…decades, predominantly in the Amherst School System. Renata is a highly recognized trainer in English language education, who has developed and provided hundreds of trainings and workshops to teachers all…
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Chris Appy
Chris Appy is a Professor in History at UMass Amherst. He is the author of three books about the American War in Vietnam: American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our…
Distinguished UMass Historian Encourages HEC Academy Graduates to Pursue their Dreams
NORTHAMPTON, MA – Professor John Bracey Jr., Chair of the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, encouraged the seven seniors graduating today from HEC…
National speaker shares effective techniques for teaching vocabulary at Collaborative for Educational Services workshop
…of new words if they learn and use them in meaningful contexts. Therese Chehade, a fifth grade EL teacher at Wildwood Elementary School in Amherst, put the Word Generation technique…
Massachusetts Senate plans to craft charter school reform bill as ballot question looms
…campaign to place a question lifting the cap on the November 2016 ballot. Rosenberg, an Amherst Democrat, said the ballot question isn’t focused on reform but on creating more charters….
TiE conference speaker urges over 300 teachers to utilize technology to reinvent education
…and entrepreneurial talents will encourage students to create useful products. New educational technologies will help educators to individualize instruction, which is essential to giving students the room to grow. Amherst…
Safire DeJong Ed.D.
…UMass Amherst. Her research focuses on young people’s experiences with status and power in schools and communities. At CES, Safire works with a team of talented and experienced co-facilitators (the…
Dee McWilliams
…experience in early literacy development, Dee has been a classroom teacher, mentor teacher and literacy coach. She earned a B.S. and M. Ed. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.…
Peter Vamosy
…Albany, a Master’s degree in Special Education from National-Louis University in Illinois, and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in School Administration from UMASS Amherst. He is a member of…
Lexi Polokoff, MPPA
Lexi Polokoff (she/her/hers) has her Masters in Public Policy and Administration from UMass Amherst. She served as an AmeriCorps Volunteer with DIAL/SELF where she worked full time at North Star:…