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Grant Will Boost College’s Efforts To Teach Disability History in Rural Communities
Keene State College has been awarded a nearly $100,000 Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grant for a project to advance teaching disability history in rural communities. The…
Commissioner Announces 2021 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Malden middle school math teacher Jennifer Hedrington receives state’s top educator award
…teacher who is committed to providing her students with access and opportunity.” Ms. Hedrington is in her 16th year of teaching secondary school mathematics and her 10th year of teaching…
America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond – Teaching Human Rights Today
What is fascism? Where did it come from? How does it impact human rights? What is anti-fascism and how did it arise? How did ideology shape the Spanish Civil War…
Classrooms: Teachers to be honored with excellence awards
…Teaching Awards is a program sponsored by the Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation in Agawam to honor teachers in Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties for teaching practices, demonstrated enthusiasm, volunteer work…
Teaching Children about the Natural Environment with the Hitchcock Center
Learn to develop and enhance programming that addresses STEM/nature-themed topics with young children, and increase their environmental awareness. These fun and interactive sessions will offer ideas about extending learning with…
Holyoke, Amherst schools get grants to diversify teaching staffs
Two local school districts are receiving part of $1.8 million in state and federal money to support enhancing the diversity of their classroom teachers through both recruitment and retention. Holyoke…
Teaching World Geography and Ancient Civilizations
Would you like to get practical training in the geographic and historical content and inquiry-based strategies and resources for instruction that address Massachusetts History and Social Science Standards for grades…
Teaching Writing Skills: Students with IEPs or English Language Learners
In this 1-day workshop, educators of English Learners and students with IEPs will consider the eight skills writers need to communicate personal meaning (e.g., select a genre and employ its…
New Union 28 superintendent is old hand at teaching
ERVING, MA — After almost three decades in education, Jennifer Haggerty has begun her first school year in a building devoid of children. “It was my first time in 28…