Brian is the creator of The Learning Spiral, a model of curriculum design that allows both the teacher and the student to create an optimal learning experience. He holds his…
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Frontier, elementary school committees approve early release schedule
…money — about $12,000 each year — by reducing the amount of substitute teachers it would need to hire to fill in for teacher who left their classrooms to participate…
Announcing the CES Center for Emerging Educational Practice website launch
…Audits and Inquiry Cycles AI Policy and Instructional Techniques Teacher-Student Boundaries By sharing these tools, CES aims to save educators time and provide a springboard for innovation in their own…
Conway children raise money for ‘Monte’
…Greenfield. “Conway Grammar School had a goal to raise $1,000 dollars. Do you think we reached that goal?” asked 5th grade teacher Maggie West. The students shouted a resounding “yes.”…
Karen Danforth
Karen Danforth is the Elementary Literacy Coach for the West Springfield Public Schools. She is also a Teacher-Consultant for the Western Massachusetts Writing Project and Past President of the Pioneer…
‘We’re ready to pave our paths’: Frontier graduates 97
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Retired history teacher Thomas Prew told graduating seniors Friday night to always incorporate four things into everything they do in life: perseverance, imagination, humility and kindness. Then,…
Rebecca Mazur Ph.D.
…that support or constrain student learning outcomes, teacher support networks, instructional interventions for adolescent learners, and organizational collaboration. Her scholarship has been published in a number of respected peer-reviewed journals…
Pioneer looks to start newspaper
NORTHFIELD, MA — When Matthew Despres was in high school, writing for his school newspaper was how he discovered his passion for journalism. Now, as an English teacher at Pioneer…
R.H. Conwell School gets its first official sign
WORTHINGTON — Students, teachers, staff and family members gathered on the lawn of R.H. Conwell Elementary School in Worthington on Wednesday afternoon to watch the unveiling of the school’s first…
Jennifer Traverso
…as a Title I Director. As a Trained Teacher Consultant for the Western Massachusetts Writing Project she has presented workshops all over Massachusetts. More recently she has facilitated professional development…