…do like getting in the dirt.” The seeds of these vegetables were planted by the students of HEC Academy, a school for high school-age youths with social-emotional challenges or learning…
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Mount Tom alternative learning program graduates 10 area high schoolers
…was no hope of graduating. The social factors were demanding and made it hard to concentrate on schoolwork. “It was hard to be yourself,” Levesque said. But then Levesque enrolled…
Raising MCAS bar was a move in the wrong direction
…to support students’ mental health and social-emotional needs, which were dramatically impacted by this pandemic. As a consequence of this combination of events, scores have declined. While the board of…
Pols take their cue from students
…an opportunity to just over a dozen students to exchange ideas about political and social issues with their local and state elected officials. “It’s the last day of my first…
Local author shows how memory is critical to teaching struggling learners
…Educational Services, says the book is unique in fusing brain-and-learning principles with a perspective on learning as a social and cultural process. “There are internal (memory) and external (cultural) factors…
CES launches statewide training program to help early childhood educators assess and respond to children’s needs
…to get to know their children well is through observing and documenting them in the midst of their daily activities. The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) in Northampton, Massachusetts is…
Scholar and Common Core critic Yong Zhao says schools need to rethink use of classroom technology
…of China who has won awards for his writing and research, Zhao was the keynote speaker at Tuesday’s second annual conference hosted by the Northampton-based Collaborative for Educational Services. The…
Easthampton Students Dig Into Pepin School History
…in association with the Massachusetts Council for Social Studies and the Collaborative for Educational Services in Northampton. You can read more about how this project evolved at the Daily Hampshire…
CES Profile – Play is Serious Work
…Sessions might also include social skills, sensory experiences, exercising to music and rhythm, as well as developing functional hand skills. Work with each client is individualized to address the individual’s…
Lisa Goldsmith, LICSW
Lisa (she/her/hers) has a Masters in Social Work from Boston University, a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in School Counseling from the University of Massachusetts, is an LICSW, and a…