Common Core

Common Core

Common Core has become a hot topic across the country and right here in Massachusetts. The state adopted the national education standards in 2010 and  more than 40 states did the same. But some states have now dropped common core and there are calls to end it in the...
International Language Institute

International Language Institute

Alexis Johnson, Executive Director of the Northampton-based International Language Institute, discusses the work of that organization does as they mark their 30th Anniversary. International Language Institute International Language Institute on Facebook Follow ILI on...
Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education

Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education

Linda Noonan, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, discusses that organization’s effort in support of public education in the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education...
Pakistan

Pakistan

Prof. Mike Hannahan, Director of Civic Initiative at the UMass Donahue Institute, and Amherst High School Social Studies teacher Samantha Camera discuss their recent trip to Pakistan as part of the Institute’s Pakistani Young Leaders...
Reader to Reader

Reader to Reader

David Mazor, founding Executive Director of Amherst-based “Reader to Reader, Inc” talks about this initiative aimed at getting books into the hands of underprivileged children. Reader to Reader Reader to Reader on...
Up Education Springfield

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...
ACTS Tutoring

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...