GRANBY, MA – The School Committee voted Thursday night to offer the superintendent’s position to Sheryl Stanton after contract negotiations broke down with its first choice for the job. Stanton,…
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Miller announces she’ll leave Pioneer school district
…news in letters to School Committee members last week, saying she will not be looking to negotiate a new contract once her current three-year contract is up. If nothing changes,…
Mohawk versus charters: District to rally against tuition hikes
…undermining rural school systems like Mohawk. With full support from the School Committee, board member Martha Thurber has sent Gov. Charlie Baker a letter saying the rural school systems are…
MCAS Requirement Waived for Mass. Students This Spring
…well-being as we continue to navigate the current public health emergency,” state Sen. Jason Lewis, a chair of the Legislature’s Education Committee, said in a statement after the bill was…
Policy, Politics, and Curriculum
…is not developed in a vacuum—it is shaped by state and federal policy and mandates, school committee priorities and resources, educational research, and the involvement and capacity of the teachers….
Justin Desai
…designing curriculum. Most recently Justin has served on the development committee for the College Boards new AP Precalculus course. A lifelong Boston resident, Justin is also the head coach of…
Pearl Rhodes principal resigns, Bernardston principal takes over
…School Committee meeting she felt Leblanc found another job due to the discussion about potentially closing Pearl Rhodes — which currently has 33 students according to Administrative Assistant Carolyn Curtis….
Greenfield mulls how to fund school technology needs
GREENFIELD — How Greenfield should look to fund the school district’s constantly growing technology needs provoked a robust conservation at an afternoon school subcommittee meeting this week. Quickly it was…
Judith Houle appointed interim Granby school superintendent
GRANBY, MA – The school committee last week appointed Judith Houle to serve as interim superintendent, subject to approval of a contract with her. Although her contract does not expire…
Senate panel rejects Trump’s proposed federal education cuts
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a spending bill that rejects President Trump’s proposed cuts to education funding for fiscal year 2018 and, for now at least,…