As a Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) Instructor at the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services’ RFK Girls Treatment facility, Danielle Maco had been using components of the monthly BreakFree Education…
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DYS Education Initiative wins nationwide BreakFree competition
Woody Clift, Director of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) Education Initiative at the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), was thrilled to share that students from the Robert F…
SPIFFY Coalition to hold town hall meeting on underage drinking
…for Educational Services. This event was created with support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in collaboration with the federal government’s Interagency Coordinating committee on the…
Title I and English Learner Services
…(EL). Home E Search query for: services professional development early childhood ( Page 29 ) Title I Programming Currently, DYS has a team of six Literacy Specialists, who provide…
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Afterschool programs work Let’s fund services with huge dividends for children and families
…for their children after school. While nearly 200,000 kids are enrolled in afterschool programs in Massachusetts, another 362,000 are on waiting lists for available programs and more than 200,000 kids…
First Annual Excellence in Education: Living our Guiding Principles Monthly Award
Collaborative for Educational Services educators working with youth in the care of the MA Department of Youth Services (DYS) do tremendous work facilitating youth success across a range of outcomes….
The Benefits of Formative Assessment in a Time of Accountability
…development, we need some way to formatively assess students’ proficiency; all this in the time of accountability and high-stakes testing. No wonder that some principals feel a bit overwhelmed by…
Gov. Baker agrees to major spending increase in his final budget
…The budget fully funds the ongoing implementation of the Student Opportunity Act school financing law and makes “record investments” in early education and child care, housing and homeownership, college financial…
Safe and Healthy Schools Summit draws educators in discussion of how to manage race, polarizing conversations in schools
…tape. “You learned at an early age, we’re not supposed to talk about it. This is a taboo topic. It’s toxic and dangerous, and talking about it is going to…