CT Ed Watch

CT Students Plead for School Funding Boost: ‘We Feel Like Our Education Doesn’t Matter’

CT May Change How Schools Conduct ‘Crisis Drills’ Meant to Simulate Shootings

New Haven Public Schools Seeking Funds amid Projected Deficit of Nearly $19M

Oxford Elementary School Reopens after Mold Discovery; Parents Raise Concerns

Bridgeport Students Speak Up in the District’s Fight for More State Funding

Manchester Schools Weigh Weapons Detection, Door Alerts After Incidents

Ed. Dept. Wants to Revamp Assistance Program It Calls ‘Duplicative,’ ‘Confusing’

Ridgefield School Board Proposes $125.3M FY27 Budget, 4.62% Increase, On 6-3 Vote

Newtown Looks Into Installing BusPatrol Stop-Arm Cameras On Its 56 School Buses

Greenwich Schools Allow Open Enrollment at Central Middle to Balance Class Sizes

Connecticut Educators Worry Over Staffing for Senate Bill 220 Literacy Expansion

CT Lawmakers Pass Massive Education Legislation, Bundling Numerous Changes to Schools Despite Some Pushback

From Lockdown Drills to Kindergarten Age. Here’s How an Emergency CT Bill Could Impact Schools

Budget Proposal to Prioritize Literacy, Well-Being for Connecticut Students

Connecticut Superintendents Apologize after Keeping Schools Open During Snowy Commute

East Lyme Considers Arming Security Staff in All its Schools

Branford School Board Approves $72M Budget that Keeps High School Automotive Program

CT Wants to Expand Reading Interventions. It Won’t Be Easy

Connecticut Superintendents Weigh Makeup Days as Snow Closures Pile Up after Blizzard Calvin

What’s Right with Schools: Portland High Schoolers Get Incoming Students ‘Pepped’ for What’s Ahead

Why Are Teachers in This Region So Miserable?

Families Turn to States for Civil Rights Support as Trump Dismantles the Education Department

U.S. Schools Are Betting Big on A.I. Will New York City Be Next?

America’s Teachers are Working Two Jobs and Barely Getting By

Will the Ed. Dept. Act on Recommendations to Overhaul Its Research Arm?

Wave of California Teacher Strikes ‘Is No Coincidence’

Education Groups Push $2.5 Billion Plan to Rebuild Teacher Preparation

Los Angeles Board of Education to Discuss School Superintendent after FBI Searched His Home

Teachers Wants ‘Guardrails and Guidance’ on AI Use, Experts Tell Congress

Education Department Hands Off More of Its Responsibilities to Other US Agencies

These School Leaders Don’t Want a Statewide Cellphone Ban. Here’s Why

Court Clears Way for Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Classrooms to Take Effect

Heritage Foundation Targets Undocumented Students’ Access to Free Education

Kentucky Supreme Court Rules that Charter Schools Law is Unconstitutional

4 Ways States Could Reduce Property Taxes—And What It Means for Schools

More States Are Calling for Math Reform. Will It Improve Student Outcomes?

Students Across the U.S. Are Protesting ICE. Texas Wants to Punish Their Schools.

California Sues Ed. Dept. in Clash Over Gender Disclosures to Parents

San Francisco Teachers Walk Out for the First Time Since 1979

Smaller N.Y.C. Classes Will Cost Millions. Can Mamdani Pull It Off?