…Reading Recovery Training Site located there. Senator Jim Welch and W. Springfield Superintendent Mike Richard joined a group of area principals and instructional leaders to observe a Reading Recovery student…
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Mount Tom Academy Graduates Class of 2022
…youth in the Pioneer Valley to provide a student centered, individualized pathway to high school graduation and beyond, matched to each student’s own learning style, in a small classroom setting. …
Commission wants $60M for rural school districts
…districts to accommodate special education students, including help for high-cost students and assistance paying part of a salary for highly specialized staff to help retain them. ■Establish a Special Education…
Mount Tom alternative learning program graduates 10 area high schoolers
…a bad student for a long time. “Don’t buy into someone else’s demeaning narrative view of you and your life,” Dwight told the students. “You are valuable and you should…
Editorial: Sparsity aid concept would greatly benefit rural schools
…aid has been pioneered in Wisconsin to help school districts that lack the economies of scale of a larger school district. Last year, Wisconsin allocated $300 per student in sparsity…
Barbara Cheney Appointed Fellow for Summit Learning
…students to the structure and guidelines of Summit Learning, a nationwide program that she has incorporated into her work with Mount Tom students for over three years. Her results have…
Mohawk versus charters: District to rally against tuition hikes
…tuition, regardless of what it costs the charter school to educate its students. As Mohawk’s student populations decreases, its per-pupil costs rise, because of fixed costs and the teachers who…
Monte’s March
…a small caravan of musicians and supporters trailing behind him. Earlier that morning, Jake and other HEC Academy students walked several miles with Belmonte through Amherst. Collaborative students were easy…
Local schools to form rural association
…an official name. Rural school districts are those with fewer than 1,000 students, or which serve towns with fewer than 10 students per square mile. Last month, Buoniconti invited several…
Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on New Nation’s Report Card on History and Civics Education
…from the National Assessment of Educational Progress further affirms the profound impact the pandemic had on student learning in subjects beyond math and reading. It tells us that now is…