…and heard keynote speaker Russell Johnston, Senior Associate Commissioner of the Center for District Support, speak of the importance of their work with special education students. Co-facilitators for this year’s…
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Northampton students build computers in new digital literacy program
NORTHAMPTON — On Friday morning, R.K. Finn Ryan Road School third-grade students were playing Minecraft on small computers. But they weren’t using an average laptop — they were computers the…
CES Provides 2022 Election Day Professional Development
…physical education and wellness teachers, and librarians and nurses. were broken out by a variety of topics and student grade levels for the educators. Participants found the experience valuable, providing…
Fond farewell: Bittersweet final day at Cheshire Elementary
…current students and staff who are affected by the closure of the school. Emily Tarjick, a former Cheshire student, still has a sibling there who “will be going into second…
FC Tech hosts gender and sexuality conference
…School. Senior Program Consultant for the Safe Schools Program for LGBTQ Students, Jason Wheeler, said some of the topics students discussed were about ways LGBTQ students are pushed out. “We…
Turners Falls High School seniors surprised with parade
…homes of all 49 graduating seniors — spread across Montague, Gill and Erving, plus a few in Greenfield and Northfield — to drop off a yard sign for the student….
$23 Billion Funding Gap Exists Between White and Nonwhite School Districts, Report Finds
School districts that predominantly serve students of color received $23 billion less in funding than mostly white school districts in the United States in 2016, despite serving the same number…
Mariah Lapiroff M.A.T., Ed.S.
…of social identities, self-awareness, oppression and liberation, intergroup dialogue, and relational education approaches that foster student agency and belonging in joyful caring school communities. Mariah firmly believes that social justice…
Lessons learned, problems solved at engineering camp
…from kindergarten through 5th grade have built Lego structures, “marble mazes,” K’nex towers, self-driving cars, and robots. Each day students received a new challenge and raw materials, watched an inspirational…
State’s education secretary gets an earful from educators, politicians in Northampton stop
NORTHAMPTON — Even if the students at Bridge Street Elementary School didn’t know who Patrick Tutwiler was, they could clearly tell he was somebody important. Students frequently stopped him during…