BUCKLAND — Assigning school homework during spring break may sound like a bad idea — unless it means that students can start summer vacation two days early. Before going ahead…
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Arlene Spooner
Arlene Spooner, PT, has worked for over 30 years in Early Intervention as a physical therapist. She has also provided PT services in public schools, and in outpatient pediatrics in…
Massachusetts House restores $17.5 million for kindergarten expansion grants to state budget
…said the fund was being used by communities for years after they added kindergarten to maintain it – which is not why the fund was created. Early education advocates and…
Holliston’s Jackson named Massachusetts Superintendent of the Year
…National Superintendent of the Year Gala in Washington, D.C., in early November. Jackson has also served as director of administration and finance in Wilmington, and as business administrator for Hudson…
Frontier Regional and Union 38 superintendent to retire
…at the end of June. Barrett announced her plans to the Frontier Regional School Committee during its meeting Tuesday night. She said she wanted to inform the committee as early…
$1M to fight youth opioid addiction
…adults are successful on their path to recovery. It’s still early to define how success of the grant will be measured, but McLaughlin offered that if there are increases in…
Ross Newton
…University and studied Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction at Boston University. Ross has published on topics in early American and public history and consulted for public history sites in Boston…
Conway Grammar School hosts guest readers for Dr. Seuss’ birthday
CONWAY — Monday would have been the 116th birthday of Springfield native Theodor Seuss Geisel. You know him as Dr. Seuss, and for 83 years children have pored over his…
From “flat Earth” to climate change denial, kids are deluged with fake science. Now teachers are fighting back
…surveys, children are increasingly likely to rely on YouTube for information. A 2019 report from Common Sense Media found that 56% of kids ages 8 to 12, and 69% of…
Franklin County schools, public and private, plan for COVID-19
…low. It suggests people take the same precautions they would for the seasonal flu and strep infections. Loomis requests that parents keep sick children home from school if they have…