With all the attention paid to President Trump’s lightning-rod secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, and her advocacy for private school vouchers, little public notice has been paid to the action…
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Teaching disability history in schools is ‘long overdue,’ advocates say
…under threat,” said Ross Newton, who teaches history at HEC Academy in Northampton, a therapeutic special education high school. Newton has used the Emerging America curriculum in his classroom and…
Building Equitable Supports for Children with Disabilities
Children with disabilities and their families face significant barriers to accessing equitable and inclusive high-quality early childhood programs. Home 9 Search query for: programs alternative education mount tom…
Voc-Tech investments pair needs of students, industry
…passage of a bill to expand access to those programs. The Alliance for Vocational Technical Education said that 20 percent of Massachusetts high school students are enrolled in a career…
Moilanen named 2016 Local PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator
…Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) educators working in the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) Education Initiative that participated in 2014 and thereafter as fellows in the Center for Educational…
Governor Baker signs FY16 Budget
…concerns about many of the governor’s vetoes, particularly related to education, where he has cut programs ranging from early childhood to colleges and universities…given the increasing importance of education in…
Workforce Development
Home E Search query for: programs alternative education mount tom academy information guidance counselors ( Page 30 ) Workforce Development Programs Perkins Consortium The Collaborative for Educational Services, under its…
Youth substance abuse prevention programs get state funding
BOSTON (WWLP)–Youth substance use prevention programs across the state will receive grant funding through a state health initiative. The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and the Department…
Powertown in the 21st Century Partnership Begins Work in Turners Falls
…will work with staff, students, families and community members to conduct research into emerging models for secondary education including competency-based education (a model where progress toward graduation is based on…
Williamstown School Committee Talks Special Education Collaboration
…County districts money on professional development opportunities for staff, bulk buying and transportation services. But much of her talk focused on the potential for collaboratives to improve special education programs…