In response to increasing educational demands and budget pressures, public school districts have looked for ways to join forces to provide necessary resources and programs on a cost-effective basis. One…
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U.S. education policy: Federal overreach or reaching for the wrong things?
Federal overreach in education is under attack from multiple quarters and will likely be diminished in any overhaul of the No Child Left Behind Act, the current law governing national…
Renata S. Pienkawa
…over the Commonwealth and beyond. She is currently an adjunct faculty at the School of Education and Child Study at Smith College. Renata believes in capturing the depth of the…
HEC Academy Graduates Class of 2022
…families and youth in the Pioneer Valley to provide high quality, research-based, and collaborative solutions to ensure that every child has the opportunity to achieve his or her full potential. …
Sheffield Elementary School counselor honored with Grinspoon award
TURNERS FALLS — It can take a village to raise a child. But just as often, it takes a whole school. Kevin White, the counselor at Sheffield Elementary School, knows…
Massachusetts Senate plans to craft charter school reform bill as ballot question looms
…schools, because after all, the whole point is that every child in Massachusetts should get a quality education,” Rosenberg said. “And so charter schools is only one group of students.”…
Scholar and Common Core critic Yong Zhao says schools need to rethink use of classroom technology
…said, “but with forcing people to acquire the same skills.” Instead, Zhao said, schools should be using new technology to encourage students to tap their inner creativity. “Every child should…
‘It’s my favorite school in the whole world’: Kids bid farewell to Heath School
HEATH — The child chatter in the half-filled cafeteria on the last day of school was seemingly cheery, until you asked if they were looking forward to their summer vacation….
Let them eat kale: Belchertown students plant, harvest the vegetable for cafeteria
…have planted, harvested and then get to eat the food in the cafeteria,” Clark said. “Today’s child does not know where food comes from, so this is a huge step.”…
Alisia St. Florian
…the Massachusetts Bar Association Education Law Group. She is a past Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association Juvenile and Child Welfare Section Counsel, and is a member of the Board…