…transportation in sparsely populated areas and state funding formulas that penalize small towns in a variety of ways. At the end of the day some of the Boston area legislators…
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Western MA coalition releases recommendations for minimizing the impact of trauma on young children involved in DCF
…While increased funding for DCF in 2014 is helping to reduce caseloads, additional funding may be necessary to achieve nationally recommended levels of 15 cases per worker. Support healthy attachment…
Local legislator visits Reading Recovery Program in West Springfield
…Massachusetts. The FY18 budget proposed by the Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee has recommended dedicated funding for Reading Recovery. Massachusetts Reading Recovery leaders are urging that funding for this…
Baker to file stand-alone education bill
BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday he’s “optimistic” that the Legislature and his administration can reach a deal to reform public education funding by the summer, despite past attempts…
Setting the Stage for Future Educators
…to prepare educators to achieve their teaching licenses. In 2002, funding became available in the form of a federal grant, the Transition to Licensed Teaching (TTLT) program was born under…
Dozens of lawmakers asking for education aid increase beyond Baker budget proposal
…must be made in a lean budget year. The $39.55 billion fiscal 2017 budget proposed by Gov. Charlie Baker includes a $72.1 million increase in Chapter 70 local education funding,…
Workforce Development offers students opportunity and growth
…2000s to design a school-to-work and internship program for Northampton middle and high school students. Part of Rigney’s work involved finding alternative sources of funding to support the innovative program….
As details emerge, here’s what Trump’s plan to abolish DOE could mean for Mass. schools
…said the funding cuts would result in larger class sizes, fewer reading specialists, and less support for students with an individualized education program. They would also mean less funding for…
State’s education secretary gets an earful from educators, politicians in Northampton stop
…try to secure more state funding for Northampton’s public school district, which they say is disadvantaged by the current criteria used to determine how much funding municipalities receive for schools….
Mohawk Trail Regional School receives $375,000 Mass IDEAS Implementation Grant
…Mae Education Foundations. Funding from this grant will allow MTRS to continue with plans for an all-school redesign, which began last year with funding via a $150,000 Mass IDEAS Planning…