…handbooks and professional development for staff. However, students also believe the district needs to improve its response to incidents as they occur, as well as bolster its communication with parents…
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Teaching disability history in schools is ‘long overdue,’ advocates say
…webinars, conferences and professional development events. “It feels like it’s starting to show some signs of being a movement,” he said. The Emerging America curriculum focuses on using primary sources…
Laurie Risler
Laurie Risler is a former elementary school teacher. She now teaches education courses at Westfield State University. She has co-led professional development programs in history for the Collaborative for Educational…
State’s new rural policy commission meets in Greenfield
…the state as a whole, with more stagnant incomes in part. That’s because it is more dependent on “local service” industries like retail and tourism than on “professional services.” With…
Jeanne Tuthill
…consultation, training and evaluation services to schools through the Western MA area. She has presented professional development courses on a variety of Assistive Technology topics and is a former Adjunct…
Linee Perroncel
Linée Perroncel, M.Ed., currently serves as an Assistant Principal of Student Services in Holyoke Public Schools. She brings extensive experience working in Massachusets and Colorado in delivering professional development in…
Shephali Chokshi
…passion for mathematics and learning has led her through a variety of experiences over the past two decades including delivering Professional Development to Math and Science teachers across the nation,…
Massachusetts receives $4 million Gates Foundation grant
…“Elevate Preparation: Impact Children,” a program to enhance first-year teachers’ performance to the equivalent of third-year teachers by 2022. Through the program, the department will work with the state’s 71…
Gateway’s ‘blizzard bags’ cut makeup days in sunny June
…“alternative structured learning day programs,” which the department is open to as long as districts “can ensure that the program meets the standard for structured learning time and that the…
Barbara Cheney Appointed Fellow for Summit Learning
…accompany diplomas from their sending schools. Prior to the ceremony, graduating students presented their capstone projects, and the memory of these presentations sparked conversation about the responsiveness of all her…