…day I found that admiration and respect rising to new levels.” About the DYS Education Initiative The Collaborative for Educational Services in Northampton, MA, manages the DYS EDUCATION INITIATIVE on…
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New Leader of Early Childhood Programs Joins the Collaborative for Educational Services
NORTHAMPTON – Desiree Lalbeharie-Josias, the new Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) Early Childhood Programs, has a vision for enhancing educational and wrap-around services for children and families….
Survey of Parents of Children with Special Needs
A parent involvement survey is now open to parents of students with individualized education programs (IEPs) in school districts in the special education data collection Cohort 4. Until May 29,…
Focus on Teaching Students in Poverty
…facilitate professional development for school leaders, teachers and other licensed educators in instructional leadership; English learner education; world language and bilingual education; adolescent literacy education; and improving outcomes for students…
AG Healey Reminds Public Schools About Laws Requiring Equal Access to Education Regardless of Immigration Status
…share this guidance.” Under state and federal law, state educational agencies and local school districts must provide all elementary and secondary students with equal access to public education—irrespective of race,…
Massachusetts Migrant Education Program provides support across the Commonwealth
In the fall of 2020, the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) took on the management of the Massachusetts Migrant Education Program (MMEP). CES has a strong programmatic core of supporting…
Pioneer science teacher Penney Betsold earns Grinspoon award
…physics. She also oversees Pioneer’s Envirothon Team, which recently received a $1,000 grant from Project Learning Tree, a program of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. Betsold said the grant will pay…
CES Educator Licensure program provides supportive path to teaching
…enroll in the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) Educator Licensure program. “CES was just the most straightforward for students – and the CES Licensure support team – I can’t thank…
Dynamic Perspectives in Education
This course brings together candidates across programs to examine issues facing educators today. Focal points will include curricular and instructional decisions, legislative mandates, school financing, technological advances, diversity, special education,…
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…