On Thursday, November 15, the Hampshire Gazette published a guest editorial by Richard Alcorn, the executive director of the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School (PVCICS). PVCICS has applied to…
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Lisa Goldsmith, LICSW
…Certified Prevention Specialist. Lisa has spent much of her career working in youth and community program administration focusing on pregnant and parenting teens, youth experiencing homelessness, and now in youth…
National award promotes use of educational technology in the Department of Youth Services
NORTHAMPTON, MA – Many young people who are involved with Department of Youth Services (DYS), the state’s juvenile justice system, have been challenged by traditional teaching approaches used in their…
Alternative high schools emphasize learning over time in class
…the Hechinger Report’s Gail Robinson to talk about the work of Diploma Plus: One of the most vexing problems for high schools — and society at large — is what…
Berkshire County weeks from having only special education public day school
NORTH ADAMS — Berkshire County is just weeks from having a special education public day school. The North Berkshire Academy will launch its special education collaborative program in January, inside…
Indian Country is Calling
At the November meeting of the CES N8tive Education Practices Professional Learning Community (PLC), co-facilitators shared their personal experiences in seeing Thanksgiving Day in a fundamentally different way. The myth…
Hampshire Regional School District names new superintendent
…signed an employment contract Tuesday afternoon, according to the search committee. Osborne was one of two finalists selected by a 19-person search committee representing a cross section of community stakeholders….
Education Partners Awarded $3 Million Grant to Enhance Science Curriculum for Students in the State’s Juvenile Justice System
…specially designed science curriculum is vital, as all students need to master science content, concepts and inquiry skills to prepare for careers in today’s highly technical workplace. Students involved in…
Districts team up on county’s first public therapeutic day school
…new example of that approach is North Berkshire Academy, the county’s first public therapeutic day school, which operates in the North Adams Armory building at 206 Ashland St. in that…
Welcome new SPIFFY Coalition Coordinator, Amy!
…stewarding the Healthy Relationships Grant project, a collaboration between Safe Passage, Community Action, and Easthampton High School to support the Easthampton High School community in building skills to recognize, interrupt…