NORTHAMPTON, MA — As educators working under the banner that “everyone is a learner,” recent guest columns in the Gazette on the vital importance of investing in early education programs…
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Education Dept. Reverses Plan to Cut Rural School Funding
…opposition to this misguided change.” The move was also praised by the AASA, the School Superintendents Association, which protested the cut. “It was wise of Secretary DeVos to change her…
The Contemporary Educational Leader
…of contemporary concern as theories of change, time management, use of data, empowering professional learning communities, as well as using effective communication to realize data driven change. Candidates will also…
Local communities celebrate the Week of the Young Child
…This year’s theme is Early Years Are Learning Years. Next week is also Brain Building in Progress Week, an initiative promoting the positive, future impact of quality early childhood education…
Teaching Changemakers
This hands-on workshop invites early childhood educators to explore how to nurture justice, empathy, and action in young learners through a Change Maker Curriculum. Together, we will define what it…
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…
Greenfield wins grant for free after-school programs
…spring. Two summer programs wrapped up last week and coordinators will be ready to start the main programs again when school returns in September. The Federal Street program is offered…
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…
How do you use iPads and tablets?
…communication for some students using Apps like Pro-Lo-Quo. Children are using iPads/tablets (including at computer stations): to support early literacy and early numeracy using pre-kindergarten children Apps as a choice…
Playful Strategies for Supporting Early Communication Development in Children with ASD
…a variety of play-based strategies for promoting early language and communication development at every level- from pre-language to verbal communicators. Leave with a plan you’ll develop during the workshop with…