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CES had long led consulting and professional development work with special education directors, teams, and professionals in local districts and across the state. The Special Education Team Leader Institute model designed for Massachusetts and Connecticut worked to challenge current practices and expectations by... Read More May 2024 13 Building an Innovative Community for Special Education Team Leaders CES Stories | 4 min read CES Curriculum and Instructional Specialist in Special Education Laurel Peltier has been part of the team leading the statewide Special Education Team Leader Institute (SETLI) in Massachusetts since 2016, funded by the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary... Read More May 2024 1 Massachusetts Migrant Education Program provides support across the Commonwealth CES Stories | 4 min read In the fall of 2020, the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) took on the management of the Massachusetts Migrant Education Program (MMEP). CES has a strong programmatic core of supporting students that aligned well with the MMEP work, and it was the plan... Read More May 2024 1 US Department of Ed Selects HEC Academy as Green Ribbon award winner CES Stories | 2 min read HEC Academy has been selected one of 55 national 2024 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon award winners. The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) is a public engagement initiative for school sustainability. The ED-GRS is a recognition of... Read More Apr 2024 29 50 Years of Belonging and Community for Students with Disabilities CES Stories | 5 min read In 1974, the Massachusetts special education law Chapter 766 was passed, which required that all school districts provide education in a new and more inclusive way for students with special needs residing in their communities. The Collaborative for Educational... Read More Apr 2024 22 New Title IX Rule Has Explicit Ban on Discrimination of LGBTQ+ Students State/National News | 1 min read The new rule expands the definition of sex discrimination but doesn’t address transgender athletes’ participation in school sports LGBTQ+ students will receive explicit legal protection from sex discrimination and harassment under a long-awaited revision of Title... Read More Apr 2024 17 Two local school advocates tapped to lead state’s new Small and Rural Schools Committee Local News | 4 min read As rural schools and their challenges continue to become a more prominent topic at the state level, two local champions of Franklin County’s schools have been tapped to serve as co-chairs of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees’ (MASC) new Small and... Read More Apr 2024 4 Supporting Access to Educational Technology CES Stories | 4 min read In 1987, schools and districts were not commonly thinking about educational technology as a means to level the playing field for student opportunity. But CES (then named HEC) Executive Director Earl Batchelder was already testifying about it at the state hearings... Read More Apr 2024 3 Teaching disability history in schools is ‘long overdue,’ advocates say State/National News | 6 min read Judy Heumann’s death last year was deeply felt in the disability community. Often called the mother” of the disability rights movement, her activism had a lasting impact on millions of Americans. Yet many people don’t know her name. She was a really strong... Read More Mar 2024 13 Student-Centered Programs Help Kids Feel Connected CES Stories | 2 min read I love creating a community in the building and the students are part of that. The After School Program helps our kids to feel connected and that they have a voice.” – Lesley Wilson, JFK Middle School Principal, 2007 The first CES After School/21st Century... Read More Mar 2024 4 $100,000 Urban Agenda Grant Awarded to Enhance Food Security and Community Leadership in Hampshire County CES Stories | 3 min read The Collaborative for Educational Services’ Healthy Hampshire initiative is thrilled to announce a $100,000 grant from the Executive Office of Economic Development’s Urban Agenda Grant Program to the Hampshire County Food Policy Council (HCFPC) for its Food Policy... Read More 1 2 3 … 79 Next » Subscribe To Our Blog Enter your email address to receive notifications of new published posts. Leave This Blank: Leave This Blank Too: Do Not Change This: Your email: We are a...