…school handled racist incidents after three students of color were arrested for punching a white student who used a racial slur on social media. In August 2017, the district voluntarily…
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State Pre-K Funding 2016-17 Fiscal Year: Trends and opportunities
Birth to age eight represents a critically important window of opportunity to develop a child’s full potential and to shape key academic, social, emotional and cognitive skills. A child’s experiences…
Gabrielli LaChiara
Gabrielli LaChiara has been working with families and children for 30 years as a clinical social worker, a family counselor and a specialist in the Nurtured Heart Approach. Gabrielli’s brings…
Alison Noyes
Alison leads the English Learner Collaborations project funded by a Library of Congress grant to the Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies. She began her career as a teacher of…
Sharing Cultures, Language, and Fun at Programs for Spanish Speaking Families
…Engagement (CFCE) funded work, and held at the North Village apartments in Amherst. At these gatherings, led by native Spanish speakers with extensive early education and parent engagement experience, Spanish-speaking…
The Amherst regional school consolidation question
…must critically evaluate our educational programs, and be ready to strengthen and create new educationally engaging and relevant experiences for our students. Discussions have begun with Greenfield Community College leadership…
Teaching World Geography and Ancient Civilizations
Would you like to get practical training in the geographic and historical content and inquiry-based strategies and resources for instruction that address Massachusetts History and Social Science Standards for grades…
School officials: Pandemic has lingering impact on students’ mental health
Despite the return to in-person learning this school year, education and health professionals say students are still dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I think the hope was…
Voice and Choice: Mount Tom offers students a supportive and non traditional road to success after graduation
…education that, in addition to core academic work and credit recovery, encourages students to reflect on and explore what their lives might look like post graduation. Educators who have joined…
New Whately Elementary principal greets kids for first day of school
…on Wednesday. Today is the first day of the school’s 2018-19 academic calendar, but new Principal Kristina Kirton scheduled a New Year’s Eve ice cream social a day early so…