By Christina Cassano, Assistant Professor, Salem State University In my work with teachers and reading specialists, I am frequently asked questions regarding published literacy programs. Specifically, teachers and reading specialists…
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Daughter to receive same civil rights award as mother
…Both her parents were teachers, and even seeing her mother, Sonia Nieto, win the prestigious Massachusetts Teachers Association Lifetime Civil Rights Award did not convince Lopez that the hard work…
Gail Healy retires after 39 years in Franklin County
…responsibility and social engagement for the students to imitate, she said. Under Healy’s leadership, Four Corners regularly played host to visiting teachers from other districts and states to observe the…
Develop a Mystery for Your Own Classroom – History’s Mysteries Summer Institute
…free, easy-to-use inquiry curriculum units created by teachers Kelley Brown and Laurie Risler. Each grade-level unit (with click-and-play options for in-person, hybrid and remote learning) invites students to investigate a…
Tech Made Approachable: Building EdTech Skills for K-4 Educators
Calling all K-4 educators! Are you eager to incorporate technology into your classroom in a thoughtful and engaging way? Or perhaps you support K-4 teachers and seek inspiration on how…
Governor Baker boosts funding for early education
…to rate increases for day care centers that serve low-income children. The funding, if approved by the Legislature, will translate directly into raises for teachers whose pay has languished even…
A meeting of the minds: Sunderland sixth-graders interview UMass graduate students for podcasts
…information on the internet. So, instead of having his students write a report the traditional way, he is having them present their research by recording a podcast or building a…
Raising the bar: Belchertown elementary school to provide piano education to all students
…not critical classes that students should have,” Gould said. The entire project will cost $30,000, Gould said, with $10,000 of the funding coming from a private donation by Matthew Jackson,…
Western MA coalition releases recommendations for minimizing the impact of trauma on young children involved in DCF
…the impact of trauma on very young children (ages – 5 years) who are involved with the state’s child welfare system. The two-year SCSC project was funded through a $498,000…
Early Childhood Programs Reduce Need for Special Ed
…and Family Policy, which is hosting the new data analytics project, tapped into comprehensive state public school data going back to the 1990s. They tracked two main sets of variables…