…that are raising concern include funding for early education and care programs, and the full day Kindergarten development grant program. According to Senate President Stan Rosenberg, D-Amherst, “We have serious…
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Language Matters
The words we choose with young children matter. In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore four “big ideas” about language development and how our communication choices can shape children’s learning, behavior,…
Dana Kadish
Dana Kadish is a seasoned educational leader with more than 25 years of experience in early childhood education, admissions, teaching, staff development, and organizational capacity-building. She earned her M.Ed. in…
Leading to Improve Outcomes for English Learners
…with limited and interrupted formal education (SLIFE). Participants will explore a pedagogy of equity and high-leverage practices and strategies for English language development (ELD) and sheltered English instruction (SEI) settings….
For the Hampshire County Food Policy Council (HCFPC), community leadership is at the heart of their work.
…Cooley Dickinson Health Care, the Collaborative for Educational Services/Healthy Hampshire, Hilltown Community Health Center, and Hilltown Community Development. Charter community members of the HCFPC are excited about entering the next…
Tom Murphy
…interest in children ages 3-5. He worked for many years as a consultant for pre-schools in Holyoke, screening children for motor development and developing games and activities to help improve…
Afterschool and Out-of-School Programs Woefully Underfunded
…and better aligning state oversight and policy development, and creating an Afterschool Caucus in the Legislature as well as a new position in the Executive Office of Education to coordinate…
Wanted: Members for Hampshire County Food Policy Council
…don’t currently have. The initial partners for the program included Cooley Dickinson Health Care, the Collaborative for Educational Services/Healthy Hampshire, Hilltown Community Health Center and Hilltown Community Development. The partners,…
Lynan Cerruti joins Mount Tom Academy
…to get settled, and it helps to have Allyson [Mazzuchi] and Carole [Jackewich] as part of the team.” Recent weeks have seen the development of two new elective courses for…
Sustainability on menu: HEC Academy in Northampton recognized for garden, other ‘green’ efforts
…disabilities that have caused difficulties within the standard structure of public high school. The school is run by the nonprofit The Collaborative for Educational Services, and takes its name for…