…ago, with voice recognition software that helped students with severe dyslexia who could not spell or produce completed written assignments, to dictate their work. The difference that this made to…
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Unjammed: Using Technology to Transform Teaching and Learning in the Classroom
…Services Education Initiative Located in Northampton, MA since 1974, the Collaborative for Educational Services is a non-profit educational services agency, committed to reaching and educating all learners, and experienced in…
Northampton Education Foundation prepares for 15th annual Adult Spelling Bee
…For information on how to register or sponsor a team, visit the spelling bee section of the Northampton Education Foundation’s website at www.northampton-edfoundation.org/spellingbee. Winning words from past years include demurrage…
Bernardston Elementary students learn computer programming
…32 fourth- through sixth-graders are learning “Blockly,” a user-friendly computer programming language. It’s provided for free from www.code.org, a nonprofit dedicated to giving children the opportunity to learn computer science….
The Collaborative for Educational Services launches statewide Special Education Team Leader Institute
…with and supported by the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE)’s Office of Special Education Policy and Planning, will be to equip special educational team leaders with tools…
Collaborative for Educational Services receives Teaching with Primary Sources grant from Library of Congress
…partners in other states who bring deep expertise to the areas of Special Education, ELL and History Education. Rich Cairn, Project Director of the TPS program, has designed and led…
Education Partners Awarded $3 Million Grant to Enhance Science Curriculum for Students in the State’s Juvenile Justice System
…use of project-based inquiry science instruction based upon the principles of Universal Design for Learning, an educational framework used to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all students. Project…
First annual Transforming Education for Social Justice conference to be held October 15th at Holyoke Community College.
…youth-led panels; who will focus on examining the specific regional challenges that young people face in our education system, and promising practices for creating change. To learn more, visit http://www.collaborative.org/events-and-courses/transforming-education-social-justice…
Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources
Social Studies and Humanities pose distinct challenges for struggling learners, including extensive discipline-specific vocabulary, difficult informational texts–including complex primary sources, and a need for background knowledge. Yet the authentic sources,…
America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond – Teaching Human Rights Today
What is fascism? Where did it come from? How does it impact human rights? What is anti-fascism and how did it arise? How did ideology shape the Spanish Civil War…