…work up in Greenfield, I’ve visited a Breakfast After the Bell site and I will tell you it is nothing but uplifting to see teachers and students starting the day…
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Staff shortages ‘adding a layer of stress’ at area school districts
…teachers. In Greenfield, school officials have spoken publicly several times of the staffing shortages in the district. According to its online job posting site, the district is still in need…
New Easthampton superintendent to shine spotlight on academics, consolidated school in design
…$109 million consolidated school for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade is slated to be built on the site of White Brook Middle School and is currently in its design phase. Easthampton…
Search committee for new Frontier superintendent develops questions for candidates
…candidates and those derived from comments from a public survey and focus groups. The interviews are scheduled to be conducted between Feb. 1 and 5, according to the district’s website.…
Reunion Center in Easthampton launches new mentoring program for middle schoolers
…words with Tiereny George, a junior at Easthampton High School. “She helps me with spelling because sometimes I just can’t spell correctly,” said Babcock, as he dug a book out…
Need for news literacy presses on educators in social-media age
…having become a zealous focus of politicians, the media and disaffected voters alike. Misinformation and propaganda are certainly not new, though. Lies have forever been used to seize power, and…
HEC Academy students add nutrition education to their weekly schedule
A new focus has been added to the work of the HEC Academy students over the past year, and they are responding and finding rewards in inspirational ways. Lessons in…
Giving students a beacon of hope: Learning program finds new routes to graduation for high schoolers
…Eric came in like a man on a mission.” In addition to boosting graduating rates, five youthled businesses have launched as a result of the program’s entrepreneurial focus. “I’m just incredibly…
Laurel Peltier leading cohorts in Connecticut for Special Education
…in 2016. Now, for the second year, she has turned her training focus south to Connecticut as well as continuing the Massachusetts program. Funded by the MA Department of Elementary…
Social-Emotional Development: What’s happening in districts?
By Kay Lisseck, MKEA Regional Coordinator, Pioneer Valley Region With a focus on social-emotional learning, the latest annual report from the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy points to…