Days before he outlines the Governor's biennial education budget before the appropriations committee, Department of Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen explained a new approach to spending, called "targeted education support."
Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen detailed targeted education supports in Governor Paul R. LePage’s proposed biennial budget Thursday at Lewiston Regional Technical Center.
Most of the city’s middle school students don’t go to class within walking distance of the Government Center, where the Stamford Public Schools offices are.
But for a few Stamford eighth graders, that’s where their geometry teacher is located.
Ljiljana Djinovic teaches 15 eighth graders a high school-level geometry class from 888 Washington Boulevard. There, she takes questions from both individual students and the class, grading homework, tests and quizzes and making sure her students get their work done.
The VHS Collaborative (VHS), the nonprofit pioneer of K-12 online learning, recently announced that 64 additional educators representing 18 U.S. states and two countries, have started teaching or supporting VHS courses at their schools. Among those is Ellen Williams of Paulding High School.
Having completed VHS’s graduate level NetCourse instructional methodologies or site coordinator orientation course, these educators have begun participating in the spring semester, which is presently in progress.
Instead of stepping onto a bus and riding to school, a student’s future commute to the classroom could be as quick as hopping out of bed and onto their home computer.
Gov. Deval Patrick recently signed the new Commonwealth Virtual Schools Act allowing the creation of up to 10 new virtual schools across the state during the next 10 years.
The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will authorize and oversee the public virtual schools, which will be taught by certified Massachusetts teachers.
The VHS Collaborative (VHS), the nonprofit pioneer of K-12 online learning, today announced that 64 additional educators representing 18 U.S. states and two countries, have started teaching or supporting VHS (http://www.TheVHSCollaborative.org) courses at their school. Having completed VHS’s graduate level NetCourse Instructional Methodologies (NIM) or Site Coordinator Orientation (SCO) course, these individuals have begun participating in the Spring semester, which is presently in progress.
The VHS Collaborative (VHS), a Maynard-based nonprofit provider of K-12 online learning, recently expanded its sales/marketing and operations staff with the addition of two directors.
Jim Dachos of Byfield brings nearly 20 years of experience in the education industry to his role as director of educational partnerships while Daniel Barstow of Stow, a nationally regarded science and energy education expert, joins VHS as development director.
The VHS Collaborative, the nonprofit creator of K-12 online learning, has expanded its sales/marketing and operations staff with the addition of two directors.
Jim Dachos brings nearly 20 years of experience in the education industry to his role as director of educational partnerships, while Daniel Barstow, a nationally regarded science and energy education expert, joins VHS Collaborative as development director.
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