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).
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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: May 26 2015
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Geography DDM Pilot - Please help us out! Details below.
It’s History! Survey respondents said: Future grad credits and PDPs to be History Content.
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Easthampton - America Comes of Age: Exploring Reform in the Early 20th Century (1900-1940). June 29…
Date: Jan 18 2017
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In February, staff from Emerging America at the Collaborative for Educational Services will travel to D.C. to participant in an all-consortium meeting for the Library of Congress’ Teaching with Primary Sources program. Rich Cairn, the Emerging America Executive Director, and Karen Albano, the Assistant Director, will meet with fellow grant recipients from the TPS program. Emerging America serves a…
Date: Apr 12 2017
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Emerging America History eNEWS Vol. 4, Issue 14 for APRIL 12, 2017
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Registration is now open for all Emerging America summer programs.
April 18 - 8:30am - 1pm - Malden - Mass Board of Ed will discuss Civic Literacy and Engagement. http://www.doe.mass.edu/boe/boedate.html
Lots of new events this week!!! We do not repeat every event each week.
Date: Jun 5 2015
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PLEASE HELP! I need input on two key topics:
Test and/or Review Geography DDM Pilot:
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I NEED INPUT! Am advising teachers at Mass Dept. of Mental Health.
Date: Jan 30 2015
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Arizona requires students to pass U.S. Citizenship test. Commentary by Robert Pondiscio in The Education Gadfly. http://edexcellence.net/articles/model-citizens
Give input on Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization. Currently no support for Social Studies. National Council for the Social Studies supports Programs of National Significance.
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Date: Jun 7 2012
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Today’s post explores performance assessment. To access a free model assessment developed by our Emerging America: Teaching America History Team see MORE.
Show what you know. The logic is simple and convincing. Now the Common Core State Standards promises broader acceptance of such assessments.
Performance assessment implies that students demonstrate learning on a task that is as close as pos…