State/National News

Increased rural school aid ‘a tremendous win,’ administrators and legislators say

Posted on Monday, August 21st, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Chris Larabee, Recorder
Date: 8/18/2023
Link: Complete Article

Months after Gov. Maura Healey’s initial budget proposal showed a moderate increase to rural school aid, that line item has nearly tripled in the approved budget, in what area administrators say is a step in the right direction toward equitable education in rural districts. Signed earlier this month by Healey, the final fiscal year 2024… [Read More]

10th Annual Share Your Art, Share Your Voice

Posted on Monday, May 22nd, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Laverriere, MA Department of Youth Services
Date: May 9, 2023
Link: Complete Article

[BOSTON] – Today, the Department of Youth Services (DYS) held its 10th Annual “Share YourArt, Share Your Voice” Youth Arts Showcase at WGBH Studios. It is the culmination of DYS’syear-round arts programming and included an Art Gallery and sale, and live performances byyouth in the Massachusetts juvenile justice system.The artwork displayed at the event included… [Read More]

Education secretary hears about rural school challenges

Posted on Tuesday, May 9th, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Chris larabee, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 5/9/23
Link: Complete Article

NORTHFIELD — In the Pioneer Valley Regional School library and on the trails behind the building, Massachusetts Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler got a lesson in rural education. Tutwiler, along with two assistant secretaries and his communications staff, spent Monday afternoon with Pioneer students, staff, administrators and public officials, as he learned about the challenges… [Read More]

State’s education secretary gets an earful from educators, politicians in Northampton stop

Posted on Tuesday, May 9th, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Alexander Macdougall, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 5/8/2023
Link: Complete Article

NORTHAMPTON — Even if the students at Bridge Street Elementary School didn’t know who Patrick Tutwiler was, they could clearly tell he was somebody important. Students frequently stopped him during a Monday tour of the pre-K-5 school to say hello, shake his hand and even ask for his autograph. When he entered the cafeteria, flanked… [Read More]

Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on New Nation’s Report Card on History and Civics Education

Posted on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Press Office, U.S. Department of Education
Date: May 3, 2023
Link: Complete Article

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona issued the following statement on the latest Nation’s Report card showing a decline in history and civics scores for eighth graders: “The latest data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress further affirms the profound impact the pandemic had on student learning in subjects beyond math and reading. It… [Read More]

‘I’ve learned that things have a cost.’ Meet the migrant children working long hours in factories and fish plants across Mass.

Posted on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Katie Johnston, Boston Globe
Date: 3/26/2023
Link: Complete Article

Walter was 16 when he started working the overnight shift at a plastics factory in Central Massachusetts. He had come from Guatemala on his own to join his father, desperate to escape a poor, violent country where two of his childhood friends were shot to death. From 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., Walter trimmed plastic… [Read More]

U.S. Education Secretary Statement on Passing of Disability Rights Leader Judy Heumann

Posted on Monday, March 6th, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Press Office, U.S. Department of Education
Date: 03/06/2023

Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona issued the following statement on the passing of Disability Rights Leader Judy Heumann: “On March 4, our country lost a great disability rights leader with the passing of Judith (Judy) Heumann. As Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services during the Clinton Administration, Judy helped ensure that… [Read More]

ASCD and ISTE to Merge

Posted on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jeffrey R. Young, EdSurge
Date: 11-14-2022
Link: Complete Article

Today, after a key vote, it’s official: Two giants in the education space will join forces, creating a professional development powerhouse for their educator members. The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) will merge, beginning in January, a move that leaders hope will help to… [Read More]

U.S. Department of Education Awards Over $60 Million to Strengthen the Teacher Pipeline, Increase Educator Leadership, and Support Quality Teaching and Learning to Further Address Teacher Shortage

Posted on Wednesday, September 28th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Press Office, U.S. Department of Education
Date: September 27, 2022
Link: Complete Article

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) is announcing new awards to further address the teacher shortage and help ensure long-term investments in teacher pipeline and development programs across the country. New investments under the Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) program, include 22 new three-year grants totaling more than $60 million, bringing the Biden-Harris Administration’s additional support… [Read More]

Gov. Baker agrees to major spending increase in his final budget

Posted on Friday, July 29th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Colin A Young, WBUR
Date: 7/28/2022
Link: Complete Article

Signing his eighth and final budget as the state’s chief executive, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday agreed to a major increase in state spending as he approved the vast majority of a $52.7 billion annual budget, vetoed less than half a million dollars of outlays, and returned 41 sections to the Legislature with proposed amendments…. [Read More]