Education

Up Education Springfield

Scott Given, CEO of Boston-based Up Education Network, discusses that non-profit company’s proposal to take over one of Springfield’s troubled middle schools and operate it as a Horace Mann Charter School. Up Education Network Up Education Network on...

American Graduate: Franklin County Technical School

Connecting Point contributor Carolee McGrath profiles a technical school in Franklin County that’s helping kids find what they’re passionate about and turning that into a career after graduation. We profile the machine technology department that’s...

Dr. Carol Leary, BPU

Dr. Carol Leary, President of Bay Path University in Longmeadow, discusses her participation at the December 4, 2014 White House College Opportunity Summit, which brought together government, business and education leaders to determine how they can support more...

American Graduate: Pathways to Success

“Pathways to Success” is a night program at Holyoke High School for anyone under the age of 22 who recently dropped out of high school. Connecting Point Contributor Carolee McGrath takes a look at this program and talks with those who are benefitting from it. More...

ACTS Tutoring

Burt Hansen, Director of ACTS (Action Centered Tutoring Services) in Springfield, and Francine Pina-Council, a retired teacher and former ACTS volunteer tutor who now directs the ACTS tutoring site at the J.C. Williams Community Center, discuss the work their...

Amped for Education

Smith Academy teacher Jeff Pluta discusses “Amped for Education,” the program he started that’s built a high school in an impoverished village in Nicaragua. Joining him will be Dylan Talbot, a Frontier Regional High School student who has traveled to...