…achieve to high standards. Participants become familiar with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, focusing particularly on student work that reflects proficiency in those standards. Using a backward design model, teachers develop…
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Rural schools to push for millions more in state aid
…($146,400), Frontier ($183,300), Mohawk Trail ($289,500), Pioneer Valley ($260,100) and Ralph C. Mahar ($225,600). Schools districts with 10 to 20 students per mile would receive about $200 per student. These…
Hinds and Blais say launch of Rural Schools Commission ‘a big win’ for region
…schools in rural areas, though Hinds, D-Pittsfield, said other schools that have low or declining enrollment could end up being included as well. “This is a continuation of the Student…
Transforming Education for Social Justice Conference: Bridging, Belonging & Civic Engagement
…students to attend for free. If you are able, please make a donation so we can keep this event free for students and low-cost for you! $35 will cover the…
Mount Tom Academy awards diplomas to eleven
…Todd Gazda, sharing a quote from Emerson, told the students that “what is inside you is more powerful than any external circumstances,” and that their potential was “limitless”. Student speaker…
Sharon Jones, M.Ed.
…Pioneer Valley Regional School District. She has worked as both a special education and general education teacher; assistant principal; educational diagnostician/consultant; and inclusion specialist. Sharon has taught courses on inclusion…
Laurel Peltier
…joining the team at CES, Laurel developed and led public and private secondary school programs for students with disabilities, taught undergraduate and graduate courses in special education and writing, and…
K. Scott Wong
…of courses in Asian American history, American immigration history, the history of the American West, history and memory, and American Studies. He is the author of Americans First: Chinese Americans…
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…
Looking Back: Ben DeMarino Memorial
…Aitken describes as “his own unique way of being Ben.” Over the past 10 years, many Collaborative students have received financial support through the fund to help them manifest their…