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Local author shows how memory is critical to teaching struggling learners

Posted on Monday, April 14th, 2014 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Collaborative for Educational Services

NORTHAMPTON, MA – Educators engage struggling learners when they use teaching techniques that are in sync with the brain’s memory systems, says local educator and author, Ken Pransky. In his new book, Memory at Work in the Classroom: Strategies to Help Underachieving Students, Pransky and coauthor Dr. Francis Bailey give teachers the tools to support… [Read More]

Northampton School Board Expected To Decide Among Three Finalists Wednesday For New City Schools Chief

Posted on Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 10/22/13
Link: Complete Article

NORTHAMPTON MA – The community will have a chance Wednesday, in a whirlwind of meetings and interviews, to hear from three candidates for the post of school superintendent, topped off with a planned decision by the school board.

Dean Tech Students Learn High-Tech Skills by Moving Robots

Posted on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 by Collaborative for Educational Services

HOLYOKE, MA – Web Design and Computer Programming Instructor Karen Morneau says that whenever the Robotics Club meets at Dean Technical High School, more students show up. The afterschool club is popular, she says, because students soon learn that working with robots “is so incredibly fun.” But taking part in the Robotics Club is also… [Read More]