…schools commission was included in the initial bill, but the amendment — which on the Senate side was sponsored by Sens. Adam Hinds, D-Pittsfield, Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, and Donald Humason,…
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Interim supt. Modestow gets unanimous nod from school board
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Deciding to stay with its initial interim choice, Darius Modestow will now officially remain the interim superintendent of Frontier Regional and Union #38 School Districts for the…
Educator Evaluation: Shifting the Focus to Conversations that Promote Professional Growth
Through an initial full day followed by three 3-hour sessions, this course will help evaluators understand the requirements of the MA system and clarify their own philosophy of evaluation. Our…
Wanted: Members for Hampshire County Food Policy Council
…don’t currently have. The initial partners for the program included Cooley Dickinson Health Care, the Collaborative for Educational Services/Healthy Hampshire, Hilltown Community Health Center and Hilltown Community Development. The partners,…
Literacy + Social Emotional + One-on-One Time…in just 10 minutes!
…1st grade teachers is storytelling-story acting which is based on the work of Vivian Gussin Paley. This curriculum element develops language and literacy skills, while supporting creativity and social and…
‘I’ve learned that things have a cost.’ Meet the migrant children working long hours in factories and fish plants across Mass.
…being ‘esclava,’” she said — searching for the word in English and finally finding it: “slave.” Over the past two years, the US Department of Health and Human Services lost…
Johnson-Mussad brings experience and care to consulting work
…living with trauma or its ongoing consequences, learning English as a new language, and/or learning with a disability need our help to strive toward grade-level expectations and their full potential….
Assessing with ELs in Mind
…as we build lessons and activities. In this workshop, participants will explore strategies educators can use to effectively assess English-language learners. We’ll talk about purpose, priorities, feedback, reflection, and how…
Amherst Regional superintendent to serve on statewide Racial Imbalance Advisory Council
…Excellent Educators — an initiative meant to provide equitable access to good teachers for students of color, as well as those who are economically disadvantaged, English-language learners or have disabilities….
Saturday Sept. 28: The Performance Project presents “Mother Tongue” at UMass Amherst
…stories in Arabic, Swahili, Nepali, Spanish, and English. “Mother Tongue” incorporates themes of language, culture, identity, diaspora, hypermasculinity, transphobia, racism, the school to prison pipeline and revolution. The performance will…