School districts that predominantly serve students of color received $23 billion less in funding than mostly white school districts in the United States in 2016, despite serving the same number…
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Larry Dieringer
…climate and culture initiatives, student engagement, continuous school improvement, and systemic reform. He began his career as a secondary school social studies teacher and youth wilderness program director and has…
CES Profile – Paying it Forward
Jimmy Pereira, a former Department of Youth Services (DYS) student, graduated from college with a clear goal of becoming an urban planner in his hometown. This past year, he landed…
Capstone: Implementing Best Practices
…in their school or classroom, relating to an area of concern the candidate has regarding their students and their learning and/or ability to be successful in school. Typically the area…
Mariah Lapiroff M.A.T., Ed.S.
…of social identities, self-awareness, oppression and liberation, intergroup dialogue, and relational education approaches that foster student agency and belonging in joyful caring school communities. Mariah firmly believes that social justice…
Math Modeling
Teachers work hard to engage students and to encourage student thinking and productive struggle. Despite heroic efforts, students are often disengaged and typically see math as an exercise in memorized…
Lessons learned, problems solved at engineering camp
…from kindergarten through 5th grade have built Lego structures, “marble mazes,” K’nex towers, self-driving cars, and robots. Each day students received a new challenge and raw materials, watched an inspirational…
State’s education secretary gets an earful from educators, politicians in Northampton stop
NORTHAMPTON — Even if the students at Bridge Street Elementary School didn’t know who Patrick Tutwiler was, they could clearly tell he was somebody important. Students frequently stopped him during…
Catherine Glennon
…continuing her own education to grow and improve classroom practice and student outcomes. She is certified by the Library of Congress and by the Western Massachusetts Writing Project to create…
Mohawk Trail Regional School District educators start dialogue on hate speech
…responses, mostly from students. The survey found that students believe the district is making progress in combating hate through the creation of LGBTQ affinity groups, clarification of expectations in student…