…a kind of silence unheard of during the very last period on the last day of the week. However, although the students were audibly silent, they were all talking together,…
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2017 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Announced
Teacher of the year Sydney Chaffee, a teacher at the Codman Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester was among the nineteen educators honored at a State House ceremony last week….
Pioneer Valley residents testify in favor of rural school aid bill
…recommendations to ensure the stability of rural school districts. With perspectives from nearly every angle, those testifying in the State House and virtually said bills H.3567 and S.2388, titled “An Act to Provide…
Franklin Tech students take agriculture know-how to national convention
Nine Franklin County Technical School students embraced last week’s national FFA Convention and Expo as an invaluable opportunity to connect with agriculturally inclined youth from all over the country. FFA,…
Amherst-Pelham school district devises new funding formula
…for educating students at the middle and high schools beginning July 1, 2018. The latest assessment methodology, which was recommended by the Amherst Selectboard last week, will include a factor…
Using genAI to Spark Creativity
…if AI could help get you unstuck? In this fully asynchronous, four-week, online course, participants will explore genAI as a tool to spark their own creativity and as a classroom…
New Research about Data Collection
Remember that post a couple weeks ago talking about how you’re responsible for the data of your friends and folks? Welp, some new research published this month provides some compelling…
Greenfield’s Federal Street School teacher plans gardening curriculum for English language learners
GREENFIELD — José Colón Martínez headed up the hill behind the Leyden Woods office building last week holding an umbrella overhead and donning a huge smile. José, 9, a fourth-grader…
El Salvadoran immigrants will still be welcome in Amherst schools if Temporary Protected Status ends, officials say
AMHERST — In keeping with its tradition of being a sanctuary and a welcoming community, school officials this week told parents the district will continue to teach and serve El…
Health care systems, including Cooley Dickinson, turn to a ‘new’ old medicine: healthy food
A few times a week, Katie Macomber, medical home care coordinator at Amherst Pediatrics, writes a “prescription” for patients and their families. Macomber is not a doctor, and the prescription…