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The 10th Annual Safe & Healthy School Summit
…of Franklin County/North Quabbin and Hampshire County hosted the 10th Annual Safe and Healthy School Summit at Greenfield Community College. The Summit’s theme, “Empowering Belonging, Connection, & Learning,” emphasized a…
Anti-bias training gears up in Amherst regional school system
AMHERST — Anti-bias training throughout the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional schools, under the Welcoming Schools Seal of Excellence Track, will soon be getting underway, continuing an effort to create…
S. Clarke Bankert, MPH
Clarke Bankert (she/her/they/them) is the Co-Director of the Department of Healthy Families and Communities. In this role she facilitates a variety of community-led processes to promote healthy communities, shift power…
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…
Juuling in school: E-cigarette use prevalent among local youth
…as part of a vaping prevention workshop in Northampton sponsored by the Collaborative for Educational Services and the Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth. The survey found that 45…
MOEC Highlights Work of Collaboratives to Support Student Mental Health
…proper tools to approach their own mental health, as well as student mental health and well-being,” READS Collaborative Executive Director Dr. Theresa Craig said. Educators were provided with strategies that…
Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on New Nation’s Report Card on History and Civics Education
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona issued the following statement on the latest Nation’s Report card showing a decline in history and civics scores for eighth graders: “The latest data…
DESE report on Expanded Learning Time Grant available for districts and schools thinking about redesigning school schedules
From the Commissioner’s Weekly Update: A recent report about design and resource allocation in schools and districts participating in the state’s Expanded Learning Time grant initiative might be of interest…
Poverty, segregation persist in U.S. schools, report says
WASHINGTON — Too often, low-income, black and Latino students end up in schools with crumbling walls, old textbooks and unqualified teachers, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S….