A conference to help Grades K-12 administrators, teachers, para-educators, school counselors, nurses, resource officers and others strengthen skills to better address racism and racial equity in schools, navigate difficult or…
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$1M to fight youth opioid addiction
…form the Young Adult Empowerment Collaborative of Western Massachusetts. Around here this includes: Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region, Franklin…
Afterschool and Out-of-School Programs Woefully Underfunded
…Council: A Report on the Importance of Afterschool and Summer Learning, the Council recommends finding new funding streams to increase investment in quality programs and staff – including tapping revenue…
Policy, Politics, and Curriculum
…is not developed in a vacuum—it is shaped by state and federal policy and mandates, school committee priorities and resources, educational research, and the involvement and capacity of the teachers….
Current Board Meetings
Home E Search query for: blog blog tag healthy hampshire county food policy council ( Page 13 ) CES Board of Director Meetings The Collaborative for Educational Services is a…
Title IX – US Department of Education issues policy letter
The US Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights recently issued a policy letter to public school districts reminding administrators of their obligation to designate at least one individual to…
Fifteen Superintendents Express Charter Concerns with Area Legislators
Shelburne Falls, MA — Superintendents representing most of the 36 Franklin and Hampshire County public school districts gathered today to share with legislators their concerns about the impact of charter…
Franklin County Schools sign transportation joint purchase
As the 2018-19 school year winds to a close, five Franklin County School Districts, led by school business managers, have worked together for a new joint transportation bid for services…
Berkshire County weeks from having only special education public day school
NORTH ADAMS — Berkshire County is just weeks from having a special education public day school. The North Berkshire Academy will launch its special education collaborative program in January, inside…
Districts team up on county’s first public therapeutic day school
…new example of that approach is North Berkshire Academy, the county’s first public therapeutic day school, which operates in the North Adams Armory building at 206 Ashland St. in that…