NORTHAMPTON, MA – The National Endowment of the Arts recently awarded a $60,000 grant to the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) to expand art opportunities for youth involved in the…
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Kate Lytton, M.S.
…community health projects. Kate brings a passion for participatory approaches that engage stakeholders in identifying and addressing questions that are critical for program improvement and that keep family and child…
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…
Invitation to Bid: Supplemental Tutoring Services for Juvenile Justice System Involved Youth
The Collaborative for Educational Services IFB# DYS02CES for Supplemental Tutoring Services for Juvenile Justice System Involved Youth is available to vendors. Email cooperativepurchasing@collaborative.org for IFB. CES, by its Executive Director,…
Excellence In Education awards: Living Our Guiding Principles award winners for October and November
…mission to improve the academic and life outcomes for the youth they serve. October 2022 The Metro Excellence in Education winner for October, 2022 is Samia Taste-Peterson. Samia began working…
Despite Claims, PVCICS is Not a Model of Integrated K-12 Public Education
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…
Obama Education Rules Are Swept Aside by Congress
…crucial regulations associated with the Every Student Succeeds Act, one of President Barack Obama’s final legislative achievements. When Mr. Obama signed the act in December 2015, many Democrats and Republicans…
U.S. Department of Education Issues Guidance on Federal Funds to Support Afghan and Other Newcomer Students
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) to Chief State School Officers detailing information about federal funds and resources available to support Afghan children and their families, who have recently…
Breaking the school-to-prison pipeline for young offenders one class at a time
Since 2003, the Collaborative for Educational Services has been a partner to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) in creating access to high-quality education and employment opportunities for youth…
Search committee for new Frontier superintendent develops questions for candidates
…begin at 7:45 a.m. in the Frontier Regional School Media Center. It will focus on developing questions that the finalists will be asked during their interviews. The regional school committee…