CT Ed Watch

53 New Haven Teacher Positions Will Not Be Eliminated

A Split School Board Picks Adult Education Director as Interim Bridgeport Schools Chief

Local Organization Wants Parents to Know About Free Summer Meal Programs

New Haven School Chief’s Future in Doubt

New Haven Public Schools Deputy Superintendent Resigns

New Haven Student Wins National History Prize

East Windsor Voters Approve Up to $260,000 to Close School Board Deficit

Enfield School Board Taps Hartford Assistant Principal for Eli Whitney

Tentative Pact Between Gilbert School, Winchester Public Schools in Danger

Helping Teenagers Feel ‘Connected’ to School Yields Benefits 20 Years Later

Schools Are Rethinking Classroom Design to Encourage Collaboration, Creativity

Young Teachers May Be ‘Digital Natives’ But Need Support in Using Tech, Studies Find

Your Guide to Education in the Democratic Debate: Charter Schools, Teacher Pay, and Betsy DeVos

Biden’s Segregation Comments Resurrect His Anti-Busing History

See Where Teachers Got Pay Raises This Year

Amid Racial Divisions, Mayor’s Plan to Scrap NYC Elite School Exam Fails

 

Alexa, Tell Us What You Think of Voice-Activated K-12 Learning

 

Griswold Elementary School 8-Year-Old Writes, Illustrates Novel

 

Alternatives Floated to New Haven Teacher Cuts

West Hartford Middle School Teacher Awarded Frank McCourt Teaching Prize

 

Sensory Hallway Offers Griswold Students an Energy Outlet

Mansfield Teacher’s Passion for Iditarod Garners Honor

Hebron Students Use Lathes, Milling Machines in Manufacturing Class

PTO at Southington School Has Been Hard at Work Trying to Win the 2019 Colgate & ShopRite Recycled Playground Challenge

Proposed Stamford Teaching Chief Uses Data to Boost Student Performance

Norwalk Board Appoints Two Principals, Director of School Improvement

Stamford Principal Expected to Receive Big Promotion

Teaching in the U.S. Should Be More ‘Intellectually Attractive,’ Global Expert Says

Suicide Rate Among Adolescents at Highest Point Since 2000

Barack Obama Says Education Reform Isn’t a ‘Cure-All.’ Is That a Flip-Flop?

International Survey Highlights Teachers’ Joys, Challenges

 

As Connecticut’s High School Athletics Transgender Policy Comes Under Scrutiny, Here’s What You Need to Know

 

Hartford Public Schools Will Pay Incoming Ninth-Graders to Attend New Summer School Program

 

Manchester High School Considers Changing Mascot

 

Social Studies Teacher Chosen as Southington’s 2019-2020 Teacher of the Year

 

Accuracy of Districts’ Reports Questioned as More Than a Third of CT Schools Report Zero Restraints, Seclusions 

Child Welfare: CT Ranks High in Education, Lower in Economic Well-Being

New Haven School Deficit Review Committee Seeks Cuts

A Grow-Your-Own Teaching Program in Bridgeport Still Germinating

Stamford Westhill High School Group Launches Political App

 

Stonington Schools Offering New Courses

Funding Approved for Two Montessori classrooms in Norwalk

Search for Interim Bridgeport Schools Superintendent Creates Drama

Hamden Fifth-Grader’s Wearable Straw Invention Earned National Award

Tolland Council Mulls Over How to Use $568,966 in Unanticipated State Aid

Cheney Technical High School Grads Head for Real World of Work, More Learning

Graduates Look Back and Ahead: Somers High Students Urged to Stay True to Themselves

East Hartford High School Seniors Graduate as ‘the Smartest Class in the Past 10 Years’

Bolton Grads Focus on Power of Spreading Happiness

Windsor High School Graduates 269 to ‘Do Good in This World and Do Well’

West Hartford Conard Grads Told to Seek Outrage, Laughter

Southington High School’s Class of 2019 Celebrates Their ‘Knighting Day’

South Windsor High School’s 311 Graduates Accrued a Long List of Achievements

Community Encourages Plainville High School’s Class of 2019 to Find Their Happiness

Bill and Melinda Gates Launch Lobbying Shop

Hartford School Board Extends Superintendent Torres-Rodriguez’s Contract Through 2022

Hebron School Board Chairwoman Resigns at Time of Change for District

Amy Klobuchar Would Focus Heavily on Education Civil Rights in First 100 Days of Presidency

CT Bullying Law Flawed, Review of Records Shows

Hartford Promise Scholarship Program to Receive New England Higher Education Excellence Award

Berlin High School Seniors Reflect on Past, Look Toward Bright Future

 

Bloomfield Teacher Retired 21 Years Ago, but Returned to Classroom Three Months Later; She’s Still at It

CT International Baccalaureate Academy Grads Urged to Stay True to Themselves

Outpouring of Gratitude for Interim Greenwich Superintendent

Tolland Creates Scholarship in Name of 2016 Grad Who Died in Crash

Vernon Grads Shaped by Inclusiveness, Ability to Adapt

Greenwich Scholarship Association Presents $500,000 to 122 Students, Minus the Fanfare

Schools’ Racial Makeup Can Sway Disability Diagnoses

Debate Not Over on Sharing Teacher Pension Costs with Towns

CT Joins College Board’s Nationwide Scholarship Program

Former New Haven Hillhouse Teacher U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes Addresses Graduates

Wilbur Cross High School Graduates 388 in New Haven

Simsbury High an ‘Extraordinary Stepping Stone’ for 2019 Graduates

Wethersfield Board of Education Makes Final Budget Cuts

After 19 Years and 15 Superintendents, Kim Eves Celebrated at Greenwich BOE

Change for Mill Hill Plan Approved by Fairfield School Board

Hebron Selectmen OK Adding Police at Both Elementary Schools

Former Torrington Schools Superintendent Up for Interim Superintendent Position in Bridgeport

New Haven Ed Board Eats Out — & Opens Up

Districts Could Get $14 Billion More This Fall. Here Are Five Ways They Might Spend It

List of Racially Unbalanced Schools Released by State

Saving CT Children From Cycle of Trauma

New Haven Board of Ed Convenes Committee to Mitigate Deficit

West Hartford’s Hall High School Honors 2019 Graduates With ‘a Joyous Occasion’

Education Bill Could Give New Haven Magnet Schools Two Years Relief

East Lyme Education Board Follows Through on Cuts, Eliminates Middle School Basketball

Bridgeport Superintendent to Take Job at University of Bridgeport

Cromwell Picks Macri as School Superintendent

Why Unpaid School Meal Bills Cause Heartburn for Administrators

Manchester Board of Education to Vote on Whether to Change ‘Indian’ Mascot

Glastonbury School Board Adds a Kindergarten Teacher at Hopewell Elementary School Due to High Enrollment

Several Eastern CT Students Participate in National Invention Convention

New Haven Teachers Union Pitches Buyouts

Groton Board of Education to Vote on Closing Another School

Digital Surveillance and School Safety: 5 Things Administrators Need to Know

Homeless Students’ Struggles Come Into Sharper Focus Under ESSA

Hamden Special Ed Parents Decry Uncertainty

Classical Magnet High School Graduation Celebration a Mix of Laughter and Calls to Action

Coach: Bridgeport School Sports Hurt by Board Donation to Youth League

A Sixth Finalist Invited to Vie for Bridgeport Interim Schools Chief

Politicians: Branford Schools Fare Well Under State Budget

Few Student Board Members Can Vote. Should That Change?

Money, Data, Security: The Biggest Challenges Facing K-12 Tech Leaders

New Haven School Board Stops Teacher Transfers

Norwalk Students Help Promote Plastic Bag Ban

Groton Teachers Awarded Grants to Travel Abroad

Democrats Once Proposed Tripling Charter Schools. Here’s What’s Changed

How Do You Teach Kids About Texting? Bring in the Teenagers

Is the Nation’s Rising Graduation Rate Real?

‘Homework Gap’ Shows Millions of Students, Including Those in Hartford’s North End, Lack Home Internet

Better Schools Won’t Fix America

What Education-Related Bills Did Connecticut Lawmakers Pass?

Holly Shurtleff Named as Stonington Schools Educator of the Year

Research Shows Lower Test Scores for Fourth Graders Who Use Tablets in Schools

More Money for Teacher Salaries, School Construction, and Low-Income Students Does Make a Difference

Schools Reckon With Social Stress: ‘I’m on My Phone So Much’

Milford High School Students Publish Books of Short Stories

Torrington Budget Keeps Tax Rate Level, Creates “Very Challenging” Scenario for Schools

Stamford’s Rippowam Middle School Celebrates Diversity

Greenwich High School to Host Model UN Summer Camp for Second Year

Pasta Dinner Saturday to Help Family of School Bus Driver

Free Kindergarten Camp Offered in Enfield

Suffield Taps Glastonbury Educator as Special Services Director

Taking the Future of Manufacturing into High Schools

Want Teachers to Motivate Their Students? Teach Them How to Do It

New Haven Students Walk Out With Pleas to Save Teaching Positions

Sen. Flexer’s Last-Ditch Effort to Shine Light on Administration of Dalio Grant

New London School Superintendent Announces Sweeping Changes in Administrative Roles

Screening Showcases New Milford Students’ Films

Education Funds for Migrant Children Cut

What Researchers Wish They Knew About School Finance

Towns to Receive Extra $116 Million in ECS in New State Budget

See How Your Town Fares in the New CT Budget

State Budget Averts Massive Teacher Pension Payment

Bill Requiring More Minority Teachers in Connecticut Schools Goes to Lamont

Speaker Defends Exemption for Panel Overseeing Dalio Investment in Schools

East Hartford Teacher of the Year Finally Can’t Refuse the Honor

School on a Snow Day? South Windsor’s Board of Education Is Considering a ‘Snow Day Scholar’ Program

Sobering Stories for Putnam High School Students

Manchester Voters Approve School Renovations

Stafford School Board to Increase Use of Technology

Hebron Town Meeting OKs $1.2 Million School Lead Fix

School Children Will Be Able to Apply Their Own Sunscreen Under Bill That Cleared the House

Suffield School Board OKs Pay-to-Play for High School Sports

School Budget Cuts Could Eliminate Freshman Sports, Increase Class Sizes in Wethersfield

Big Disconnect Between How Much Money K-12 Gets and How Fairly It’s Spent

Map: How Much Money Each State Spends Per Student

Panel Overseeing Dalio’s Investment in CT Schools Would Be Exempt From Ethics, Disclosure Laws

New Haven Students, Parents, and Educators Rally Against Cuts to Teaching Positions

Bridgeport School Board to Meet on Budget and Interim School Chief Selection