by tjohnston | Feb 11, 2016 | Local News
EASTHAMPTON, MA – Students at White Brook Middle School aim to show just how strong the power of kindness is as they attempt to spread good deeds around their school, the city and the world. The Pay it Forward Challenge, which was launched after assemblies on...
by tjohnston | Feb 10, 2016 | CES Stories
On the wall across from Albert Mussad’s desk is a large photograph of children and their teacher. The teacher is Mussad, and the students are some of his very first, from his early days as an educator. Now, as the newly installed Director of Professional...
by tjohnston | Feb 10, 2016 | Local News
DEERFIELD, MA – An interim superintendent from New Hampshire and the regional director of an educational organization based in Massachusetts have been named as finalists for the Frontier Regional School Superintendent job. Lynn M. Carey, interim assistant...
by tjohnston | Feb 10, 2016 | Local News
BUCKLAND, MA – Facing a 15 percent increase in mandated payments for charter school tuition, Mohawk Trail Regional School District officials say the state funding formula for charter schools is undermining rural school systems like Mohawk. With full support from...
by tjohnston | Feb 1, 2016 | State/National News
BOSTON, MA — Gov. Charlie Baker, a strong advocate for charter schools, is using his fiscal year 2017 budget proposal to change the way in which district schools are reimbursed for charter school tuition. Baker wants to give district schools an extra $20.5 million...
