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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Apr
2019
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Schools chief Tari Thomas to retire
ORANGE — After nearly eight years on the job, Superintendent Tari Thomas has announced her retirement. In a letter sent to colleagues last week, Thomas, superintendent of the Orange Elementary Schools, Ralph C. Mahar Regional School and Petersham consolidated...
Apr
2019
23
Easthampton students learn about Caribbean culture through poetry, history
EASTHAMPTON – At the start of a lesson on African Caribbean history, Jodi Alatalo asked students, “How many of you have heard of the Caribbean?” Hands belonging to fourth graders shot up in the air in the Maple School’s basement library. “How many know where the...
Apr
2019
12
Driving Through Mud: How Rural Mass. Schools Are Coping With Rising Transportation Costs
It's hard for rural schools in Massachusetts to get kids to and from class every day — especially now, in muddy season, when the snow has melted and the rain begins. "This is mud and ruts and a mess," says bus driver Joanne Deady as she points to the narrow,...
Apr
2019
12
Mohawk to add instruction on Native American history, issues
BUCKLAND — Mohawk Trail Regional School District is planning to incorporate more Native American instruction in its history and social studies courses. There are two main reasons for this renewed push: a new state social studies framework was released last June and...
Apr
2019
6
Franklin County Tech celebrates revamped welding and metal program
TURNERS FALLS, Mass (WWLP) - Turners Falls' Franklin County Technical School celebrated the completion of the school's newly renovated and modernized Welding and Metal Fabrication program Friday. "We had 50 or 60 people in a small group that were all supporters...
Apr
2019
3
Caps and gowns to make a statement at Turners Falls
MONTAGUE – With a unanimous vote from the Gill Montague Regional School Committee, the caps and gowns for Turners Falls High School’s graduating seniors will be blue across the board. The decision was prompted by an appeal by the high school’s chapter of the...
Apr
2019
3
Pioneer to close Pearl Rhodes
NORTHFIELD — Leyden’s Pearl Rhodes Elementary School is closing at the end of June, the Pioneer Valley Regional School Committee decided last night. Warwick Community School, which the committee has also been thinking about closing, gets another year, for now....
Mar
2019
27
Fort River art teacher honored for feminist work in the classroom
AMHERST — Every year, second graders at Fort River Elementary School work on underwater sea drawings in art class. Amid sketching fish and seaweed, art teacher Nicole Singer, who is in her sixth year at the school, said she will hear student conversation about...
Mar
2019
25
Easthampton fourth-graders launch campaign against car idling
EASTHAMPTON — In the afternoons, parents line their cars in front of Maple Elementary School to pick up their children. To find out how much pollution idling cars are spewing into the atmosphere, you don’t have to ask a scientist. You can ask a fourth-grader. Over...
Mar
2019
19
Voc-Tech investments pair needs of students, industry
BOSTON - Lawmakers, a former top Baker administration and city manager, and a one-time lieutenant governor joined advocates Monday to call for an increase in funding for vocational-technical education and passage of a bill to expand access to those programs. The...
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