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Durfee High School Students Solve the Fictional Murder of Marcel Newgard

Jan 24, 2025

Students' forensics work for a Project Lead The Way murder mystery is featured on FRED-TV, Channel 9, the Educational Television station for the city of Fall River located at Durfee High School.

Registration is Now Open for 2025 MA PLTW Spring PD Day!

Jan 9, 2025

Join us on Tuesday, March 11th, for MA PLTW Spring PD Day! This FREE event builds on the "Teacher as Facilitator" theme from Fall Conference, and will deliver practical tools and strategies to enhance facilitation and boost student outcomes.

Brian Rhodes Receives National PLTW Engineering Teacher of the Year Award

Nov 27, 2024

When you meet Brian Rhodes, you are immediately struck by his friendly demeanor, humble nature, and winning smile. This passionate instructor clearly loves what he does for a living, teaching Engineering and Robotics at Blackstone Valley Tech and encouraging students to be their best selves and to love learning new things.

His unique way of teaching recently earned him the 2024 National Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Engineering Teacher of the Year Award, an accolade he received over 9,000 other PLTW instructors teaching the vocation in the United States.

Mass Learning Project Presents MA PLTW Community Awards

Oct 28, 2024

At Fall Conference, we were thrilled to recognize amazing MA PLTW Community members doing amazing things!

Hoosac Valley Program Has Students Inventing Animal Prosthetics

Oct 23, 2024

Fourth-graders at Hoosac Valley Elementary School were given a puzzling problem — what could you build to help a disabled animal?

The children responded with some innovative prosthetics for winged, flippered and four-legged patients, some of which were presented to the School Committee on Monday.

Brainstorm With Us at SPARK TANK!

Sep 19, 2024

Join us on September 25th at 3:30 for SPARK TANK, a virtual collaborative brainstorming session to generate ideas for new and exciting programming that ignites authentic collaborations in the MA PLTW Community.

Registration is Now Open for 2024 Fall Conference!

Aug 5, 2024

Join us for our largest in-person professional learning event of the year, designed to arm MA PLTW educators with practical ideas and tools that can be implemented immediately.  This year’s theme, “Teacher as Facilitator,” will highlight our community’s commitment to student-centered instruction.

Join Us for August Refreshers!

May 16, 2024

August Refreshers are Mass Learning Project’s no-cost, course-specific, hands-on workshops. Sessions are led by PLTW Master Teachers, who are deeply familiar with the content and any anticipated changes to the curriculum, as well as other content experts and industry professionals.

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