…when we accept that transfer request, we create a vacancy in another place,” Greenfield School Department Superintendent Christina DeBarge previously noted. Elizabeth Teahan-Zielinski, superintendent of Ralph C. Mahar Regional and…
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Leave no child’s school district behind
We are writing in regard to the Dec. 18 commentary by Marc Kenen, executive director of the Massachusetts Charter Public School Association. Kenen was responding to an opinion piece published…
Hadley Schools sharpen focus on science, technology
…education in Hadley’s public schools, says Superintendent Anne McKenzie. While the schools will continue to have a consistency in the approach to how students are taught, McKenzie said this will…
First draft of turnaround recommendations from Holyoke schools local stakeholders released
…will begin in early July. The recommendations will be used to guide the state turnaround effort. The first draft of recommendations from the 18-member local group focuses on 10 points:…
Two local school advocates tapped to lead state’s new Small and Rural Schools Committee
…added that 18 of the highest residential property tax rates in the state belong to towns receiving rural school aid, which was budgeted at $15 million this year, and action…
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…and sustain programs that comply with regulations and meet diverse learning needs. Home E Search query for: blog blog 2015 01 18 hes game becoming superintendent rickmartinfinal030915 ( Page 11…
Chris Appy
…National Identity (Viking, 2015); Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered From All Sides (Viking, 2003), and Working-Class War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam (University of North Carolina Press, 1993). Patriots won…
Charter school debate looms over raising state caps
…tuition for about 200 students while receiving about $359,000 in aid during fiscal year 2015. She said she and fellow League of Women Voters member Margie Riddle have already spent…
Becoming money smart: At Fort River Elementary in Amherst, 5th-graders learn about finances by working and paying rent through mock program
…of high school students can be considered financially literate, according to a 2015 Massachusetts report on financial literacy, and that Massachusetts is one of 12 states across the country that…
As Massachusetts charter schools enroll more students with disabilities, who exactly are they serving?
At Lawrence Family Day Charter School, which caters to poor and minority students, fewer than 7 percent of students have special needs – far below the statewide average. Director Ralph…