…the nurse’s office crying, and I had to go home early. I never wanted to go back. Here I am, 40 years later, and I’m having mixed emotions about leaving…
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William Diehl, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services, to Retire
…CES, the largest Massachusetts educational collaborative, since 2014, after joining the agency as Deputy Director in 2010. CES directs major direct service initiatives in Early Childhood, Special Education, After School…
Mass. Center for Civic Education promotes engaged citizenship among students
When history teacher Roger Desrosiers received a postcard from the Center for Civic Education in 1987 offering free classroom materials for the U.S. Constitution’s bicentennial, little did he know that…
Scibak visits Easthampton High School’s 21st Century Community Learning Center
…complete school work and get re-energized before breaking for their practices. Learn more about 21st Century Community Learning Center programs run by the Collaborative for Educational Services at Easthampton High…
A device contract for your family: 4 rules
…is clear on the detrimental effects of tech and sleep. Our household research has taught us that if we look at a screen early, we are less motivated to read…
CES Workforce Programs lead to multiple opportunities
In the spring of 2020, while the world was in lockdown and schools remote, CES Director of Workforce Programs Matt Rigney thought about ways to continue assisting students as part…
Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY) Coalition is recipient of $100,000 grant for substance abuse prevention
…five cities/towns in Hampshire County – Amherst, Ware, Hadley, South Hadley and Northampton. Municipal leaders, including school superintendents, mayors, town managers, select board members, police chiefs and public health directors,…
A ‘new approach’ to teaching computer science: Get rid of the computer
…During a weeklong workshop earlier this month at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke, 15 teachers took their first steps in spreading a new wave of computer…
Mass. Early Educators Will Get A Raise After State Board Vote
Early educators are getting a raise after the Board of Early Education and Care voted Wednesday for a $20 million rate increase to be put toward improved programming and higher…
Suzanne Stillinger
…for children living in residential programs for unhoused survivors of domestic violence. Early on, she saw that the scope of her efforts to help improve the day-to-day lives of children…