remote learning

The state's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) said Monday that it is pushing back the testing schedule for the MCAS and ACCESS tests for the current school year. MassLive reports the decision is in response to scheduling and logistical challenges schools and districts are facing amid the COVID-19 pandemic...

Amid rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in Berkshire County, two more school districts have chosen to move to remote learning. Central Berkshire Regional School district will return to remote learning starting this Monday. School Committee Barbara Craft-Reiss, Dalton Board of Health Chair Dr...

Some money from the state will help to fill the gaps as school districts here in the Berkshires and across the state are working to meet their students' technology needs in preparation for a remote opening to the schools this fall. That need is being filled through grant money from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...

The Berkshire Hills Regional School District decided Thursday that students will start the school year Sept. 14 learning remotely, with the possibility of a switch to a hybrid, in-person model, depending on coronavirus infection rates. The Berkshire Eagle reports, the district backed away from a tentative hybrid plan, since there is no standard public health metric for schools to gauge the level o