by tjohnston | Sep 3, 2019 | Local News
WARWICK — In addition to teaching the combined third and fourth grade classroom at Warwick Community School, Christine Mullen will also be principal this year. Mullen has taught the combined third and fourth grade class for eight years, and taught first, fifth and...
by tjohnston | Aug 28, 2019 | Local News
SOUTH HADLEY — Longtime Mosier Elementary School assistant principal David Gallagher has been named principal of Michael E. Smith Middle School. Gallagher has been with South Hadley public schools since 1996, where he began his career in the district as a school...
by tjohnston | Aug 23, 2019 | Local News, State/National News
Sen. Adam Hinds asked for and received $1 million more from the state’s Rural School Aid grant program this year, increasing the budget to $2.5 million and leaving superintendentsthroughout Franklin County waiting to see just how much of the pie they’ll get. “The...
by tjohnston | Aug 22, 2019 | State/National News
NEARLY EVERY STATE IN the U.S. has raised the bar over the last decade for what it considers grade-level achievement in math and reading, according to a new study from the National Center on Education Statistics. Because each state sets its own standards for what...
by tjohnston | Aug 22, 2019 | CES Stories, Local News
HOLYOKE — College unaffordability. Increased competition for spots at prestigious local institutions of higher education. The inaccessibility of college. Decreased academic offerings at high schools struggling with budget woes. These are all challenges and problems...
