…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
AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a $4.4 million federal grant to educate cybersecurity researchers and professionals, and then place them in jobs throughout the federal government….
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
…also express themselves through the power of words. In 2016, Teachers Marianne Pina and Jo-Anne Charette wrote with pride that one of their DYS students won a “highly commended” award…
A New Name!
The 10 to 10 Helpline is Now the Call for Change Helpline The new name was voted on by participants in Intimate Partner Abuse Education Programs as well as Advisory…
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…
‘We don’t come with the house’ FCTS students built Erving home with help from GSB Foundation
…in the school’s various construction-based programs rolled up their sleeves and got to work in December 2016. The goal is for the bank’s foundation to become self-sufficient, with any additional…
Why Talented Black and Hispanic Students Can Go Undiscovered
…graders are half as likely as whites to be included in programs for the gifted, and the deficit is nearly as large for Hispanics, according to work by two Vanderbilt…
A meeting of the minds: Sunderland sixth-graders interview UMass graduate students for podcasts
SUNDERLAND — Ryan Copeland, a sixth-grade teacher at Sunderland Elementary School, wanted to bring the traditional school report or essay more into alignment with the way his students interact with…