According to Commonwealth Magazine, “Riley is looking to leverage state regulations to push districts to bring students back to the classroom. Adopting an aggressive posture in a debate that has divided the education community, Riley said he’ll seek authorization to deem remote instruction time not eligible to be counted toward state-required ‘structured learning time’ hours…The power play by state officials would try to work around the strong local control of schools in Massachusetts. State leaders cannot directly mandate school reopenings, but Riley is looking to use the regulatory levers he

The Chelmsford Federation of Teachers will be looking for delegates to their annual convention being held via zoom.  The convention is on May 1st!  Keep your eyes and ears out and we will let you know how many delegate seats are available!

More to come.

Welcome to Share My Lesson's 2021 Virtual Conference! This is our ninth annual virtual conference; we’ve been running virtual conference events in our PJs, yoga pants, and work mullets (business attire on the top and PJs on the bottom) long before it was cool. We've worked hard with our Share My Lesson partners and presenters to make this year even better than the last, with even more ways to access the free, high-quality professional development that educators come to expect when they visit Share My Lesson.

Last year, our virtual conference came at just the right time as nearly 70,000 preK-12

State education Commissioner Jeff Riley hopes to bring elementary school students back into classrooms full time as early as April.

The comments come shortly after President Joe Biden said the goal for in-person learning time for students should be five days a week. Speaking at the monthly meeting of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Riley said he supports that goal, especially because COVID-19 health metrics inside schools have been improving.

"At some point, as health metrics continue to improve, we will need to take remote and hybrid learning models off the table