by Martha Maloney | Apr 29, 2024 | 50th Anniversary, CES Stories
In 1974, the Massachusetts special education law Chapter 766 was passed, which required that all school districts provide education in a new and more inclusive way for students with special needs residing in their communities. The Collaborative for Educational...
by Martha Maloney | Apr 4, 2024 | 50th Anniversary, CES Stories
In 1987, schools and districts were not commonly thinking about educational technology as a means to level the playing field for student opportunity. But CES (then named HEC) Executive Director Earl Batchelder was already testifying about it at the state hearings on...
by Kathy Levesque | Mar 13, 2024 | 50th Anniversary, CES Stories
“I love creating a community in the building and the students are part of that. The After School Program helps our kids to feel connected and that they have a voice.” – Lesley Wilson, JFK Middle School Principal, 2007 The first CES After School/21st Century Learning...
by Martha Maloney | Feb 29, 2024 | 50th Anniversary, CES Stories, HR
“On behalf of CES, the Emerging America program works nationally in conversation with the Library of Congress and many other partners to support the full inclusion of students with disabilities in history and civics education. That includes development and sharing of...