Susan Juskalian recently retired from teaching math in the East Longmeadow Public Schools where she also served as Professional Development Coordinator and as a special educator. A recipient of the…
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Les Edinson
…multicultural schools, performance-based assessment, restructuring rural schools, and on the least restrictive environment for special education children. A graduate of Antioch College, he has an M.Ed. from Salem State College….
Pioneer to adopt youth in transition program
…in Transition program. According to Christine Maguire, the school district’s special education administrator, implementing the customized program at Pioneer would mean having a more formalized plan for supporting students after…
First draft of turnaround recommendations from Holyoke schools local stakeholders released
…will begin in early July. The recommendations will be used to guide the state turnaround effort. The first draft of recommendations from the 18-member local group focuses on 10 points:…
Annual Educational Team Leaders Seminar
…Leaders to strengthen collaborative and compliant practice. The event is designed to provide professional development and face-to-face opportunities for maintaining the state-wide professional community of Educational Team Leaders. The cost…
Teach Disability History: We Can and We Must
…Rights Movement. A special unit on disabled Civil War veterans and nurses who served them features Massachusetts stories, supported by the Expand Massachusetts Stories program of Mass Humanities. Hear from…
U.S. education policy: Federal overreach or reaching for the wrong things?
…education policy. As a result, the powerful influence of nationally funded assessments and the Common Core State Standards may be reduced. However, the devolution of decision-making power to local or…
Massachusetts receives $4 million Gates Foundation grant
…for educator preparation programs, officials said. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Thursday in a statement that the money will be utilized over three years to launch…
Fifteen Superintendents Express Charter Concerns with Area Legislators
…impact of charter schools and school choice on smaller and rural districts, especially in Franklin, Hampshire, and Berkshire counties. These schools lead the state in the percentage of students enrolled…
Amherst Mobile Market begins third year on June 7th
…The market is staffed by residents of the food desert neighborhoods the market serves. The market is grateful for the advocacy of state representative Mindy Domb who advocated for an…