us’
…Principal Gene Jones and Assistant Principal Talib Sadiq, imitating a handshake or an elbow bump with the school leaders, before removing their face coverings for a professional snapshot on stage,…
US Dept of Education announces webinar “Two Approaches to Improve Student Achievement in Rural High Schools”
…for rural high school students: RMEP seeks to create a model of shared responsibility for schools in high-poverty rural environments that historically have undervalued mathematics as a requirement for future…
For new school head, leadership comes from experience
GREENFIELD. MA — Jake Toomey, the principal of the Academy of Early Learning and the school superintendent’s assistant for personnel in Greenfield, is no stranger to taking command. Though his…
Gill Elementary hires new principal
…School District Superintendent Michael Sullivan is retiring at the end of June, he chose the new principal in consultation with his successor, Brian Beck, who was chosen by the School…
Amherst Regional High School prepares to expand interactive math curriculum that encourages flexibility, multiple solutions
…High School math class last month. There was not one correct answer, but many. Just as there wasn’t only one specific formula to reach the answer. That’s exactly the direction…
Breaking the school-to-prison pipeline for young offenders one class at a time
…in a new light. As reported by Hari Sreenivasan of PBS, “Just one third (of states) mandate that these kids meet the same standards as their public school counterparts. Massachusetts…
DESE report on Expanded Learning Time Grant available for districts and schools thinking about redesigning school schedules
…might be of interest to districts and schools that are thinking about redesigning school schedules. It is available on our legislative reports page or our expanded learning time page. …