…strategy. This was the first joint meeting between the two steering committees, and was a great opportunity for relationship building, strategizing, and learning. We wrapped up the retreat after identifying…
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PARCC VS. MCAS: Fitchburg Site of First Battle
…heard rants, raves and everything in between. PARCC — Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers — is based on the Common Core federal learning standards and is…
Massachusetts Migrant Education Program Transitions to Collaborative for Educational Services
…and youth overcome challenges to their education such as educational disruption, social isolation, cultural and language differences, health related problems, extreme poverty, and other concerns that create obstacles to learning. …
Orange School Committee Okays Four Blizzard Bags
…Bag is a packet of school work sent home with students before a snow day so there is minimal lapse in learning when weather interferes with a school day. There…
Buckland-Shelburne Elementary climbs from a ‘lowest-’ to a ‘highest-performing’ school
…School Assistance Center) and brought in a new principal, Joanne Giguere. This year — based on the Buckland-Shelburne school’s 2014 MCAS results — BSE has exceeded all its target goals….
How to Adapt Commercial Literacy Programs for Your Children
…some modifications to better support the needs of children with specific learning challenges. Although a complete review of strategies is beyond the scope of this article, Reading Rockets offers a…
Tune in to Temperament
…fearful, and feisty”. Strategies on how to care for children based on their temperament will be discussed, as well as the “goodness of fit” between your own temperament and those…
Safe and Supportive Schools for All
…include, but are not limited to, an increased focus on social and emotional learning; bullying prevention; asset-based, student-centered and culturally responsive practices; restorative justice and positive discipline approaches; equity and…
A meeting of the minds: Sunderland sixth-graders interview UMass graduate students for podcasts
…plan to be finished around Friday, March 13. “It’s a pretty extensive project,” Copeland said. After encouraging the students to pick a subject that interests them, Copeland invited graduate students…
Raising the bar: Belchertown elementary school to provide piano education to all students
…not critical classes that students should have,” Gould said. The entire project will cost $30,000, Gould said, with $10,000 of the funding coming from a private donation by Matthew Jackson,…