…in Education from University of Massachusetts. Mary Beth strives to make learning fun and engaging and works hard to help students find joy in the challenging task of learning to…
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With prospect of more charter schools, rural educators see greater risk
…per year in Massachusetts over the current 120-school limit. They’ve proposed a referendum to that end for November’s election. At the same time, a counter-referendum is being proposed by those…
Amherst educator hired to co-lead Mohawk
…more sustainable level for its administrators.” Mendonsa, who earned her post-master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2011, had been principal of the Amherst Regional…
Amilcar Shabazz
Amilcar Shabazz is a professor in the W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He teaches in the area of historical studies…
Mohawk supt. seeks ‘rural school aid’
…that rural schools are structurally underfunded by the Massachusetts Chapter 70 program,” he said. “I assert that, even if a rural school district were to close all its schools and…
New supt. of Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont districts hopes to be strong advocate for rural education
…a disadvantage in the state formula.” Stanton, a resident of Colrain, has been involved for several years with the Massachusetts Rural Schools Coalition, an organization that aims to address the…
ESE to hold five public forums on PARCC – first is Tuesday April 28 in Fitchburg
MALDEN, MA – The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will hold a series of public forums across the Commonwealth on the upcoming decision on whether to sunset the Massachusetts…
Conway children raise money for ‘Monte’
…Bank of Western Massachusetts. Belmonte left from Springfield Monday and completed his trek Tuesday evening at Magpie Woodfired Pizzeria in Greenfield. “Conway Grammar School had a goal to raise $1,000…
Easthampton grads advised, ‘Get up and do something’
…and The Constitution” state competition for the second year in a row; the high school’s soccer, swim and track teams sent several athletes to western Massachusetts championships this year; and…
Karen Danforth
Karen Danforth is the Elementary Literacy Coach for the West Springfield Public Schools. She is also a Teacher-Consultant for the Western Massachusetts Writing Project and Past President of the Pioneer…