MALDEN, MA — When Carlos entered Kristen Reidy’s first-grade class at the Salemwood School in Malden, Mass., nearly five years ago, his reading scores put him in the “at risk”…
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Bill S.261 would support literacy intervention programs in Massachusetts
…create a reimbursement system for school systems that implement literacy intervention programs for first graders who are determined to be at risk of falling behind their classmates in reading in…
Easthampton chooses LeClair for superintendent
EASTHAMPTON — The choice came down to taking a risk on passion or going with a proven track record ready to hit the ground running as the Easthampton School Committee…
State Senate OKs rural school aid for county districts
…districts financially, Massachusetts is at risk of providing unequal education opportunities for children who live in rural areas. That cannot be allowed to happen.” The next step, according to Hinds’s…
Obama Education Rules Are Swept Aside by Congress
…test scores to be used to remove underperforming teachers and to shut down struggling schools. They were also unpopular because they led to an explosion in the number of tests…
Lourdes Alvarez-Ortiz, Ph.D.
…educational administrator in the non-profit sector where she successfully pioneered innovative educational reform initiatives targeted to improving the opportunities and outcomes of students and schools deemed at risk of failure….
Social-Emotional Development: What’s happening in districts?
…the pyramid represents general teaching practices that can support all children’s social-emotional well-being. In Newton, a focus on professional development that supports teachers in integrating research-based social-emotional practices with the…
Workforce Development offers students opportunity and growth
…School-to-Career services that included integrating academic, vocational, and technical components and opportunities for career skills training, work placement, and coaching and support. The work grew each year, and in 2003,…
CES Profile – Albert Mussad, Sharing the Joy of Teaching
…from his early days as an educator. Now, as the newly installed Director of Professional Development at the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), Mussad feels as though he has come…
Building an Innovative Community for Special Education Team Leaders
…by the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). CES had long led consulting and professional development work with special education directors, teams, and professionals in local districts and…