The Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program (TPS) featured a profile on the work of Emerging America with TPS in Massachusetts.
April 14, 2013: Blogger Anthony Cody cites Rich Cairn’s article in the TPS Journal to give credence to his suggestion that students examine a controversial report on education in the District of Columbia under Michelle Rhee.
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2013/04/common_core_non-fiction_readin.html?cmp=ENL-EU-VIEWS2
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2013/04/common_core_non-fiction_readin.html?cmp=ENL-EU-VIEWS2
The Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 2012, TPS Journal issue on the Common Core and primary sources features a lead article, “Primary Sources: At the Heart of the Common Core State Standards,” by Emerging America Director, Rich Cairn. More.
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 to the schools in which these “Local Heroes” teach.
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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 4:00 pm on October 13 and the site unveiling was reported in the Hampshire Gazette (link to view or print pdf)
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– Owen Boss, Hampshire Gazette (Northampton).
Click here to download a pdf of this article.
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
