University of Massachusetts President

On January 13, 2011, Robert L. Caret was elected President of the five-campus, 68,000 -student University of Massachusetts system. President Caret sits down with Jim Madigan to discuss his plans for the UMass System, ranked as the 19th best university in the world in...

Charter Schools

Jim Madigan interviews Founder and Executive Director Rachel Romano from Veritas Prep, a charter school for grades 5-8 in Springfield;  and Bob Brick, Executive Director at Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School in Holyoke. Our guests discuss the work and planning...

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...

Mock Trial

Teacher/coach Gary Huggett and students Noah Loving, Gabriella Magnani and Hannah Matthews from the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School Mock Trial team discuss their win at the state-wide competition for the second year running and their preparations for the...

St. Michaels School Plan

Students from St. Michael’s Academy Middle School in Springfield will display and discuss their award-winning design for a school –in an ironic twist; their school was badly damaged by the June 1 tornado. St. Michael’s...

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...

From their Minds to the Marketplace

Prof. Glenn Vallee, PhD and students Colby Conant, Thomas McLeod and Nathan Kuzmeski from the Product Innovation & Development Class at Western New England University will discuss and display some of the new products they’ve come up with and the business and...