Dr. Shawn Fortin is the Director of Teaching and Learning for the Belchertown Public Schools. He has fifteen years of experience in public K-12 education in MA and has used…
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Honoring Overdose Awareness Month
Overdose Awareness Week is this month, from August 25 – August 31. August 31, International Overdose Awareness Day, is a day where people around the world gather to remember those…
Lani Blechman
Lani Blechman is a School Librarian at Fort River Elementary School and has over 5 years of preK-12 school library experience in public, private, and charter schools. For more than…
Governor Baker outlines plans for local aid increases
In next week’s annual budget proposal, Gov. Charlie Baker will call for a $91 million increase in education local aid, and a $40 million boost in unrestricted local aid to…
Mobile markets make local food accessible
…— a small farmers market packed up in a van and driven around to communities. Caitlin Marquis, of the nonprofit Healthy Hampshire, which is supporting the new Amherst Mobile Market,…
Lenox schools to explore alternative ways to structure district
LENOX, MA – During the formal public presentation of the public school system’s strategic plan, Superintendent Timothy Lee told the audience that as part of a “scenario to increase enrollment,”…
What’s next for Heath school kids? Community talks planned
…Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. at the Town Library (Sawyer Hall) and on Feb. 15 at the Heath School at 6:30 p.m. “We want everybody involved in the conversation,” said…
Itza Martínez
Dr. Martínez is a Professional Services Learning Specialist at CES. She has a B.F.A. in Visual Arts Education from Manhattanville College, a master’s degree in teaching from Manhattanville College, and…
Baker-Polito Administration Honors 51 Schools – recognized for high achievement, strong progress or narrowing gaps
MALDEN – The Baker-Polito Administration today held a ceremony at the State House to recognize 51 schools for high achievement, narrowing achievement gaps between groups of students or making strong…
Massachusetts statewide school mask order coming
BOSTON — Massachusetts is poised to start its third pandemic-influenced academic year with a mask mandate in place across K-12 schools, after a 9-1 vote Tuesday by the state Board…