HOLYOKE, MA – To Barbara Cheney, Lead Teacher at Mount Tom Academy and CES Licensure program instructor, everything she has done in her professional life has prepared her for her…
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Commission wants $60M for rural school districts
…the $4 million in rural school aid allocated in the state’s General Appropriations Act for the fiscal year that ended June 30. State Rep. Natalie M. Blais, co-chair of the…
Gov. Baker agrees to major spending increase in his final budget
…aid, economic and workforce development, behavioral health care and local aid, Baker said. It provides almost $6 billion in Chapter 70 local school funding, a $495 million increase over fiscal…
State grant program aims to promote health in rural areas
…violence prevention, and substance abuse, Attorney General Maura Healey announced Tuesday. The Collaborative for Educational Services, working together with 10 other partner organizations, including the Hilltown Community Health Center, Hilltown…
‘I’ve learned that things have a cost.’ Meet the migrant children working long hours in factories and fish plants across Mass.
…machines that planted and harvested produce, sometimes working until 5 a.m. In warm weather, he worked 50 hours a week — using his earnings to pay rent and help his…
Cooley Dickinson Health Care receives $555,555 grant to improve regional food insecurity
…Collaborative for Educational Services Hilltown Community Health Center Hilltown Community Development Corporation “We are inspired by what this funding will enable us to do to improve the lives of local…
After School Office Hours give virtual support to students and families
…West Springfield schools participate in the resulting program, which makes online support available during after school “Office Hours”. The program’s design addressed the CARES Act focus on Family Engagement. Teachers…
Empowering Teams: Effective Strategies for Crafting and Implementing the New MA IEP
…colleagues from across the state and use tools shared at the conference to strengthen data-informed approaches to the New MA IEP. Tentative Agenda: 8:15 – 8:45am Registration and continental breakfast…
First draft of turnaround recommendations from Holyoke schools local stakeholders released
…staff. “We’re not talking about diversity in general,” Hyry-Dermith said. “We’re talking about close to 80 percent of our students being Puerto Rican.” Of the 5,573 students enrolled in Holyoke…
Ross Newton
Ross Newton is a History Teacher at HEC Academy in Northampton, a special education public high school of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES). Ross relates history to students’ lives…