In response to increasing educational demands and budget pressures, public school districts have looked for ways to join forces to provide necessary resources and programs on a cost-effective basis. One…
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Isolda Ortega-Bustamante
Isolda Ortega-Bustamante is the Director of Development for the Collaborative for Educational Services in Northampton, MA. She was the Director of State and Federal Programs for the Holyoke Public Schools…
Diane Long
…trauma experiences. She attended Bridgewater State University to pursue an M Ed. in Special Education and worked for CES under the Special Education in Institutional Settings (SEIS) contract for the…
Desirée Lalbeharie
…of Massachusetts-Amherst in Special Education with a focus on Early Intervention. Desirée Lalbeharie’s career includes working with young children, with and without developmental delays or special needs, and their families;…
Education Dept. Reverses Plan to Cut Rural School Funding
…at least for a year. Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, will allow states to more easily qualify for funding under the Rural and Low-Income School Program, after hundreds of districts…
Excellence In Education: Living our Guiding Principles Awards – February and March winners announced
The Collaborative for Educational Services is pleased to announce the February and March winners of our regional Excellence in Education: Living our Guiding Principles Award! We honor those educators across…
Baker to file stand-alone education bill
BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday he’s “optimistic” that the Legislature and his administration can reach a deal to reform public education funding by the summer, despite past attempts…
Google Suite for Education
Home E Search query for: programs special education literacy center ( Page 34 ) Wherever your district, schools, or educators are on the Google continuum, from basic to advanced, we…
3/6/26: A Health Education Professional Development training with Mary Connolly
On March 6th, a group of local and regional health educators attended a 3-hour professional development training on “Skills-Based Health Education.” The training was led by Mary Connolly, Program Chair…
State’s education secretary gets an earful from educators, politicians in Northampton stop
…city and school officials, one student inquired whether he was the president. Tutwiler, the Massachusetts secretary of education, visited the school as part of a larger tour of public schools…