by tjohnston | Nov 21, 2023 | CES Stories, HR
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 of Thanksgiving is problematic, as it erases...
by tjohnston | Nov 7, 2023 | CES Stories, HR, Local News
A few years ago, Greenfield High School senior Eric Duong could never have imagined himself graduating alongside his peers. Duong was a sophomore, struggling to keep up with schoolwork at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when guidance counselors reached out...
by tjohnston | Nov 7, 2023 | Local News
Nine Franklin County Technical School students embraced last week’s national FFA Convention and Expo as an invaluable opportunity to connect with agriculturally inclined youth from all over the country. FFA, which originally stood for “Future Farmers of America”...
by tjohnston | Nov 1, 2023 | Local News, State/National News
Educators, town officials and students from across the Pioneer Valley appeared before the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education on Monday to share their support for bills that would codify several recommendations to ensure the stability of rural school districts....
by tjohnston | Oct 31, 2023 | State/National News
The U.S. Department of Education today announced new awards totaling nearly $115 million to support 29 Teacher and School Leader (TSL) Incentive projects, bolstering the Department’s commitment to ensuring a well-prepared, diverse, and sustainable educator...