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Driving Through Mud: How Rural Mass. Schools Are Coping With Rising Transportation Costs

Posted on Friday, April 12th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Carrie Jung, WBUR
Date: 3/12/2019
Link: Complete Article

Driving Through Mud: How Rural Mass. Schools Are Coping With Rising Transportation Costs

It’s hard for rural schools in Massachusetts to get kids to and from class every day — especially now, in muddy season, when the snow has melted and the rain begins. “This is mud and ruts and a mess,” says bus driver Joanne Deady as she points to the narrow, unpaved road on her route… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News, State News Tagged With: Mohawk Trail Regional School District, rural school aid, rural schools, rurality factor funding formula, transportation costs

Voc-Tech investments pair needs of students, industry

Posted on Tuesday, March 19th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Colin A. Young, Marblehead Reporter
Date: 3/19/2019
Link: Complete Article

Voc-Tech investments pair needs of students, industry

BOSTON – Lawmakers, a former top Baker administration and city manager, and a one-time lieutenant governor joined advocates Monday to call for an increase in funding for vocational-technical education and passage of a bill to expand access to those programs. The Alliance for Vocational Technical Education said that 20 percent of Massachusetts high school students… [Read More]

Filed Under: State News Tagged With: Alliance for vocational Technical Education, CTE programs, Vocational Schools, vocational-technical education

Orange: state shortchanges its SPED funding by $3.5 million

Posted on Thursday, February 28th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: David McLellan, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 2/27/2019
Link: Complete Article

Orange: state shortchanges its SPED funding by $3.5 million

ORANGE — It’s not just rural schools feeling left behind by the 25-year-old formula for state aid, it’s schools with a high number of special education students too. Unfortunately, Orange’s elementary schools are both, and the special education issue is costing Orange taxpayers about $3.5 million a year, town officials calculate. The town Finance Committee… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News, State News Tagged With: Chapter 70 Formula, Chapter 70 Funding, Orange Public Schools, Special Education

Baker to file stand-alone education bill

Posted on Wednesday, January 9th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Matt Murphy, Worcester Telegram
Date: 1/7/2019
Link: Complete Article

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 falling apart in recent years when talks between House and Senate Democrats broke down. Baker, in his inaugural address, said he would be filing a… [Read More]

Filed Under: State News Tagged With: Chapter 70 Funding, Education Bill, Foundation Budget Reform, School Districts

Elementary School In Berkshires Revamps Culture With Trauma In Mind

Posted on Tuesday, December 18th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Karen Brown, www.nepr.net
Date: 12/14/2018
Link: Complete Article

Elementary School In Berkshires Revamps Culture With Trauma In Mind

Other than its bucolic setting in the Berkshire mountains, Lee Elementary seems like any other public school. Case in point: On a recent morning, as children were scuttling to classes, stuffing their backpacks in their lockers, the loudspeaker announced the day’s taco-salad lunch and reminded students to apply for the talent show. But around the building,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News, State News Tagged With: Berkshires, Lee Elementary School, trauma informed teaching

Rural School Aid awarded to local districts

Posted on Tuesday, November 6th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Diane Broncaccio, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 11/6/2018
Link: Complete Article

Rural School Aid awarded to local districts

DALTON – State Sen. Adam G. Hinds and state education Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley announced that 33 rural school districts will receive part of a new $1.5 million appropriation to help cash-strapped rural schools in sparsely populated communities. In Franklin County, the largest aid sums went to Ralph C. Mahar, Mohawk Trail and Pioneer Valley regional school… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News, State News Tagged With: Berkshire County, Franklin County, rural school aid, Rural School Aid Bill

Afterschool and Out-of-School Programs Woefully Underfunded

Posted on Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: State Senator Brendan Crighton, Date: 10/23/2018
Link: Complete Article

Afterschool and Out-of-School Programs Woefully Underfunded

A release from the office of State Senator Brendan Crighton: The Legislature’s Afterschool and Out-of-School Time (ASOST) Coordinating Council has found that years of underfunding have left too many Massachusetts children without access to the afterschool and summer learning programs that would help them reach their fullest potential. In a comprehensive report, Recommendations of the… [Read More]

Filed Under: State News Tagged With: Afterschool Programs, Brendan Crighton, Out of School Programs

Rural School Aid in State Budget

Posted on Friday, July 27th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Bob Salsbert and Steve LeBlanc, Greenfield Recorder/Associated Press
Date: July 26, 2018
Link: Complete Article

Rural School Aid in State Budget

BOSTON — Massachusetts’ new budget includes $1.5 million for a new “rural school aid” account championed by Sen. Adam Hinds, D-Pittsfield. Nearly one month into the state’s new fiscal year, Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed the $42 billion spending package into law Thursday, ending the state’s status as the only one in the nation without… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News, State News Tagged With: Massachusetts budget, rural school aid

400 Attend Annual DYS Art Showcase

Posted on Friday, May 25th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 5/25/2018

400 Attend Annual DYS Art Showcase

Over 400 people from across the Commonwealth filled the space at WGBH Studios in Brighton on Tuesday, May 15th to celebrate the work of youth involved with the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, at the 6th Annual Statewide DYS Youth Arts Showcase, “Share Your Art, Share Your Voice”. The Showcase is part of work to… [Read More]

Filed Under: CES Stories, State News Tagged With: Department of Youth Services, dys, DYS Education Project

Baker-Polito Administration Signs Criminal Justice Reform Laws, Proposes Additional Reforms

Posted on Tuesday, April 17th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Susan Petroni, Framingham Source
Date: 4/13/2018
Link: Complete Article

Baker-Polito Administration Signs Criminal Justice Reform Laws, Proposes Additional Reforms

BOSTON –  Governor Charlie Baker today signed An Act Implementing the Joint Recommendations of the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Review and An Act Relative to Criminal Justice Reform. After careful review of the comprehensive legislation and initial discussions with the Legislature, the Baker-Polito Administration will also file a separate bill today, An Act Building on Criminal Justice Reform, to modify certain provisions…. [Read More]

Filed Under: State News Tagged With: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice reform, Governor Charlie Baker, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, Massachusetts Criminal Justice bill

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