Public schools are increasingly filled with black and Hispanic students, but the children identified as “gifted” in those schools are overwhelmingly white and Asian. The numbers are startling. Black third…
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Senate panel rejects Trump’s proposed federal education cuts
…proposed a budget for the Education Department that represented a nearly 14 percent cut, or $9.2 billion, in spending, some of it for programs popular with Republicans. Members of the…
‘I’ve learned that things have a cost.’ Meet the migrant children working long hours in factories and fish plants across Mass.
…send money back to highly impoverished family members back home,” said Corinn Williams, executive director of the Community Economic Development Center in New Bedford, a nonprofit serving the immigrant community…
Dean Tech Students Learn High-Tech Skills by Moving Robots
HOLYOKE, MA – Web Design and Computer Programming Instructor Karen Morneau says that whenever the Robotics Club meets at Dean Technical High School, more students show up. The afterschool club…
Combined school district management proposed
…with our neighbors on what makes sense for kids and communities is an important next step, yet the best solution for one district may not be the best for another.”…
Governor Baker signs FY16 Budget
BOSTON, MA – Governor Baker’s FY16 budget has been signed for the Commonwealth. The final budget figure was $38.1 billion, with Baker’s vetoes totaling $162.8 million. Cuts relating to education…
Franklin Tech, Mahar receive state Capital Skills Grants
…allow students to train in braking, tooling, drawings and CNC, tools that are automated through computer programming. The money, Martin said, will be split roughly 50-50 between construction and equipment…
Franklin County Tech celebrates revamped welding and metal program
…Brake to bend steel. The grant also supported a 1,400 square foot expansion of the shop program. And in today’s industry, there’s demand for state-of-the-art skills. “Well they’re going to…
Meal options for students during school closure
…yellow or brown mini buses, is delivering meals for any FCTS student, prepared daily by kitchen staff to over 28 locations in 16 different towns within the FCTS district. These…
Mohawk aims to move sixth grade in 2019
…the Colrain Central School, beginning at 7 p.m. This meeting had originally been scheduled for Jan. 4, but was postponed due to the snowstorm. On March 14, the school board…