…because in some cases they can allow families to use public funding for private schools. Critics say choice plans undermine public education, are often underregulated and can amount to profiteering….
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Governor Baker outlines plans for local aid increases
…proposed increase in unrestricted aid, which pays for non-education local services such as public safety, matches the 3.9 percent rate of growth projected for state tax revenues. The $91 million…
State board rejects Hadley Chinese charter school expansion
…school. Morris also presented statistics showing that the demographics indicate the charter school is not meeting its mission, with PVCICS having fewer low-income students and English language learners than Amherst…
Governor Baker boosts funding for early education
…as the demands of the job have inched up over the years, as policy makers increasingly came to view early education as the foundation of a student’s success. The average…
Starting Strong Summit convenes early childhood leaders and stakeholders from across the Commonwealth
…in young children as a growing body of research shows these skills are even better predictors of learning and later success in life than academic skills. Other speakers at the…
If you want your children to succeed, teach them to share in Kindergarten
…students for two decades, suggests that specific social-emotional skills among young children can be powerful predictors for success later in life. “These are skills that probably portend their ability to…
Granby offers superintendent’s job to Agawam High School Principal Steven Lemanski
…Committee member Jennifer Curran. She also said she was impressed that Lemanski was the only one of the final candidates to mention his concern for special needs students during the…
It Was Hard This Year to Keep Politics Out of High School Yearbooks
A high school yearbook is a keepsake. Like an Instagram filter, it’s meant to bathe recent memories in the warm, soft-focus glow of nostalgia. As an object, it evokes affection…
Cheers for one-by-one Easthampton High commencement
…see the goods, so to speak.” Of the 117 graduates in this year’s class, almost all chose to participate in the ceremony. The socially distant, one-at-a-time commencement ceremony was designed…
Former Springfield Principal chosen to head troubled Madison Park High
BOSTON, MA – The interim superintendent of the Boston public schools has tapped a former principal in Springfield to lead turnaround efforts at the Madison Park Technical Vocational High School…