CT Ed Watch

Parents, Educators Call for a State Budget That Invests in Children and Education

Facing Staff Reductions, Connecticut School Districts Call on Legislators to Pass Budget

Feds Approve State’s School Improvement Plan

Before College, ‘Hartford Promise’ Scholars Get Lesson on Asking for Help

How Does the ‘Trump Effect’ Change the Public’s View of Education?

The Nation’s Teaching Force Is Still Mostly White and Female

Budget Impasse Forces Districts to Cut Staff, Put Positions On Hold

Poll: Support for Charters Drops Markedly over past Year

State to Continue Funding Pre-K Expansion Despite Lack of Budget

Killingly Superintendent Among People Taking New Jobs in Local Schools

Brooklyn’s New Superintendent Wants to Bring out Students’ Potential

Malloy: Towns Will Find Out This Month if State Education Aid Is Cut

Schools Anxious Over State Budget

 

Trumbull Adjusts to New Budget Realities

The State of CT’s Cities and Towns in Charts

Ethnic Studies: A Movement Born of a Ban

East Lyme Resident Proposes Upgrading High School Planetarium as ‘Community Resource’

Summer School for Norwalk Special Education Students Focuses on Individualized Learning

Many Hands in the Soil for Mystic Middle School Gardening Project

Backpack Giveaway to Be Held in New Haven

Connecticut Consumers Hitting Stores for Back-to-School Shopping

DeVos Undeterred by Critics Even as Agenda Remains Stalled

Pediatricians Urged to Get Involved With Early-Childhood Education

Budget Cuts May Erode Gains in School Mental Health Services

Torrington Schools Hold ‘Meet-and-Greet’ Ahead of Coming School Year

The Younger Victims of Sexual Violence in School

A New Kind of Classroom: No Grades, No Failing, No Hurry

Risky Practices With Students’ Data Security Are Common, Survey Suggests

Teaching Materials for English-Learners Are in Short Supply. That Could Soon Change

Building a Modern Marshmallow Test: New Ways to Measure Social-Emotional Learning

State Considers Weakening Teacher Certification Requirements Even as Expectations for Students Rise

Judge Alarmed State Has No Plan to Further Desegregate Schools

Fight to Save Southington Middle School Sports Continues

Meet Norwalk’s Teacher of the Year: Robert Seferian

New London School Board to Interview Interim Superintendent Candidates

Torrington Council, School Board Vote to Explore Back-Office Consolidation

Watch Betsy DeVos’ First Six Months as Secretary in Under Two Minutes

State Board of Ed Looks to Lower Standards for Teachers, Hurt Students

Budget Impasse Could Mean $4.4 Million Loss for Norwalk Schools

Mayor Harp Picks Cotto for New Haven Board of Education Seat

Bridgeport Students’ Experiment Heads to Space

Minority Students Missing Out on Speech and Language Services, Study Finds

Democrats Blast Betsy DeVos for Her Department’s ‘Hostility’ to Civil Rights

State Budget Impasse Prompts School Delays, Layoffs and Cutbacks

Bridgeport Sports Teams, Coaches Turn to Crowdfunding for Survival

Connecticut Towns Mull Shrinking Fiscal Options as They Wait for State Budget

2018 Niche.com Ranking Of Connecticut’s Best School Districts Released

Branford Students’ Test Scores Inch Up

Many Teachers Have ‘No Say’ in Decisions About Their Own PD, Survey Finds

What Should America Do About its Worst Public Schools? States Still Don’t Seem to Know.

Connecticut School Districts in Limbo as State Budget Stalls

Danbury-Area School Officials Alarmed by Increase in Vaping

Middletown Students Win Silver in International Reading Competition

Norwalk Students Showcase Achievements at IBM Internship Expo

Arrest Made in Connection With Scheme That Stole Connecticut School Employees’ W-2 Forms

Principal to Be Remembered in East Hampton

How the Wallingford Library Got Kids to Engage in Science This Summer

Five Big Things at Stake for Educators in GOP’s Quest for Tax Reform

Is a New English-Proficiency Test Too Hard? Educators and Experts Debate.

Municipal Officials Fear Info Sought by Malloy Could Lead to Slashed Aid

Middletown Schools Could Be Forced to Cut 11 Positions if Alliance Funding Dries Up

Wilton Students’ SAT Scores Up in English and Math

Teaching With Tech Is Hard. Two New Efforts Aim to Help.

Why Kids Can’t Write

ESSA’s New High School Testing Flexibility: What’s the Catch?

Without a Budget, Malloy Says He Will Shift State Aid to Poorer School Districts

Lack of Budget Delays Start of School in Torrington

Tolland Faces Potential Teacher Layoffs With No State Budget

SAT Scores Improve Among Connecticut 11th-Graders, But Achievement Gap Remains

Principal Pick for Bridgeport’s Bassick High Doesn’t Please Everybody

Japan Might Be What Equality in Education Looks Like

In Their Words: English Learners Share Their Stories About School

Are We Losing Play Without a ‘Purpose’?

Tax Breaks for Big-Box Stores Can Drain Money From Schools

Tens Of Thousands More Women And Minorities Are Taking Computer Science

Connecticut Has One of the Best School Systems in the U.S.

NFA Science Teacher Will Bring Her Arctic Excursion to the Classroom

Start of School in Torrington Could Be Delayed as Officials Wrangle With Lack of State Budget

Wilton Extended School Year Helps Sustain Summer Learning

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo Celebrates Books and Beasts

Trump Ed. Dept. Changes Process for ESSA Feedback

Darien Launching New Student Behavior Policies

States Adopt STEM Seals for High School Diplomas

NAACP: School Choice Not the Answer to Improving Education for Black Students

Testing Pressure Pushing Schools to Place Low-Performing Teachers in Earliest Grades

At ‘Freedom’ Summer School, Hartford Students Get Immersed in Literacy and Liberty

Are Connecticut, Other States Taking the Trump Ed. Dept.’s ESSA Critiques to Heart?

U.S. Children Gain Ground in Home Supports, Federal Data Show

Why the Myth of Meritocracy Hurts Kids of Color

Lawmakers Ask Betsy DeVos to Clamp Down on ‘Zero Tolerance’ Discipline

West Rock STREAM Academy in New Haven Keeps its Garden Growing

Connecticut State Police Hold Back to School Supply Drive

Plainfield Schools Starting All-Day Kindergarten

Madison Songwriter Produces Musical Aimed at Stopping Bullying

NAACP Report: Charter Schools ‘Not a Substitute’ for Traditional Public Schools and Many Need Reform

Danbury Teen Entrepreneur Awarded $10,000 Grant for Ice Cream Invention

Amistad a Floating Classroom for Teens

In D.C. Rally, Hundreds Protest Trump’s Planned Cuts to Education

Hartford’s Departing School Choice Leader Says Sheff Goals Should Be Expanded

Partnership-Oriented Approach to School Improvement Showing Dramatic Improvements in Buffalo

Hartford Teen Explores Talents Through ‘Diversity of Dance’ Program

More Children Living in High-Poverty Neighborhoods Following the Great Recession: Implications for School Readiness

Connecticut Delegation in New Haven Promises Continued Commitment to DREAMers

Free ACT and SAT Exams Drive Up College Enrollment for Poor Students

Trump Stance on Civil Rights Is ‘Distressing and Dangerous,’ Obama Official Says

New Class Leads to Big Gains in Number of Girls, Minorities Taking AP Computer Science Exams

The Next Generation Science Standards’ Next Big Challenge: Finding Curricula

North Stonington Waiting on State Aid to Pass Town Budget

CT Voices for Children Touts Early Childhood Education Program Effectiveness

Oklahoma Teacher Panhandles to Raise Money for School Supplies

Education Reform: CT Clarifies Plan Before Sending It to the Feds

Trumbull Celebrates Student Achievement

House Panel Cuts Education Budget, but Not Nearly as Much as Trump

States’ Top Teachers Went to Capitol Hill to Lobby for Education

Despite Opposition, State Board of Education Approves Costly Charter School Expansion in Bridgeport

House Lawmakers Cast a Critical Eye on ESSA Oversight

State Senators Join Charter School Expansion Fight

Take A Deep Breath It’s Back To School Time!

Trump’s Education Budget in Under 60 Seconds

Technology Can Be a Tool, a Teacher, a Trickster

Prospects Seem Dim for Trump School Choice Initiative This Year

Trickle-Down Effect: State Budget Struggle Creates Hiring Freeze in Ridgefield

Connecticut Standardized Test Scores Show Improvement in Math, Dip in Reading Skills

Hartford Highlights Broadband ‘Homework Gap’

Charter School Expansion Plans Could Deepen Bridgeport’s Red Ink

Teens Get Crash Course in Becoming a State Trooper

Building Confidence and Drones in Shelton

Governors Tell Congress: Early Education Just as Crucial as Health Care, Tax Reform

Ed. Dept. Official Hasn’t Read ESSA Carefully, Sen. Alexander Says

Bridgeport School Board Sets New Course

No Budget, No Summer Jobs For More Than 1,000 Students Around Connecticut

Southington Meeting to Address Reviving Middle School Sports

Like Trump Budget, House Funding Bill Strips Out $2 Billion for Teacher Training

Science Is a Team Sport; Showing Students That May Boost Interest in STEM

Education Department Staffing Has Plummeted Over Time, Report Finds

Fresh Food Comes to Bridgeport’s East Side

Guilford Schools Chief Receives Contract Extension, Pay Raise

‘STEM Deserts’ in the Poorest Schools: How Can We Fix Them?

Special Educators Head to Capitol Hill With ‘Sense of Urgency’

New Haven Schools Court Teachers to Come to the City and to Stay

Connecticut Technical High School Summer Manufacturer’s Academy Teaches Real Skills

New Fairfield School Board Chairman Resigns

Norwalk Educators Develop New Strategies for Dyslexia

Proposals in Conn. to Scale Back Early Childhood Care Raise Concern

DeVos’s Hard Line on New Education Law Surprises States

North Haven Organization Helping Connecticut School District Develop Strategies for Dyslexia

CT Has One of the Nation’s Best Student-Teacher Ratios

CT Joins Suit Against DeVos’ Delay of Rule Protecting Student Borrowers

Superintendent of Newtown Schools to Retire This Summer

Fairfield Father Takes the Helm of National PTA