…implemented in a handful of Massachusetts school systems to help students avoid the learning obstacle often caused by school days postponed due to snow. The e-learning plans, known as Blizzard…
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Why young people are striking Friday: ‘I won’t go to school and act like everything is normal’
…around the world for Friday. Jordan Winsor, co-coordinator of Sunrise Movement Northampton, estimates there will be 500 people from western Massachusetts, most of them young, making the trek to the…
Campbell Hart
…recently as Senior Director of School Year Programs. Campbell began her career as a middle school social studies teacher in both Massachusetts and Oklahoma, experiences that deepened her understanding of…
Classrooms: Teachers to be honored with excellence awards
…I am thrilled to have the privilege … of annually honoring amazing educators in Western Massachusetts.” Now in its 15th year, the program has honored more than 1,300 educators in…
Baker-Polito Administration Honors 51 Schools – recognized for high achievement, strong progress or narrowing gaps
…progress. The schools were recognized as 2016 National Blue Ribbon Schools, state-designated Commendation Schools or National Title I Distinguished Schools. “I’m proud that our Massachusetts K—12 education system is one…
Transforming Education Conference
Home E Search query for: services professional development massachusetts licensure academy ( Page 69 ) Transforming Education for Social Justice Conference Rooted Together: Our Strength Is Each Other The next…
Area lawmakers active in crafting landmark education bill
BOSTON — It was a joyous atmosphere on Beacon Hill Wednesday as the state Legislature unanimously passed the $1.5 billion Student Opportunity Act school funding bill. And western Massachusetts lawmakers…
Community Foundation Grants given
Just Roots, Clinical and Support Options and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts are among seven organizations awarded $300,000 in competitive “innovation” planning grants from the Community Foundation of Western…
$1M to fight youth opioid addiction
…be named the Young Adult Empowerment Collaborative of Western Massachusetts. It will be under the direction of Debra McLaughlin of the Opioid Task Force and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office…
State education formula out of whack, Commission: Health insurance, special ed underfunded
…for updates to how the state calculates the per pupil cost of delivering education in Massachusetts, saying that the current system’s starting point — known as the foundation budget —…