…overview of the research and best practices for assessing; planning; problem-solving; and implementing individual, classroom and school-wide positive behavior support. Federal and state legislation and regulations are examined with particular…
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Over 340 educators convene on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments: Bringing together Social and Emotional Learning, Trauma Sensitivity, and Positive Behavioral Approaches in Leominster, MA
…& Positive Behavioral Approaches conference, held Wednesday in Leominster, MA. District teams consisted of district and school leaders, classroom teachers and program coordinators, Head Start coordinators, and early childhood Coordinated…
Hawlemont School to hold annual celebration Friday
…— generating a lot of interest among students and helped to build a stronger connection between this farming community and its elementary school. Local farmers have lent the HAY program…
A morning of educational play for families from seventeen communities at the Holyoke Children’s Museum
…worked as teams using pulleys to make bubbles, build structures with different shapes of material, and learned about motion, movement and water currents at the different museum activity stations. The…
Colrain Central School wins 2020 Green Difference Awards for trout repopulation, reusable bags
COLRAIN — Colrain Central School’s reusable bag program and efforts to replenish the local trout population are garnering attention from Project Green Schools, a Plymouth-based organization that seeks to develop…
Western MA Prevention Professionals Meet with Cannabis Control Commissioners
…public health and youth substance-abuse prevention interests met in-person with staff and commissioners from the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC). The goal of this meeting was to build relationships with CCC…
400 Attend Annual DYS Art Showcase
…into the academic and extracurricular programs for all youth in DYS residential facilities, and build a network of arts-related placements available to DYS youth as they transition back into their…
Rural School Aid in State Budget
…allowing it “to build on the success of its first year, which provided nearly 40,000 families with fresh, healthy, local food, and millions of dollars in sales to Massachusetts farmers,”…
Chris Appy
Chris Appy is a Professor in History at UMass Amherst. He is the author of three books about the American War in Vietnam: American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our…
As details emerge, here’s what Trump’s plan to abolish DOE could mean for Mass. schools
…math, reading, science, and history over DEI initiatives; and align post-secondary education with high-paying job opportunities. But, what President Donald Trump’s administration’s proposed actions mean for schools in Massachusetts is…