CT Ed Watch

Sheff Advocates Celebrate 30 Years While Asking: Where to From Here?

CT ‘Kid Governor’ Calls for Support of LGBTQ Issues

New Haven School Suspensions Drop, but Still Unequal

Serious Infrastructure Problems at Ridgefield Schools

Will the City of Bridgeport Pay for a Bigger New Bassick?

Trumbull High Choir Headed to Lincoln Center

Well Known Former Local Educator to Head Norwich Superintendent Search

Government Shutdown Halts Progress on Fields at Western Middle School

Highland Elementary School in Cheshire Closed Tuesday to Fix Burst Pipes

Coventry School Board Updates Tuition Policy

House Democrats Bringing New Scrutiny to Education Secretary

Is There a Path to Desegregated Schools?

We’re Teaching Consent All Wrong

ELL, Hispanic Populations Trending Upwards in Norwalk Schools

Student-Shoving Achievement First Principal Leaves Post

Bristol Students, Staff Talk Equity and Inclusiveness

Dalio Takes Holistic Approach to Educational Philanthropy

Hartford Art School Hosting State Art Show

Windham Schools Planning to Recognize Bilingual Grads

Teach Kids About Climate Change? A Legislative Proposal in Connecticut Would Require It

Coventry School Spending Comes in With Low Hike

The Black Achievement Paradox Nobody’s Talking About

Educators as Ed-Tech Company Brand Ambassadors Raises Ethical, Policy Questions, Report Finds

Ed. Dept. Pushes to Reduce ‘Inappropriate’ Restraint, Seclusion in Special Education

Students Say Achievement First Amistad High’s Approach to Discipline Sacrifices their Mental Health

In Norwalk, Education Conversation Centers on Whole Student

Connecticut Earns a B+ on Chance-for-Success Index, Ranks Fourth in Nation

Auto Repair Organization Donates $10,000 to Tech Schools

Amity Middle School Students work with Grammy Winning Songwriter

New Britain Teaches Students About Staying Safe Online

Ansonia Schools Unveil New Superintendent

BOE Budget Request Would Increase Meriden School Spending by $5M

Preschool Will Cost Parents Under Vernon School Budget

Milford Schools Superintendent Proposes $95M Budget

Top New Haven Administrators Set to Retire

Bridgeport’s Roosevelt School Closed Tuesday Due to No Heat

Coventry School Officials Add Option for Three-Hour Delays

East Hampton Schools Chief Using ‘Sharpest Pencil’ to Keep Budget at $31.4 Million

Stonington School Budget Shows Small Decrease

Hayes Assigned to House Education and Labor Committee

New Haven Near-Dropouts Cross Graduation Gateway

LA Teachers Say Personal Connection, Solidarity With Students Drives Them to the Picket Line

State Lawmakers Hear From Parents and Vape Shops at Youth E-Cigarette Forum

Wintergreen Magnet Eyes Move from Hamden to Gateway’s North Haven Campus

Why US Classrooms Are Starting to Resemble Arcades

Sedgwick Students Lead Charge on West Hartford Plastic Bag Ban

The Gender Achievement Gap Starts Later for Asian-American Students

Is It Time to Kill Annual Testing?

The Truth About Bilingualism: It’s Only for Some Students

These Simple Writing Exercises Helped More Low-Income Students Pass Biology

Los Angeles Teachers’ Strike Live Updates: Demands for More Pay and More Help

Audit Puts Ansonia School Board, City Further at Odds

Greenwich Student Project on Later Start Time Finds the Jury Still Out

Coventry Students Test Out New Foods

Greenwich Board Seeks to Find New Magnet, or Any Magnet, for Western Middle School

Greenwich Students Take on Conventional Wisdom

Ridgefield Schools to Request Nearly $100 Million Budget

Five Years After Common Core, a Mysterious Spike in Failure Rate Among NY high School Students

R.I. Lawmakers Shamed by Massachusetts’ Test Scores, Vow Action

As Shutdown Continues, Some Government Workers Turn to Substitute Teaching

When the Knitting Club Meets, Troubled Hartford Teenagers Learn to Chill

Hamden Board of Education Recognizes Teachers, High School Junior as ‘Hamden Heroes’

Manchester Panel Recommends Renovating Three Elementary Schools; Martin Could Become Preschool

Norwalk Superintendent Recommends $12.8M Budget Increase for 2019-20 School Year

Shelton BOE Braces for a Potentially Painful Budget Season

Special Education Is Broken

Study: Language Barriers Can Steer Immigrant Students to STEM Courses

Absenteeism, Teacher Stress, and School Safety: School Climate Factors to Watch in 2019

Connecticut Schools Facing Substitute Teacher Shortages

Lamont Gives Bridgeport’s Harding High a Shout-Out as He Takes Office

From the Factory Floor to Classroom, Wallingford School Officials Want Retired Workers to Teach

Bristol’s Deputy Schools Chief Will Be Next Superintendent

Danbury Schools Eyeing $7.3 Million Budget Increase

2 Greenwich Students Honored in Regeneron Science Talent Search

Study Finds Increased School Bullying in Areas That Voted for Trump

How Bad Data From One District Skewed National Rankings on Chronic Absenteeism

Profs Tapped to Fix New Haven School-Choice Lottery

West Hartford’s Hall, Conard Students Team Up for Short Play Festival

Architect, City of Bristol, and Students Get to Work on Memorial Boulevard Arts Magnet School

Foundation for West Hartford Public Schools Increases Grant Limits

Meriden BOE Expected to Ask for $5M Budget Increase

Norwich Projected School Budget Deficit Shrinking

U.S. Education Industry’s Cybersecurity Lags Behind 16 Other Sectors

A Conversation With U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, an Award-Winning Teacher

Bridgeport Turns Focus on Student Attendance

Why it’s Getting Harder to Count Poor Children in the Nation’s Schools

Senator Murphy Meets With Agencies Tackling Teen Homelessness in Middletown

After 27 Years, Sue Moreau to Retire From Bristol Schools

Bridgeport Schools Computer Network Hit by Ransomware Attack

New Haven Land Trust Graduates New Crop Of Entrepreneurs

Stamford High Schools Consider Block Scheduling

New Britain Board of Education Seeks a $5M Budget Increase

West Haven Board of Education Members Tour High School Construction Site

Groton Board of Education Approves Middle School Plans

Los Angeles Braces for Major Teachers’ Strike

Teachers Elected Amid Wave of Activism Turn to Governing

When Do States Have to Release Their ESSA Report Cards?

Gates Giving Millions to Train Teachers on ‘High Quality’ Curricula

New Leaders on Legislature’s Education Committee Say Education Funding, Achievement Gap Likely Topics

Charter Lobby Still Paying for Influence

Bristol Politicians and Education Leaders Talk Special Education Costs

New Britain Students Give Teacher Fighting Cancer 12 Days of Gifts

Killingly Classrooms Left Empty After Plainfield Students Return Home

Brooklyn Schools Slash $4k in Expenses Monthly by Installing LED Bulbs

Ledyard Teacher Selected for Agricultural Educator Scholarship

Brookfield to Explore Changing School Start Times

Would Some ESSA Magic Help End the Government Shutdown?

South Windsor Schools Start Program Aimed at Addressing Students’ Mental Health

Students Return to Greenwich School After Flooding

Thousands of Copyrighted Works Will Now Be Freely Available to Teachers

Trump, Congress, ESSA and More: Six Issues to Watch in 2019

Wilton Special Education Students to Weigh in on State’s Program

Plainfield Students Return to What They Know

Bristol Invites Parents, Other Residents to Community Talk About Diversity

After Hours of Debate, New Haven Board of Ed Candidate Clears Hurdle

New Haven Magnet School Students Produce Top-Notch Newspaper

Ansonia School Funding Case Sent to Mediation

School Retention Linked to Violent Crimes in Adulthood in New Study

Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record

Segregated Hartford Schools Await Next Governor

Study Finds Charter Schools Discriminate Against Disadvantaged Students

Plainfield Students ‘Coming Back Home’

Some Newness to Education in 2018

Putnam Board of Ed Asks Legislators for Help With Unfunded Mandates

Shelton Takes on the LEGO Robot World

Concrete Bollards to Be Installed at Berlin High School

New Haven Hillhouse Students Pen Political Poetry

Westhill High School in Stamford Tagged With Warning About Maintenance

Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Magnet School’s Flaws Called Cosmetic

Region 9 School Board Frustrated by Lack of Info After Bullet Discovery

How Harry Potter Has Brought Magic to Classrooms for More Than 20 Years

The Teacher Strikes and Protests Planned for 2019

New Haven Asks Lamont to Raise $ for Bilingual Ed

Future in Flux, Hamden Interdistrict Magnet School Keeps Evolving

Wilton Schools Address Growing Vape Problem

Audit Says Norwalk Schools’ Food Service Making Strides

Trumbull Owns State We The People Crown Again

Students Give Special Performances for Local Students

Talking to Kids About Violence Can Be Difficult but Not Impossible

The School Shootings of 2018: What’s Behind the Numbers

The Heartbreaking Work of Tracking School Shootings

The Wave of Teacher Activism Has Reached Los Angeles — Where Teachers Just Announced a Strike

On ‘Teachers Pay Teachers,’ Some Sellers Are Profiting From Stolen Work

Lamont Education Ideas May Include Small School District Consolidation

More Stamford Teachers Out After Being Moved to Moldy Room in City Hall

BOE Votes in Favor of Reorganization Plan for Westport Schools

Bridgeport School Board to Tour Fairchild Wheeler’s Building Flaws

26 Bridgeport Students Surprised With Bikes for Christmas

Federal School Safety Report Draws Criticism in Connecticut

Consultant for Ansonia-Derby School Merger Study Set to Go