…the horizon.” Opening remarks were made by Ben Wood, Director of the Office of Community Health Planning and Engagement at the MA Department of Public Health. Participants at the event…
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The brains behind computers: Family code night at Norris School in Southampton
…to make such as how to make slim foam. But, like many youngsters — and adults — Rylie, her sister Katherine, 10, and the students at William E. Norris School…
Meeting the Needs of Visual-Spatial Learners
…styles, the importance of offering differentiated instruction for all learners, and how to plan for and apply Visual-Spatial strategies and offer a variety of ways for students to demonstrate understanding….
Academic Language
…facilitate teacher understanding of how academic language impacts learning. Participants will investigate: Why some students will develop stronger academic language skills than others unless academic language features are explicitly taught,…
Becoming money smart: At Fort River Elementary in Amherst, 5th-graders learn about finances by working and paying rent through mock program
On an afternoon in late December, fifth-grade students at Fort River Elementary School gather around and write their rent checks. “Who can remind us what a memo is?” teacher Jonathan…
Sunderland school gets adaptive tricycle
…donations. The adult-size trike is available to all students, though priority is given to about a dozen based on their specific diagnoses. “It opens an opportunity for other students to…
National award promotes use of educational technology in the Department of Youth Services
…used include: Developing digital portfolios of students’ work Providing opportunities for collaboration among students (using wikis) Extending learning beyond the classroom (using tablets) Increasing participation in post-secondary learning through online…
Schools pivot to remote learning – Educators try to provide ‘normalcy in this abnormal time’ amid school closures
…added, “we’re doing the best we can to provide students with the best learning opportunities we can provide, even without having the availability of students and teachers in the same…
State education secretary takes to airwaves with a message: make school attendance ‘a priority’
…including stable housing. And indeed, among the 59 Massachusetts schools and districts where 30% or more of students were chronically absent last year, all but seven enroll majority low-income students….
Mass Cultural Council Funds Artist in Residence Working with the DYS Education Initiative
…thanks to a FY23 STARS Residency grant from the Mass Cultural Council, and will be a partnership between Jenny Herzog and students receiving educational services through CES while placed in…