…into the academic and extracurricular programs for all youth in DYS residential facilities, and build a network of arts-related placements available to DYS youth as they transition back into their…
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UMass Amherst receives $4.4 million grant to train students in cybersecurity
…31 scholars at the undergraduate and graduate levels in UMass Amherst’s computer science and electrical and computer engineering degree programs. Those students will be offered full tuition and fees, and…
Working with teachers and students online to create pathways, not roadblocks
…Casey finds that teachers are typically nervous about approaching unfamiliar areas of the online world. There are so many new programs, apps and skills that they feel they can’t keep…
Working to Help People Grows Important life Skills
…adult services. It’s an emotional time for Doug’s mother, Gina, and his teachers. Doug will soon age out of the CES programs that he has been involved with for many…
HCC Receives $1 Million Grant To Build New Engineering Program
HOLYOKE — Holyoke Community College (HCC) has been awarded nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create a new engineering pathways program to help boost the numbers of…
Expressing What Matters to Youth in the DYS Program
…the DYS Education programs, it makes me proud to know that we are working diligently to think outside the box to meet students’ needs. More and more, that may mean…
First Annual Excellence in Education: Living our Guiding Principles Monthly Award
…the opportunity to earn college credits toward degree programs through online college courses and college courses taught in DYS facilities by adjunct faculty from one of our higher education partners….
Area schools turn to Google’s online software solutions
…the front of the room. The waffle — nine tiny squares that form one larger square — is the icon for Google Apps, a suite of online software programs used…
Collaborative for Educational Services Begins Statewide Youth Mental Health First Aid Training Project
…from behavioral support services. CES will train education staff of at-risk adolescent students within the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) programs. Adolescents entering the MA DYS juvenile justice system…
Dynamic Perspectives in Education
This course brings together candidates across programs to examine issues facing educators today. Focal points will include curricular and instructional decisions, legislative mandates, school financing, technological advances, diversity, special education,…