SOUTH DEERFIELD — A first-grade teacher and a math educator have been named the Frontier Regional and Union 38 school districts’ winners of the 2020 Excellence in Teaching Awards. Suzanne…
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No Child Left Behind getting makeover
…telling states and local districts how to assess school and teacher performance. There was strong bipartisan support for the measure, which had been endorsed by the nation’s governors, teachers’ unions,…
HEC Academy Graduates Class of 2022
…without tenderness there is no joy.” Also speaking at the graduation was Quincy McCray. Quin has specialized in teaching youth for fourteen years, including ten years working as a teacher…
Gill Elementary Global Finals team gets schoolwide send-off
…the team’s adviser, sixth-grade teacher Dave Grout, spoke to the students before the send-off, a reminder to the team and others as to what a big deal qualifying for this…
Becoming money smart: At Fort River Elementary in Amherst, 5th-graders learn about finances by working and paying rent through mock program
On an afternoon in late December, fifth-grade students at Fort River Elementary School gather around and write their rent checks. “Who can remind us what a memo is?” teacher Jonathan…
Mount Tom alternative learning program graduates 10 area high schoolers
…two years and transferring to Westfield State University to pursue a degree in early education. Since she was 5 or 6, Levesque said she’s had the dream to become a…
Orientation to Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum
…from Mass Humanities. The curriculum will be available free at EmergingAmerica.org in February 2023, following a teacher pilot. Get a free orientation to the draft history and civics curriculum on…
Providers and Parents Talk with MA Early Education Leader at CES
…a Meet and Greet at the CES Northampton office. Suzanne Ryan, a preschool teacher from Deerfield Elementary School, said many teachers and families of children with challenging behaviors benefitted from…
National award promotes use of educational technology in the Department of Youth Services
…courses. This coming summer, a team of DYS teachers, administrators, and residential staff will participate in the four-day Unjammed Technology Camp, where they will learn how to use blended learning…
Special Olympics delivers cheers with challenges
…an aide to step over one hurdle after another. Cheers of “We got it!” and “Yes!” come from watching teachers, peers and parents, as the boy, Aaron “AJ” Strack, starts…