Date: Jan 4 2012
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Easthampton High School history teacher Kelley Brown and Fourth and Fifth grade Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public School teacher Laurie Risler were honored by the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts for their dedication to the profession of teaching and their outstanding efforts in servicing their schools and communities. The charity has awarded a $1000 grant…
Date: Dec 8 2010
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The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) and Historic Northampton are pleased to announce the culmination of a four-year joint partnership to educate the public about the heritage of the abolitionist utopian community of the 1840s called the Northampton Association of Education and Industry (NAEI). The partners presented their work at Historic Northampton, 46 Bridge Street, Northampton, at…
Date: Jun 16 2010
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– Owen Boss, Hampshire Gazette (Northampton).
[caption id="attachment_2139" align="alignright" caption="Easthampton High School teacher and Emerging America teacher-leader Kelley Brown receives History Teacher of the Year award from Governor Deval Patrick and Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester."][/caption]
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Date: May 7 2010
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - Katie Breault, The Register (Ludlow). Student Web Site Presents History of Ludlow. Click here to download a pdf of this article. www.turley.com Saturday, August 2, 2008 - Ashleigh Pyecroft, Hampshire Gazette. Where History Still Lives, Valley Offers Vestiges of the Nation's Earliest Days. Click here to download a pdf of this opinion piece. www.gazettenet.com
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Date: Feb 25 2015
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NEWS
APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 9 for Forge of Innovation NEH Summer Workshop due to tough winter. http://EmergingAmerica.org/NEH
Controversy over new AP U.S. History curriculum. The Atlantic online.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Teaching with Primary Sources @ the Collaborative
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Date: Feb 17 2016
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Registration Extended through Saturday, Feb. 20 - 4:30pm – Using Primary Texts to Promote Inquiry and Enrich the Learning Experience - Partnership between the Library of Congress TPS Program at CES and the Western Mass Writing Project. Register.
Wistariahust is Hiring! PT Program Coordinator, $15.19-$15.70/hour, More info here
Date: Feb 23 2017
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Each year the Collaborative for Educational Services hosts a Technology in Education (TiE) Conference encouraging the effective use of technology in education. This year, attendees were given the opportunity to converse, collaborate, and network with local, national, and international educators around the idea of creating synergy between technology, teaching, and learning. Dr. Jacqueline Vickery,…
Date: Mar 13 2015
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[caption id="attachment_8841" align="alignright" width="236"] "Steamer Glass [i.e. class]" in Hancock School, Boston. Immigrant children. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.
Date: Oct 10 2016
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CES has relaunched EmergingAmerica.org in a streamlined, mobile-friendly format, featuring a new Teaching Resources searchable database of exemplary lessons, primary source sets, assessments, background information, and online exhibits (Forge of Innovation, Radical Equality and Steamboat Barnet). Resources such as a primary source set on Disability History and tips for teaching History and Humanit…
Date: Mar 24 2015
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NEWS
Boston Public Library summer fellowships & workshops for teachers. (See below.)
MA Supreme Judicial Court seeks members for new educator advisory committee (Bottom of email.)
Patty Hogan, Minnechaug HS asked – “My district is reviewing the idea of developing a civics class. Do you know of a district that has either a stand alone civics class or variations of civic classes?” Contact Patt…