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
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WGBH Vice President of National Programming
John Bredar, WGBH Vice President of National Programming for WGBH, discusses major upcoming programs WGBH is bringing to PBS.
Red Cross Disaster Kit
American Red Cross representatives Lisa Ducharme, Pillowcase Project Coordinator, and Jane Robinson, Pillowcase Project Presenter, explain the Pillowcase Project. The Pillowcase Project focuses on teaching 8 to 11 year old children how to be prepared for and how to cope with emergency situations in this program created in Louisiana in 2005 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Berkshire Innovation Center
Described as a “game changer” for the region by Pittsfield Mayor Daniel Bianchi, The Berkshire Innovation Center will offer technical and equipment resources for small manufacturers and collaborative opportunities for companies of all sizes. The proposed 9.7 million dollar complex, which will be housed at Pittsfield’s William Stanley Business Park, is designed to make the Berkshires a competitor in Massachusetts’s burgeoning Biotech industries by offering high-tech learning, research, and business opportunities to local schools, students, and businesses.
