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Local Educator Selected for Safe and Supportive Schools Commission

Posted on Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Collaborative for Educational Services

NORTHAMPTON, MA – William Diehl, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) in Northampton has been selected to serve on the Massachusetts Safe and Supportive Schools Commission. Diehl will be representing the Massachusetts Organization of Educational Collaboratives, and will be joining Commission members representing teachers, administrators, superintendents, special educators, counselors, and psychologists from… [Read More]

Interim Lenox Schools Chief Appointed Superintendent

Posted on Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Clarence Fanto, The Berkshire Eagle
Date: 2/11/15
Link: Complete Article

LENOX MA — Interim Superintendent Timothy Lee is no longer an “interim.” Following an outpouring of accolades for Lee’s performance, the School Committee on Monday night voted unanimously to appoint him as superintendent through June 2017. Lee, who had been principal at Morris Elementary School, took over the top post last July following the retirement… [Read More]

He’s game for becoming superintendent

Posted on Sunday, January 18th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Chris Curtis, The Recorder
Date: 01/18/15
Link: Complete Article

TURNERS FALLS, MA — As principal of the Franklin County Technical School, Richard Martin was known for a nearer-than-the-bleachers involvement in the vocational high school’s sports teams, suiting up for practice and running drills with teenagers. Martin, 50, of Rindge, N.H., said he doesn’t think that will change when he takes over as superintendent in… [Read More]

Northampton Receives $50,000 Mass in Motion Grant to Promote Public Health

Posted on Friday, August 1st, 2014 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: City of Northampton

NORTHAMPTON, MA – Mayor David J. Narkewicz today announced that the City of Northampton has received a $50,000 Mass in Motion Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to promote public health regionally through the Healthy Hampshire collaborative. In announcing the grant, Mayor Narkewicz said “we are pleased to continue to collaborate with Amherst,… [Read More]

National award promotes use of educational technology in the Department of Youth Services

Posted on Friday, May 16th, 2014 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Collaborative for Educational Services

NORTHAMPTON, MA – Many young people who are involved with Department of Youth Services (DYS), the state’s juvenile justice system, have been challenged by traditional teaching approaches used in their previous school settings. But there may be a powerful way to increase their engagement and accelerate their learning, using blended learning – online learning combined… [Read More]

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]