…of new words if they learn and use them in meaningful contexts. Therese Chehade, a fifth grade EL teacher at Wildwood Elementary School in Amherst, put the Word Generation technique…
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TiE conference speaker urges over 300 teachers to utilize technology to reinvent education
…education” and prevents teachers from supporting the creative talents of students. America’s educational leaders have set college readiness as a gold standard, he said, even though a college degree is…
Graduation Rates Up, Dropouts Down in Massachusetts High Schools
…high school in 2011 graduated four years later, a 1.2 percent increase from last year’s rate, according to data released by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The…
Gateway’s ‘blizzard bags’ cut makeup days in sunny June
…district contacted the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education about its plans to use blizzard bags, and department officials said those decisions fall under the purview of local school…
Students Gain Experience Via New CES Internship Program
…funded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and is supported in part by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Summer High School Internship Challenge, the STEM@Work internships provide…
Comerford secures $1M for Franklin, Hampshire county projects
…Development Corporation; $200,000 for elementary school infrastructure repairs in Shutesbury; $175,000 to support a diverse teacher workforce initiative out of the Northampton-based Collaborative for Educational Services and to support the…
Five Franklin county schools earn ‘Green Team’ awards
Five Franklin County schools were recognized by the state for their outstanding work in an environmental education program. Greenfield High School, Federal Street School, Math and Science Academy, Bernardston Elementary…
Two candidates remain in running for Frontier, Union 38 superintendent
…School District in New Hampshire. Clark holds a master’s degree in education from Boston College. Before coming to Springboard in 2015, she was an elementary school principal in the Danvers…
Whately teacher selected for Global Learning Fellowship
WHATELY — Terri Anderson, a Whately Elementary School teacher, is one of 48 public educators nationwide to receive a Global Learning Fellowship with the NEA Foundation this year. “As a…
School transportation costs a burden to Mohawk Trail
…that of the state’s 10 most populous cities combined. To encourage rural towns to form more efficient regional school districts in the 1960s, the state promised to cover busing costs….