By Kay Lisseck, MKEA Regional Coordinator, Pioneer Valley Region With a focus on social-emotional learning, the latest annual report from the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy points to…
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Local author shows how memory is critical to teaching struggling learners
NORTHAMPTON, MA – Educators engage struggling learners when they use teaching techniques that are in sync with the brain’s memory systems, says local educator and author, Ken Pransky. In his…
3 Western Massachusetts teachers win White House award for excellence in science, math teaching
…The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching are awarded annually to outstanding math and science teachers in grades K-12. Recipients are selected by a panel of scientists,…
Sabine Jacques joins CES as Social Justice and Equity in Schools Specialist
…brings her passion for arts activism within the Black and Brown communities to her work as a social justice facilitator. A theater practitioner, actress, and Fulbright Scholar, she holds a…
Powertown in the 21st Century Partnership Begins Work in Turners Falls
…into a competency-based system where educational experiences are designed to enable students to acquire the content knowledge, creative know-how, habits of success and wayfinding abilities essential to improved life chances,…
Unjammed: Using Technology to Transform Teaching and Learning in the Classroom
…to strengthen the education of young people involved with the Commonwealth’s juvenile justice system. The CEEAS Unjammed: Blended Learning Initiative supports work by juvenile justice agencies interested in using technology…
Bringing Collaboration Skills to the Classroom
…intense quiet; but Kuhlka keeps a watchful eye on all, the students keep their focus, and they successfully complete the day’s work. Kuhlka has been with Pioneer Valley Regional School…
Mahar student attending Global Youth Summit on the Future of Medicine
…course content. Thomas said Ninteau also has delved into advanced-placement work in mathematics, science and social studies. “Kacy is phenomenal on both academic and non-academic platforms,” Thomas said. “She consistently…
Grant Will Boost College’s Efforts To Teach Disability History in Rural Communities
Keene State College has been awarded a nearly $100,000 Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grant for a project to advance teaching disability history in rural communities. The…
Salazar receives 2022 Latino Excellence Award
Rossana Salazar received a 2022 Latino Excellence Award in a virtual ceremony which took place Thursday, October 13, 2022. The awards, presented by the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus,…