Massachusetts Secretary of Education

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]