Laurel Peltier, Ed.D. is a Curriculum and Instruction Specialist in Special Education at the Collaborative for Educational Services. Her work focuses on special education leaders and leadership, and particularly on facilitating the IEP team process with people inside of schools and in community settings who support kids who have disabilities. We recently asked Laurel whether at this time, the role of special education team leader is more important than ever. She responded, “Special education funding has been an issue for as long as I have been in the field of education, and while...
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May
2020
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Sheffield Elementary School celebrates National Poetry Month with ‘poet trees’
TURNERS FALLS — National Poetry Month at Sheffield Elementary School usually centers around second-graders, who learn about the art form all year long. But this year, it morphed into a community-building project. Second-graders learn how to read poetry by studying...
Apr
2020
29
Frontier Regional School Sign Project Honors Graduating Seniors
(South Deerfield, MA) — The Frontier Regional School District has found an innovative way to honor its graduating senior class. Adorning the front lawn of the South Deerfield School are a series of signs containing the names and pictures of each member of the FRS...
Apr
2020
27
How to reach students without internet access during coronavirus? Schools get creative
This article about students without internet access at home was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. On the Friday before spring break at Meigs Middle School in Decatur,...
Apr
2020
26
Franklin Tech to open nursing simulation lab next school year
MONTAGUE — Construction of a new nursing simulation lab that Franklin County Technical School had planned to open this fall has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the school still expects to have the lab available at some point during the next school...
Apr
2020
26
Turners Falls High School seniors surprised with parade
MONTAGUE — The Class of 2020 is grappling with what has become an unusual graduation season, due to restrictions on large public gatherings that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. Seniors at Turners Falls High School, probably like at most other high...
Apr
2020
23
Local groups team up, offer forum to guide parents in supporting children’s mental health needs during pandemic
NORTHAMPTON -- Local youth-serving organizations have teamed up to offer an online forum that aims to provide parents with vital information to support their children’s mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Teens, Tweens, & Quarantines” is a Zoom...
Apr
2020
22
Area officials respond to governor’s order students won’t return to regular classrooms
To the surprise of few educators, public and private school students will not be returning to their regular classrooms this year. Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday at his daily press conference that schools are ordered to remain closed as the state continues to...
Apr
2020
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Baker orders schools to stay closed through end of school year
Governor Charlie Baker on Tuesday ordered the state’s schools to remain closed through the remainder of the school year. “It’s the right thing to do, considering the facts on the ground associated with the COVID 19 pandemic," Baker said. He said there was no...
Apr
2020
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MCAS Requirement Waived for Mass. Students This Spring
Students in Massachusetts won't have to take the MCAS exams this spring, amid school closures across the state due to the coronavirus outbreak. Gov. Charlie Baker signed the law that cancels the exam requirement for graduating high school. "Cancelling MCAS testing...
Apr
2020
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An Epidemic Far Worse Than Coronavirus
It feels the world I was born into has been taken from me without prior notice, without warning. Coronavirus snuck in like a thief in the middle of the night while I slept in peace, and robbed me of my friends, my family, my education and — to an extent — my...
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