…with strategies to support ELLs’ access to content instruction through evidence-based reading, writing and vocabulary interventions. The course includes both synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences. Successful completion of this course…
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Representatives from Rural Schools and Communities Gather at Tuesday Summit in Shelburne
…formally vote to join the Coalition and endorse its legislative agenda have been extremely successful. To date, sixteen school committees have signed on to the Coalition and its work. A…
Marie McCourt
…Marie owned a successful computer business for several years, worked in administration for an engineering recruiting firm, and led marketing departments for a number of small local businesses. Marie’s interests…
Patricia Kinsella
Patricia Kinsella has served as an educator, union representative, and administrator for over 30 years. Her experience spans PreK-12 in a wide range of districts (rural, urban, well-resourced, financially-challenged) and…
Heather Warner, MPH
…economic burden of tobacco use by preventing young people from starting to smoke, helping current smokers to quit, protecting children and adults from secondhand smoke, and identifying and eliminating tobacco-related…
Fond farewell: Bittersweet final day at Cheshire Elementary
CHESHIRE, MA — Principal Peter Bachli ended the day with an unusual announcement over the school’s public address system: “Thanks for the memories.” Barring a last-minute change of plans, Cheshire…
Caroline Johnson, PhD
…to drive social change, and is passionate about using both qualitative and quantitative research to promote health equity. Prior to joining SPIFFY, Caroline worked for a local government agency in…
Massachusetts to recommend modifying MCAS graduation requirements for Class of 2022
In light of the COVID pandemic’s impact on the school year, Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley announced he will be recommending changes to the state’s graduation requirements…
School panel takes aim at gun violence
HATFIELD — In 1992, Anne Thalheimer was a teenager in her second year at Bard College at Simon’s Rock when her life changed. “I was writing a paper for his…
Sustainability on menu: HEC Academy in Northampton recognized for garden, other ‘green’ efforts
…partnership with Northampton Public Schools). HEC worked to change the lunches so that they come in reusable containers, then worked to make its cups and silverware reusable as well. That…