…sixth grade humanities in the Gill-Montague School District, and was a sixth grade English Language Arts teacher in the Springfield public schools. Before her tenure as principal, Rodriguez taught in…
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US Department of Ed Selects HEC Academy as Green Ribbon award winner
HEC Academy has been selected one of 55 national 2024 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon award winners. The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) is a public…
$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…
Commissioner Announces 2021 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Malden middle school math teacher Jennifer Hedrington receives state’s top educator award
…Academy Leonard, part of the Lawrence Public Schools; Sheila Slawiak, a digital literacy/digital citizenship and computer science teacher at Wilbraham Middle School; and Matthew Williams, a culinary arts teacher at…
Exemplary Status for four CES-run After School Programs
…Elementary School of Gill-Montague regional school district; Palmer Middle School, Palmer Public Schools; and Maple and Pepin Elementary Schools, both of Easthampton Public Schools. Taggart explains that “each site is…
The Collaborative for Educational Services awarded Youth Opioid Prevention Grant
NORTHAMPTON — Efforts to prevent drug and alcohol use among young people will expand in middle schools in Easthampton, South Hadley and Hadley as well as in Amherst–Pelham and Hampshire…
Graduating During the Pandemic
…pandemic that resulted in the closure of public and private schools across the state. “Nobody knew what to expect.” The state’s decision to close schools for the remainder of the…
Bridging to Belonging: PLC Summer 2024
…communities and schools. In this PLC series, we frame and explore tensions across differences that are present in our schools as we seek to find ways for all students and…
Graduation Rates Up, Dropouts Down in Massachusetts High Schools
Massachusetts four-year high school graduation rates climbed for the ninth year in a row in 2015 with some of the largest gains recorded by some minority groups and students from…
Interim Lenox Schools Chief Appointed Superintendent
LENOX MA — Interim Superintendent Timothy Lee is no longer an “interim.” Following an outpouring of accolades for Lee’s performance, the School Committee on Monday night voted unanimously to appoint…