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Hartford School District Responds After State Review Finds Deficit Higher than Previously Reported

Seymour Students Can Opt Out as Linda McMahon’s Connecticut School Visit Moves Ahead

Literacy Review Points to Systemic Gaps, Not Program Failure, in Old Saybrook Schools

Connecticut Schools Announce Early Dismissal Friday amid Expected Heat Wave

CT School to Host Linda McMahon. Backlash Canceled 2 Previous Appearances in State.

This Skill Boosts Students’ Success but is Declining in CT Schools. One Teacher Made It Her Career

Seventeen Connecticut Schools Risk Violating Paused Desegregation Law, Report Says

Extreme Heat Closes Some Connecticut Schools Early on Thursday

A Sneak Peek Inside the New Norwalk High School, One Year Away from Opening

Weston Middle School Bomb Threat Latest in Series of Connecticut Hoaxes

Vernon Names Veteran Connecticut Educator as Interim Superintendent

Here’s What Connecticut’s New AI Law Means for Students, Teachers and Schools

Cheshire Schools Say Bus Opt-Outs Could Cut Student Transportation Costs

Branford Schools Look to Save Nearly $25K on Substitute Teachers, Paraeducators Next Year

Meet the ‘Blue-Ribbon Commission’ Tasked with Changing How Connecticut Funds Education

Meriden Celebrates Improved Reading Proficiency Scores at Elementary Schools

Norwalk Schools to Seek $3.3M in City Funds to Cover Teachers’ Health Insurance Plan

Voting ‘No’ at Budget Referendum Would ‘Eviscerate’ the Schools, North Haven Official Warns

Hartford Schools Face $29.1 Million Deficit, State Review Finds

Region 20 School Board Votes to Use Part of Surplus to Pay Down Nearly $3M Deficit from Past Year

Florida Creates a More Conservative U.S. History Course to Rival A.P.

After Years of Declines, Young Students Show Gains in Reading and Math

Congress Is Working on a New K-12 Budget. See What’s Proposed for Key Programs

House GOP Endorses Education Cuts as Talks on Trump’s Budget Begin

Trump’s Education Department is Backing Away from Addressing Civil Rights for Black Students

Schools Saw Rising Student Anxiety From Immigration Enforcement in 2025-26

New York Teachers Win Lower Retirement Age as Lawmakers Pass Pension Reforms

Stephen Colbert Saluted for Turning Late Show Guest Gifts Into Classroom Aid

Feds Issue a Slimmed-Down Data Release on U.S. Schools

How Powerful Are Teachers’ Unions? It Depends on the State

Texas School Police Pepper-Sprayed, Tackled and Tasered Students

The Minneapolis Immigration Crackdown Ended Months Ago. For These Little Kids, Trauma Remains

Teachers’ Union Urges Schools to Curb A.I. Chatbots and Screen Time

America’s Tech-Filled Classrooms are Facing a Backlash Against School-Assigned Devices

School Choice Is Creating Two Separate School Systems

White House Blocks $2 Billion for Education: See All the Affected Programs

Immigrant Students Fear Enforcement and Stay Out of School

Overworked and Understaffed: Special Ed Teachers Turn to AI for Help

The Education Department is Hiring — While It’s Being Dismantled

Lawsuit Accuses Massachusetts Schools of Segregating Students of Color in Low-Opportunity Districts