by tjohnston | Dec 27, 2016 | Local News
NORTHFIELD, MA — Come next school year, Pioneer Valley Regional School students who experience a long absence will receive extra clinical and academic support through the Bridge for Resilient Youth in Transition program. According to Christine Maguire, the school...
by tjohnston | Dec 19, 2016 | Local News
GREENFIELD, MA — Let’s face it: Back in elementary school, nobody liked the feeling of being on Problem 2 with 36 more to go on that math homework while a fresh pile of snow in the front yard beckoned just outside the window. In Greenfield, the principals of the three...
by tjohnston | Nov 30, 2016 | Local News
ORANGE, MA — Orange schools will be experimenting this winter with using “blizzard bags” to make snow days count. Mahar Regional and Orange school committees have approved a pilot project to use online learning in place of classroom learning on days school is canceled...
by tjohnston | Nov 29, 2016 | State/National News
President-elect Donald Trump has picked billionaire Betsy DeVos, a Michigan Republican activist and philanthropist who is a strong supporter of school choice but has limited experience with public education, as his secretary of education. DeVos, 58, is a former...
by tjohnston | Nov 28, 2016 | State/National News
The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, in a paper titled “Skills For Our Future,” reported that while a career, vocational and technical education (CVTE) costs about $5,000 per pupil more than a traditional high school education each year, good CVTE...
