Reading Recovery

Gail Healy retires after 39 years in Franklin County

Posted on Thursday, April 19th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Max Marcus, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 4/17/2018
Link: Complete Article

NORTHFIELD — Gail Healy will be leaving her job as assistant superintendent of Pioneer Valley Regional School District on Sept. 7, ending a 39-year education career in Franklin County that she described as “morally, ethically and, I think, educationally pretty successful.” Healy has been assistant superintendent for Pioneer since 2008. Her longest tenure, however, was… [Read More]

Local legislator visits Reading Recovery Program in West Springfield

Posted on Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Date: 5/1/2017
Link: Complete Article

West Springfield, MA – A local legislator and several school administrators convened today at the Cowing School in West Springfield to learn more about the work being done at the Reading Recovery Training Site located there. Senator Jim Welch and W. Springfield Superintendent Mike Richard joined a group of area principals and instructional leaders to… [Read More]

Bill S.261 would support literacy intervention programs in Massachusetts

Posted on Thursday, June 18th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: State House News Service
Date: 6/18/15
Link: Complete Article

BOSTON, MA – The Education Committee took testimony Wednesday on a bill that seeks to catch struggling young readers before it’s too late. A measure under consideration by Education would create a reimbursement system for school systems that implement literacy intervention programs for first graders who are determined to be at risk of falling behind… [Read More]

Leading reading intervention at risk as Senate prepares to finalize budget recommendations

Posted on Thursday, April 30th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: William Diehl, Collaborative for Educational Services

NORTHAMPTON, MA – Reading Recovery is a literacy intervention for children who have reading difficulties that plays a vital role in our local public schools. For years, the Reading Recovery program, funded by in part by state and local funds and in part by the “Investing in Innovation” (I3) grant, has made a critical difference… [Read More]