CT Ed Watch

Trumbull Officials Could Have Cut the Time Some Students Ride the Bus in Half. Why Didn’t They?

Audit Confirms Hartford Schools Deficit. HPS Leaders: State ‘Created Confusion and Mistrust’

New Haven Narrowly Avoids School Budget Deficit with $23M Boost from the State

Portland Voters Approve Spending $109 Million on School Renovations Across District

Torrington Schools Working to Set Rules for AI Use by Students, Staff: ‘It’s a Problem Now’

Greenwich High School Teacher Receives CEA Award for Excellence in Classroom

New Haven Mayor Proposes Using New State Funds to Close Projected Schools’ Deficit

Bridgeport City Council Approves Budget that Includes $35 Million Increase for the Schools

Stamford School Board Postpones Vote on $360M School Budget

Milford Public Schools Finalizes 20-Year Plan that Includes Closing 2 Schools

Stamford’s Latest School Budget Plan Would Cut 76 Positions, End Free-Lunch-For-All Program

Voters in Middlebury, Southbury Approve Region 15 Budget, $224M in School Construction Bonds

Portland Residents Vote to Spend $109 Million Renovating Schools

Bridgeport Applauds Millions More in School Funding, Despite Grim District Outlook

CT High School Students May Soon Get Free Passes to Ride CT Transit Buses Across the State

Why Connecticut Schools Got More Money After a Passionate Fight for Funding

Connecticut Closes Loophole Allowing Banned Officers to Work in Schools

Norwich School Redistricting Plan to Close 7 Elementary Schools, Build 4 New Ones

Why a Plan to Ban Cellphones in All Connecticut Schools Fell Apart

Bridgeport Schools Lose Nearly 700 Students as ICE Fears Affect Enrollment, Official Says

‘Creative’ or ‘Illegal?’ Congress Debates Trump’s Dismantling of Education Dept.

Why U.S. Test Scores Are in a ‘Generation-Long Decline’

Kids Are in a ‘Reading Recession,’ as Test Scores Continue to Decline

Democrats Challenge Plan to Dismantle Office for English Learners

A Large Democratic-Led State Says Yes to Trump’s School Choice Program

Trump Holds Back $2 Billion for Education Grants. What Will Happen Next?

As Enrollment Shrinks, a Clash Between the Have- and Have-Not Schools

Trump Admin. Doesn’t Deem Education Degrees ‘Professional’ in Student Loan Rule

Increases in Teacher Pay Offset by Inflation, Union Analysis Shows

They Left for the School Bus. ICE Picked Them Up Instead.

These States Want to Move Away From a ‘College for All’ Approach to Testing

McMahon Still Wants to Relocate Special Ed.—And Other Budget Hearing Takeaways

Trump Sidestepped Congress on More Than $1 Billion in Ed. Spending Last Year

Nation’s 2nd Largest District Moves to Limit Student Screen Use

A Federal School Cellphone Policy? Big Barriers Stand in the Way

Texas Can Require Public Schools to Display Ten Commandments in Classrooms, Court Rules

Pennsylvania High School History Instructor Named Nation’s Teacher of the Year

The K-12 Issues That Top Governors’ Agendas

Iowa Went All-In on School Choice. It’s Hurting this City’s Public Schools

How Federal Changes Affect English Learners, Immigrant Students