…is not for medicine. Rather, it is a form from the Amherst Survival Center, designed to look like a prescription, that sends families to the center to pick up groceries,…
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Healthy Hampshire sends team to Johns Hopkins initiative
Healthy Hampshire County Food Policy Council Startup Circle members Talya Sogoba and Kia Aoki have been chosen to participate in the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future Food Policy…
Jillayne Flanders
…at Goshen Center School. During her years at Plains School, with the expert guidance of her amazing faculty and staff, she became a passionate advocate for Early Childhood Education, and…
DYS – Watching our Youth Succeed
…in Connecticut for the upcoming school year! The Northeast Region recognized 46 graduates at this year’s 4th annual graduation ceremony held at United Teen Equality Center in Lowell. Approximately 170…
Becoming money smart: At Fort River Elementary in Amherst, 5th-graders learn about finances by working and paying rent through mock program
…of high school students can be considered financially literate, according to a 2015 Massachusetts report on financial literacy, and that Massachusetts is one of 12 states across the country that…
Alicia Lopez
…teaching at Amherst Regional Middle School, where she teaches ELL students in 7th and 8th grades. Alicia received her Master’s in Education at UMass in Language, Literacy and Culture with…
Schools pivot to remote learning – Educators try to provide ‘normalcy in this abnormal time’ amid school closures
…classroom.” Means of learning have varied by school, according to the district’s Digital Literacy and Computer Science Coordinator Molly McLoughlin. The elementary schools primarily are using physical packets of prepared…
History’s Mysteries becomes iCivics Private i History Detectives
…we must approach the subject just like we approach STEM and literacy, teaching the fundamental skills starting in elementary school,” Taylor Davis, iCivics Director of Curriculum and Content, said. “Private…
Gwendolyn VanSant
…trainer, bilingual certified interpreter, and community activist/organizer, designs curriculum for workplace language classes as well as highly customizable cultural competency, literacy & proficiency training & multicultural education curriculum for groups…
Building on the Cultural and Background Knowledge of English Learners in Classrooms and Counseling Groups
…and thinking of ways to bring my students’ culture into my practice. Thank you for expanding my understanding and thinking around literacy and bringing experiences into my teaching.” –Course participant…