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State hopes to hire new education czar by end of the year

Posted on Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Katie Lannan, Lowell Sun
Date: 8/15/2017
Link: Complete Article

State hopes to hire new education czar by end of the year

MALDEN — The state education board is embarking on its first search for a new elementary and secondary education commissioner in a decade, with top officials hoping to land on a candidate by the end of the year. Commissioner Mitchell Chester — who had been the longest-serving chief state school officer in the country —… [Read More]

Filed Under: State/National News Tagged With: Elementary & Secondary Education Commissioner, ESE, Mitchell Chester

Mitchell Chester, State’s Longtime Education Commissioner, Dies At 65

Posted on Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Katie Lannan, WBUR
Date: 6/27/2017
Link: Complete Article

Mitchell Chester, State’s Longtime Education Commissioner, Dies At 65

Longtime Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester died Monday evening after a short illness, the state’s education board chairman announced at a Tuesday meeting. He was 65. “We were obviously stunned by his death and deeply saddened,” Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Chair Paul Sagan said. Chester had been battling cancer. The board… [Read More]

Filed Under: State/National News Tagged With: DESE, ESE, Mitchell Chester

2017 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Announced

Posted on Monday, June 20th, 2016 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 06/20/16

2017 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Announced

Teacher of the year Sydney Chaffee, a teacher at the Codman Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester was among the nineteen educators honored at a State House ceremony last week. Other teachers recognized included Teacher of the Year finalist Rachel Stavely Hale, who teaches math at Northampton High School, Teacher of the Year Semi-finalist Alicia… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Amherst Regional Middle School, Massachusetts Teacher of the Year, Mitchell Chester, Northampton High School

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