…school activities that generally draw large number of students, such as recess and lunch, and could even cause districts to reduce class sizes – a move that could challenge schools…
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State education secretary takes to airwaves with a message: make school attendance ‘a priority’
Nearly four years after COVID-19 first shuttered schools, students are still missing class at rates unprecedented in the past two decades. In an effort to reverse that trend, Patrick Tutwiler,…
CES Profile – Play is Serious Work
…Something done at the playground will link to a skill needed in a classroom, or at home. “We have the access and the opportunity to treat more holistically,” says Noël….
Sparsity Aid for rural schools? Mohawk mulls rural school assoc.
…of three, even four, small districts,” said Buoniconti, who heads the Mohawk and Hawlemont regional school districts. “We’re all dealing with flat state aid and small class sizes. Mohawk is…
Making music: Pioneer students design homemade instruments for music, engineering project
Middle school students at the Pioneer Valley Regional School in Northfield showcased their musical talents and engineering design skills recently during a combined class project through which they built and…
Buckland-Shelburne students camp out with Dr. Seuss
SHELBURNE FALLS — The second-grade classroom hummed with chatter as students dressed appropriately in pajamas huddled in tents to read Dr. Seuss’ “Sleep Book.” “It’s really fun,” second-grader Brody Cole…
Money for vet program proposed in Tech budget
…a year-long animal science curriculum with the goal of adding a new class of students per year until a full program is running by school year 2022-2023,” the budget book…
‘I’ve learned that things have a cost.’ Meet the migrant children working long hours in factories and fish plants across Mass.
…hot molds stuck inside machines, then went straight to Framingham High School, bleary eyed, often falling asleep in class. He later got a job at a massive commercial greenhouse, cleaning…
Fort River art teacher honored for feminist work in the classroom
AMHERST — Every year, second graders at Fort River Elementary School work on underwater sea drawings in art class. Amid sketching fish and seaweed, art teacher Nicole Singer, who is…
Northfield Elementary sees uptick in enrollment, adds teacher
…who enrolled late in the summer, Desmarais had to split both fifth- and third-grade classes, moving teachers between grades and hiring Elizabeth Aekus to teach one of the fifth-grade classes….