Massachusetts education officials have released statewide guidance urging schools to use the technology thoughtfully, with an emphasis on equity, transparency, academic integrity and human oversight. “AI already surrounds young people….
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The Pandemic Hurt These Students the Most
…data from about 5.5 million public school students in third through eighth grade who took the NWEA’s tests during the 2020-21 school year, and compared their performance to similar students…
Area lawmakers active in crafting landmark education bill
…time so that means western Massachusetts is going to be heard for a long time. Domb herself sponsored a successful amendment that ensures that charter schools are submitting the same…
PARCC test pros and cons debated at Massachusetts Board of Education hearing
…test during a public hearing Tuesday. The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education held its fifth and last hearing to discuss the proposed switch from public schools using the…
CES Executive Director Gazda on WHMP Afternoon Buzz podcast with Sheryl Stanton and Buz Eisenberg.
…24th. You can listen to the podcast here at this link. Gazda and Stanton discussed the evolving academic year, school district budgets and ESSER funding for schools, and health and…
Angela Burke Receives Braselman Award
…to the organization and its members through Shared Conversations, planning committees, etc, and of course her efforts as a ISTE Educator to your schools and other ESAs. Said Angela, “My…
Massachusetts Senate passes Breakfast After the Bell legislation
BOSTON (WWLP) – Several schools in the western part of the state already offer what is known as the Breakfast After the Bell program, which makes sure students aren’t hungry…
CES welcomes a new SJE Specialist to the team
The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) welcomes Mariah Lapiroff as a new Social Justice and Equity in Schools Specialist. Mariah, originally from Berkeley, CA, joins our team as a social…
Local Spotlight: Quaboag Hills Substance Use Alliance’s New Social Norms Messaging Campaigns!
…2025 Prevention Needs Assessment Survey of the school districts in Ware, Palmer, Monson, Quaboag Hills, and North Brookfield. The posters from these campaigns will be hung up in the schools…
Excellence In Education: Living our Guiding Principles Awards – December and January winners announced
…past two years. He and the Southeast Secure Detention clinical department have graduated to the point in their delivery of the instruction and/or curriculum that other programs have sought out…