The Collaborative for Educational Services is pleased to announce the November winners of our regional Excellence in Education: Living our Guiding Principles Award! We continue to honor those educators across…
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State grant program aims to promote health in rural areas
…violence prevention, and substance abuse, Attorney General Maura Healey announced Tuesday. The Collaborative for Educational Services, working together with 10 other partner organizations, including the Hilltown Community Health Center, Hilltown…
Editorial: Sparsity aid concept would greatly benefit rural schools
…County, one of the state’s most rural areas and one of the poorest. Also, the county’s schools are experiencing greater enrollment drops than their urban counterparts. The concept of sparsity…
Leave no child’s school district behind
…Dec. 9 from John Provost, the Northampton superintendent, and William Diehl, executive director of the Collaborative for Educational Services. It is important to note that this opinion piece was developed…
Graduation Rates Up, Dropouts Down in Massachusetts High Schools
…low-income families. The second-largest school district in the state, Springfield, boasted the best improvement of any urban district in the state. Across the state, 87.3 percent of students who entered…
Dean Tech Students Learn High-Tech Skills by Moving Robots
…Program funded through a Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 21st Century Afterschool grant. The Collaborative for Educational Services, which has been managing Dean for the past two years, worked…
Barbara Cheney
Barbara is a veteran teacher with certifications in ESL K-12, English and History, she has experience in urban, rural and alternative settings. She earned a B.A. from Temple University and…
Donna Mehle
…learning and consultation in Engaged Classrooms, Recalibrating Codes of Character, Conduct, and Support, and other Engaging Schools services. Donna has worked in urban and suburban secondary settings, both small alternative…
Patricia Kinsella
Patricia Kinsella has served as an educator, union representative, and administrator for over 30 years. Her experience spans PreK-12 in a wide range of districts (rural, urban, well-resourced, financially-challenged) and…
Success in School Linked to Summer Reading
…ongoing study conducted in Boston and four other urban communities suggest that summer programs can help elementary school children reduce learning losses that typically occur during vacations and could create…