…part of the project, Massachusetts Humanities awarded an Expand Massachusetts Stories grant to allow Emerging America and Disability History scholar Graham Warder to research and publish the compelling stories of…
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Graduation Rates Up, Dropouts Down in Massachusetts High Schools
Massachusetts four-year high school graduation rates climbed for the ninth year in a row in 2015 with some of the largest gains recorded by some minority groups and students from…
Connecticut Valley Superintendents Roundtable Hosts Massachusetts Legislators
Thirty-four Connecticut Valley Superintendents Roundtable (CVSR) members represented their Western Massachusetts school districts on Friday in discussions with legislators at the Delaney House in Holyoke, MA. Superintendents discussed their concerns…
Some Massachusetts high schools are turning graduation into a drive-thru parade
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, some high school seniors across Massachusetts will be able to line up to receive their diplomas, ceremoniously turn their tassels, and toss their caps — at…
Tobacco Free Community Partnership
…tobacco, prevent youth from starting, and protect everyone from secondhand smoke. Home E Search query for: services professional development massachusetts licensure academy ( Page 29 ) The Hampshire-Franklin Tobacco-Free…
‘I feel terrible about how all this has played out for you’: Gov. Charlie Baker tells Massachusetts high school graduates in state-wide virtual commencement
Gov. Charlie Baker gave the commencement address in a state-wide virtual ceremony for all 668 public and private high schools in Massachusetts on Tuesday night. The virtual ceremony was designed…
Empowering Educators: Integrating the New Massachusetts Frameworks Into Health Education
…to be LGBTQ+ inclusive, medically accurate and developmentally- and age-appropriate. On June 27, SPIFFY sponsored a training for health educators on the new Massachusetts Health Education Curriculum Frameworks. The training…
Massachusetts statewide school mask order coming
BOSTON — Massachusetts is poised to start its third pandemic-influenced academic year with a mask mandate in place across K-12 schools, after a 9-1 vote Tuesday by the state Board…
PARCC test pros and cons debated at Massachusetts Board of Education hearing
…existing Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Systems exam to the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for Colleges and Careers exam, which tests the federal Common Core standards Massachusetts public schools are currently…
A Goodbye to Bill Erickson
…time as an Interim Superintendent for Northampton Public Schools. After retiring from Hampshire Regional, Dr. Erickson served as the administrative consultant for the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) and as…