BOSTON, MA — Gov. Charlie Baker, a strong advocate for charter schools, is using his fiscal year 2017 budget proposal to change the way in which district schools are reimbursed…
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SPIFFY’s “Building Strategies” Youth Event on 8/9/23
…strategies clearly stood out as having the most interest from young people at this event. Some of these include: Implementation of non-punitive educational materials in school. Destigmatization around using and…
Grading for Equity Book Study
Do you want to make your grading practices more equitable? Join this year-long study using the book Grading for Equity where you will build a research-based foundation for teaching and…
Welcome new SPIFFY Coalition Coordinator, Amy!
…and prevent interpersonal violence. She joins us with a range of experiences related to youth-related coalition work, community engagement, research and advocacy, and is passionate about using data-driven strategies to…
Classroom Management
…of you are using to manage behaviors, what works and what may not be working with the plan to supplement your practices with new interventions rather than create a whole…
Orange: state shortchanges its SPED funding by $3.5 million
…funding schools in Orange, causing a ripple effect that makes it difficult to finance other departments in town. Consequently, the Finance Committee is sending Gov. Charlie Baker two letters. First,…
How to reach students without internet access during coronavirus? Schools get creative
…because of the coronavirus crisis. But while many districts around the country have moved to remote learning platforms like Google Classroom, Coe was using the school’s copy machine to put…
U.S. Education Secretary Statement on Passing of Disability Rights Leader Judy Heumann
…York Board of Education to validate that using a wheelchair did not prohibit a person from being a qualified teacher. One of her last speaking engagements was on Martin Luther…
Sheffield Elementary School celebrates National Poetry Month with ‘poet trees’
…poetry anthology. When National Poetry Month rolls around in April, the second-graders pick a poem to print, decorate and hang around their necks using yarn, later carrying them in their…
Mahar students learn a new way to communicate: sign language
…16, were talking entirely using American Sign Language. None of them are deaf, but their tutor, who sat across from them, is. Ralph C. Mahar Regional School students Cadence Spencer,…