CT Ed Watch

Lamont Backs Off ‘Forced’ School Consolidation; Needleman Pitches Bill to Allow Easier Cooperation

Meriden Middle School Students Missing School Due to Flu, Other Illnesses

Coming Soon to New Haven Schools: Play

Reconciliation Elusive in Norwalk School Board-NAACP Rift

ArtBeat Show Features Works of West Hartford Students

Yes We Can … Consolidate New Haven Schools?

Few Attend Forum on Windham Schools

Bridgeport School Budget Forums Set

Catching Up on a Federal Rule Involving Bias in Special Education

6 Steps for Districts: Preventing and Cleaning Up Cyberattacks

Rep. Hayes Brings Anti-Gun Message to the Steps of Her Former High School in Waterbury

New School Regionalization Plan Aims to Maintain ‘Home Rule’

Not All Are Pleased With Norwalk School Start Times Process

District 19 Wants to Fix Roof at E.O. Smith

New Wheeler Middle/High School Open for Business

New Haven BOE Member Seated as District Considers Co-Locating Schools

Effort Launched To Revolutionize Early Childhood Ed In New Haven

Middle School Students in Mansfield Part of Youth Climate Strike

Girl Scouts in Greenwich Bond at Diversity Event

Art News Abounds in Greenwich

New Haven Weighs School Change 3.0

Education Bills Being Considered by the CT Legislature

New Haven Students Aim for 2-Language “Seal”

Judge Rules Magnet School Discrimination Case Belongs in Federal Court

Connecticut Students to Dig into Trench Warfare and the State’s Role in World War I During Trip to France

Hartford, New Haven Schools Slow to Respond to FOI Test

When The News Is Scary, What to Say to Kids

Schools Collect Tons of Student Information. Deleting It All Is a Major Challenge

Lawmakers Propose Resolution Against Arming Teachers

 

New Haven Has Its Eye on State Bills on Recess, Special Ed, Black History

Bridgeport BOE: Seeking What District Needs to Survive

Scam Uses Vernon’s Athletic Program to Get Donations

Danbury Students Learn About Fire Safety, Firefighting

BoE Approves Windham Schools Budget

Building Teens Into Strong Readers — By Letting Them Teach

What Climate Change Might Mean for Test Scores

School Districts Are Banning Teachers From Using DonorsChoose

New Tech Aims to Help Schools Preserve Text Messages as Public Records

Roton Middle School Students Push Diversity on Norwalk’s Heritage Wall

Connecticut Educators, Counselors Say the College Admissions Scandal Hurts All Students

Norwalk Students Get Ready for STEM Fair

No Quick Fix Seen for Looming New Haven Schools Deficit

East Haven BOE Leader Wants State to Probe Grant ‘Discrepancy’

Schools Grapple With Student Depression as Data Show Problem Worsening

These Students Are Doing PD With Their Teachers. Their Feedback Is Candid

Why Lunch, Exercise, Sleep, and Air Quality Matter at School

Principals Dealing With Hostility and Division in the Age of Trump, Survey Shows

Paul Bunyan Acquitted: Chief Justice Presides Over Bridgeport 5th Graders’ Mock Trial

Greenwich Honors 26 Students Who Teach Lessons in Helping Others

Norwich Free Academy Students Learn the Hazards of Texting While Driving

Music Program Asks Winchester Community to Adopt-an-Instrument

New Haven School Board Dumps Data Consultant

Bill That Reiterates Connecticut’s Religious Exemption to Vaccines Advances

Committee Cuts $915,000 from Meriden School Board’s Budget Request

CT Judge Reads to Students in Wallingford School

CT Withholds Local Measles Vaccination Data

Scientific Success: 4 Greenwich High Students Head to Nationals

Forum in New Britain Talks Education Issues

West Hartford Student Honored For Volunteer Work

The Trump Administration Really Wants to Cut Education Funding. Congress Doesn’t.

Sackler Family Opioid Fortune Backed CT Charter Schools

School Regionalization Bills Sow Confusion, Spread Fear

Bridgeport Seventh-Grader Earns First Place in Connecticut Spelling Bee

Students at Northeast Middle School in Bristol Learn About Engineering

In Hartford, Brooklyn Boy Issues a Challenge for Students in the Knitting Club

Tolland to Replace Crumbling Foundation of Birch Grove Primary School

Cheshire School Board Considers Lowering School Building Fees

The Consequences of Teen Motherhood Can Last for Generations

DeVos Illegally Delayed Special Education Rule, Judge Says

Research Scholars to Air Problems With Using ‘Grit’ at School

Gates Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Asked for Big New Education Ideas. Here’s What They Got.

Textbooks Alone Don’t Boost Test Scores, Study Says

‘More Than Zero!’ Waterbury Teachers Protest Pay Freeze

A Flash Course in Engineering Sparks Excitement in Bridgeport

Weather Station Offers Real-Life Science Lessons at Old Greenwich School

Greenwich High Changes Tactics on Vaping

Parents Told to Tackle Issues Head-on in First Forum After Danbury Teen’s Suicide

West Hartford Middle School Students Making Blankets for Project Linus

Bristol Board of Ed Honors Students in Art and Music

Greenwich Recoups Money Spent on Repairs After School Floods

Mathletes from Greenwich High Win County Title for 10th Year in a Row

Five to Vie for Bridgeport School Board Vacancy

Cromwell Hires Interim Superintendent, May Eliminate Assistant Position

East Lyme Board of Selectmen Unanimously Approves Budget

Westport Staples Principal Announces Resignation

Only 16 States Still Share Common-Core Tests, Survey Finds

What Tests Does Each State Require?

The Stigma of Choosing Trade School Over College

Millennials Are the Most Diverse Generation, But the Teaching Force Hasn’t Caught Up, Analysis Finds

Students Press for Bills Requiring African American, Puerto Rican History to Be Taught in Connecticut High Schools

Parents Press for a Law Requiring More Recess for Elementary School Students

Bristol Teachers Union Joining Drive to Reduce Disruptive Student Behavior

Connecticut Lawmakers Want to Consolidate School Districts to Save Money, but a Lot of Parents Aren’t Having it. Here’s Why.

CT Charter Schools Earn Renewals, Despite Flaws

State Will Allow Ansonia School Funding Deal

Chess Champ from Greenwich High Sets a Winning Strategy

EdAdvance Makes Proposal for Main Street School in Plymouth

One-Fourth of K-12 Math Instruction Occurs Digitally, Survey Suggests

Fair Haven School Revamps Bilingual Ed

Danbury High Schoolers Take Over as Teachers

Committee Focuses on Norwalk School Counselors’ Roles

Sharon, Cornwall Students Now Part of Civic Life Project’s Programs

Toothbrushes and Floss Containers Become Playground at Southington School

Brookfield Approves Building New Huckleberry Hill School

West Hartford Superintendent Pitches $169.1 Million Budget — a 2.89 Percent Increase

Most 2018 Teacher Protests Led to Big Boosts in School Funding – But Not Enough to Make Up for Earlier Cuts

National School Boards Association Pushes for Federal Special Education Law Overhaul

Hebron Students Read for a Good Cause

Short Renewals Recommended for Bridgeport and Stamford Charter Schools

Students Take to Trade Careers

At Shelton’s Mohegan School Students Embrace Kindness Campaign

A Cheaper, Quicker Approach to Social-Emotional Learning?

1.7 Million Students Attend Schools With Police But No Counselors, New Data Show

We’ve Never Found So Many Homeless Students Before. That’s Bad and Good

Ex-Microsoft CEO (No, Not That One) Giving Big to K-12

Hundreds Turn Out for Regional School Hearing, Most in Opposition

Zug Found Under Rug in New Haven

Four Windsor Art Students Win Awards, 3 With Scholarships

Windsor Locks School Board Approves Budget With 7% Increase

South Windsor School Board OKs $76M Budget Proposal

In Many Charter High Schools, Graduation Odds Are Slim

4 Unusual Perks for Teachers That Districts Are Trying Out

Opponents of School Regionalization to Descend on Capitol

Students, Staff From Norwalk’s Nathan Hale Middle Help Longtime Educator Mark 100th Birthday

Wolcott Pushes Back on School Regionalization Proposals

Haddam Parents Fight to Keep Elementary School Open

Hamden Teachers Left Out of School Diversity Discussion

North Branford Teacher Wins National Fulbright Teachers’ Grant

New Haven Students Perform Sister Act

New Haven Parents Probe Roots of School Budget Challenge

Controversial Photo Prompts Cultural Education Programs in Simsbury Schools

School Board Approves 3.6% Budget Increase

Science Curriculum Reviews Are Out, and Results Aren’t Great

Legislature’s Bipartisan Working Group Keeps Spotlight on School Security

Hartford High Inspires Students to Make Connections With Local Leaders This Black History Month

Haddam-Killingworth Residents Blast School Closing, Lack of Transparency

Hamden Student Teaches Her School About Black History Month

Sandy Hook Program Tells Seymour Students to Look for Warning Signs

Ansonia and School Board Settle Their Suits

Betsy DeVos to Pitch New Tax Credit to Support School Choice Programs

Is Your School District Ready for the Next Recession?

Education Donors Shift Priorities, Survey Suggests

Lamont Pledges his School Regionalization Plan Is All About Carrots, Not Sticks

Lamont Economic Development Strategy: Teacher Recruitment, Retention “Most Important Thing”

Jahana Hayes on Her Improbable Road to Congress

Makerspace Offers Hands-On Lessons for Andover Elementary Students

Litchfield’s Wamogo Regional High School Installs Vaping Monitors

20 Employees Cut in $118M Westport Schools Budget

Bridgeport School Bus Company: Drivers Need Clean Records

Why White School Districts Have So Much More Money