…other science courses? They’re collaborating with same-aged students in the U.K. on their projects, they had to be handpicked for the team and they had to be willing to commit…
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Becoming money smart: At Fort River Elementary in Amherst, 5th-graders learn about finances by working and paying rent through mock program
…a 2015 Massachusetts report on financial literacy, and that Massachusetts is one of 12 states across the country that does not require schools to offer financial education courses to students….
National award promotes use of educational technology in the Department of Youth Services
…a new initiative spearheaded by the Center for Educational Excellence in Alternative Settings (CEEAS), educators in selected DYS schools will be trained in how to use free and low-cost educational…
HERD INSTINCT Smith Voke students find lesson in the barn
…academic courses, one week in vocational programs ranging from cosmetology to criminal justice. In the animal science program, which has around 50 students this year, they learn grooming, artificial insemination…
Scholar and Common Core critic Yong Zhao says schools need to rethink use of classroom technology
…has technology transformed education, the answer is no,” Zhao told an audience of some 300 area educators gathered for a Technology in Education Conference Tuesday at Holyoke Community College. The…
Springfield DYS Campus Hosts Career Day for Youth
…that I can take Culinary Arts courses and then transfer them to STCC. Then I can take the Entrepreneur Program or the other way around, depending on what my credits…
Reunion Center in Easthampton launches new mentoring program for middle schoolers
…the Reunion Center say that comfort level is key to why the program has worked for them. “I came this past summer because I’d failed a couple of courses,” said…
Looking Back: Ben DeMarino Memorial
…own dreams. Ben DeMarino scholarships continues to allow these young people to further their education by financing community college courses, or gain skills (such as driving) that enabled them to…
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Kevin Courtney
…been a teacher, principal and Director of Special Education. He also taught graduate courses in school administration at the University of Massachusetts. In addition to his position at CES, he…