Education

Teacher Home Visits

Fred Rose, lead organizer for the Pioneer Valley Project, and Teacher Home Visit program parent Paul Lumpkin  discuss their call for expansion of the Teacher Home Visit Program in Springfield Public Schools. Linda Marina, teacher at Samuel Bowles School in...

Teacher Development

Fred Venne of the Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College,  Bess Kapetanis of WGBY and Alix Kennedy, Executive Director of the Eric Carle Museum, discuss the Professional Development Day for teachers at the Beneski Museum on May...

Women In Philanthropy Speakers

Our guests are Rosetta Thurman and Phyllis Williams-Thompson– speakers at the “Women in Philanthropy” conference. Thurman is a well-known blogger and author of “How to be a Nonprofit Rockstar”. During the conference, she presented  “Demystifying...

Easthampton AP U.S. History Students

Students in the AP U.S. History program at Easthampton High School recently won a prestigious opportunity to represent the state of Massachusetts in the national “We the People” competition in Washington, D.C. in April. The teens beat out several other schools to win...

Community College Presidents

Jim Madigan will interview STCC Pres. Ira Rubenzahl, GCC Pres. Robert Pura, HCC Pres. William Messner and Acting Pres. Ellen Kennedy from BCC will discuss Governor’s proposal to centralize some operations while increasing funding and making Community Colleges...

Square One

Square One serves about 1,200 children in Hampden County every day with early education and child care programs and another 200 families through outreach social programs.  On June 1 they lost their entire building in the south end but managed to stay open, relocate,...

MA Commission for the Blind

Janet LaBreck, Director Mass Commission for the Blind, created an award winning internship program that supports over 60 blind college students in job sites each summer. Also our guests: Ron Gallagher, Director, Region 1 (Western MA) Commission for the Blind. Luis...