…to accommodate rural schools. She said the formula takes into account schools with between 300 and 600 students, and many of local schools fall below that benchmark. “It’s feels like…
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Classrooms: Teachers to be honored with excellence awards
Teachers from public schools in Hampshire and Franklin counties chosen for this year’s Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Awards will be honored April 26 at the Log Cabin in Holyoke….
Community Foundation Grants given
…Massachusetts. CSO’s $45,000 “Building Resilience by Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools” grant will be used to help schools around Franklin County plan training and policy review that helps sensitize them to…
Workforce Development offers students opportunity and growth
…and as a Communities and Schools for Career Success (CS2) entrepreneur, CES’ Matt Rigney partnered with the Commonwealth Corporation, Northampton Public Schools, and the Chamber of Commerce in the early…
Franklin County schools, public and private, plan for COVID-19
…risk in schools and the community. Currently, Greenfield is in the low-risk category. The letter continues, “Much of the guidance for the coronavirus is similar to cold and flu prevention…
2 high schools to merge into one ‘Holyoke High School’ with 2 campuses, spelling end of ‘Dean Tech’
…“The idea is one city, one school,” said Stephen K. Zrike, the state-appointed receiver in charge of managing the Holyoke public schools. The merger to create Holyoke High School North…
Miguel Cardona chosen as Secretary of Education
…marred by national turmoil, a deeply divided nation, and an ongoing public health crisis that puts schools front and center. In selecting Cardona—a former teacher, principal, and district administrator—Biden fulfilled…
Casey Daigle
…Needle on Innovation and Integration (video available) Co-presenting with Jen Thomas the MassCUE Digital Citizenship Summer Webinar Series, 2023 Co-presented with Suzanne Judson-Whitehouse and Carrie Rogers-Whitehead on Leveling Up DigCit…
No Child Left Behind getting makeover
WASHINGTON — The way the nation’s public schools are evaluated — teachers, students and the schools themselves — is headed for a major makeover, with a sweeping shift from federal…
$23 Billion Funding Gap Exists Between White and Nonwhite School Districts, Report Finds
…gone on strike to demand more funding for public schools. “You can tell these dollars make a difference,” said Rebecca Sibilia, the chief executive of EdBuild, a nonpartisan organization focused…