…State and Federal Programs for Holyoke Public Schools, overseeing $17 million dollars in public grant programs, and leading the district in securing a $300,000 state grant to bolster enrichment activities…
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Transforming Education for Social Justice Conference set to take place on March 29th, 2025
…find shared values and bridge across differences in order to make lasting change that supports every student.” This year’s conference is expected to host over 200 attendees, and will focus…
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…
Desirée Lalbeharie
…early intervention clinical and management roles; college level teaching; professional development trainings; and facilitating community partnerships. Her 25 year career has been dedicated to the field of early childhood development…
Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) Hires New Executive Director
…also holds a Massachusetts school superintendent license. He lives in Northampton with his wife, Jeanne Birdsall, the award-winning children’s book author of the Penderwicks series and Flora’s Very Windy Day….
Raising MCAS bar was a move in the wrong direction
…favorite response – “that’s a local decision” – effectively dumping those decisions back in our laps. Children and families all struggled and suffered during this pandemic and educators are again…
Laurel Peltier leading cohorts in Connecticut for Special Education
…across districts.” In addition to the 120 participants in the four cohorts set to begin in Connecticut during summer 2020, Peltier will also be leading a Training of Trainers (ToT…
Emerging America shares stories of advocacy
…and policy work for the first time. When CES successfully applied for a Teaching American History grant, we began developing a series of summer institutes for educators. At the time,…
Sensory Motor Development in Young Children: Activities and Strategies that Help with Learning, Attention and Behavior
…foundation motor skills. By understanding how sensory motor development shapes early behavior and learning, participants will gain new insight on how to help children attend, learn and self regulate. Participants…
Area parents share concerns about school reopening plans
…with how their children will be educated during the coming year. Here is a sampling. Greenfield School Department Pete Brown, who has two children in the Greenfield public school system,…