CT Ed Watch

U.S. House Bill Cuts Thousands from Connecticut’s Free School Lunch Program

At Bloomfield High: ‘You Leave A Unique, Amazing Group’

Theme of ‘Change’ Resonates Through Old Saybrook High School Graduation

Bristol Central Graduates Celebrate Their Place in History

Hartford Promise Helps Make College a Reality for Students With Dreams

CT Office of Legislative Research Report Summarizes New Laws Affecting Education

20% of Educators Say They’ve Been Sexually Harassed or Assaulted at Work

Greenwich Names Local Schools Veteran as Interim Superintendent

Making Schools Safer: Harsh Consequences, Or Second Chances?

Hartford School Board Delays Final Decision on Reduced Budget Until Next Week

Bridgeport BOE to Leave Final Budget Cuts in the Superintendent’s Lap

State Won’t Step in to Stop Stratford Academy Demagnetization

Montville Students Pitch Active Shooter Response Training for Teachers, Administrators

New Canaan High School Artists Selected to Show in Statewide Exhibitions

Gates Teacher-Effectiveness Program Shows No Gains for Students

New Britain High School Gets Sixth Principal in Five Years

How Have Obama’s K-12 Policies Fared Under Trump?

Trump Team Mulls Merger of Education, Labor Departments, Multiple Sources Say

Wood Shop Students Construct Tiny House

Amanda Powell Named Bloomfield’s Teacher Of The Year

‘Legendary’ University High School Students Look to the Future

Bridgeport Harding Alumni Say Goodbye to Their Old School

North Stonington Teacher Chosen for Library of Congress

Two Simsbury Students Among Participants at National Invention Convention

West Hartford Technology Class Successfully Launches Weather Balloon

Coventry Schools Award $11,817 in Grants

How Virtual Advisers Help Low-Income Students Apply to College

To Make Ends Meet, 1 in 5 Teachers Have Second Jobs

Nearly 750 Charter Schools Are Whiter Than the Nearby District Schools

Student Hackings Highlight Weak K-12 Cybersecurity

If DeVos Scraps the Federal Office for ELLs, Would It Matter?

Ansonia Cuts 22 Teachers in Budgetary Battle

Schools Issue Early Dismissals Ahead of Excessive Heat

At Classical Magnet in Hartford, 7 Years Ends With a Shared Identity

Goodwin College Mobile Classroom Hits the Road to Pitch Connecticut Students on Manufacturing

Teaching Kids That Connecticut History Goes Beyond White Guys

Norwalk Seventh-Grader Challenges School Dress Code

Greenwich School Board Wrestles to Define Opportunity Block

Average Teacher Salary Is Below the Living Wage in Half the Country, Report Says

For Educators Who Died on the Job, Small Town Offers Big Commemoration

Want to Improve Math Teaching? Try Coaching the Coaches

‘Live Those Dreams’ Governor Malloy Tells Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy Graduates

Barack H. Obama School Project Breaks Ground in New Haven

Winsted’s Gilbert School Names Music Educator Teacher of the Year

Westport’s Staples High to Rethink GPA Calculation

Despite a Revamped Focus on Real-Life Skills, ‘Home Ec’ Classes Fade Away

School Security Guards to Carry Guns in One Connecticut School District Beginning in the Fall

Windsor High School Graduates Told to ‘Take Care of Others’

North Stonington Seniors ‘Walkthrough’ the Past

New Haven Schools Consider Growing Student Data-Based Approach to Education

Bridgeport BOE Within Striking Distance of a Balanced 2018-19 Budget

The Controversy Over Just How Much History AP World History Should Cover

Teachers Need Better Supports to Ensure Student Success

Plainville’s First Resource Officer Coming to High School

There’s a Free Program to Feed Hungry Kids During the Summer, But Many Miss Out

Participation in AP Computer Science Principles Grows Again

Advocates Worried About Special Ed. Testing Waivers Under ESSA

Senate Education Committee Set to Consider Career, Technical Education Bill

Hartford Parents Trace Dangerous Route Their Children Will Walk Once Milner School Closes

Redistribution of Creed High School Students Could Undermine New Haven District’s Ongoing Desegregation Efforts

Windsor High School Seniors Head Back to Their Elementary Schools to Greet Younger Students

Manchester Committee Discusses Which Schools to Close, Which to Fix

Broke Bridgeport School Board Finds Money for Freshman Football at Harding

Petition Seeks No-Confidence Vote in Ansonia Schools Chief

Ashford, Eastford Students Delighted With “Nugget And Fang” Production

Where Boys Outperform Girls in Math: Rich, White and Suburban Districts

(Less) Risky Business: Survey Says Fewer Connecticut Teens Drinking, Using Drugs, Having Sex

What Other Countries Can Teach the U.S. About Teacher Professional Development

How (and Why) Ed-Tech Companies Are Tracking Students’ Feelings

‘Rock Star’ English Teacher Named Manchester’s Teacher of the Year

New Britain Schools: No Layoffs Despite Budget Uncertainty

Western Middle School Educator Named Greenwich Teacher of the Year

Fair Haven Students Play the Stock Market and Win

 

Groton Schools’ Student Art Gallery Dedicated in Memory of Late Teacher

Norwich School Board to Delay Budget Cuts Until Meeting With Attorney

Ceremony Planned for First School in State Named for Obama

Teachers Urging Lawmakers to Override Governor’s Veto of Classroom Safety Bill

Danbury’s Broadview Middle School Opens Schoolyard Habitat Garden

Seymour Board of Education Hands Out Year-End Awards

Sedgwick Middle School Students Describe West Hartford’s Teacher of the Year as an Encouraging Supporter

Ansonia Gets School Board Financials Following Court Hearing

Local Connecticut Student Heading Off to the 18th Annual Braille Challenge

Monroe BOE Approves New District Homework Policy

In Shelton, City, School Board Differ on Route to Bus Savings

Educators Scramble for Texts to Match Science Standards

What’s in ESSA’s Big Flexible-Spending Pot

Shelton to Layoff Teachers, Add Fees for Sports and Extracurriculars

Malloy Vetoes School Discipline Bill

Fasano Disagrees With Lamont, Says ECS Funding Formula Is Fair

Danbury and Ridgefield to Make Up “Micro-Burst” Days Next Year

28 Teens Graduate from Technical High School Program With 2nd Chance, New Skills

Enfield School Cited for ‘Gross Accumulations of Dirt, Dust, Cobwebs, and Debris’ to the Extent That Conditions Are ‘Unhealthful’

West Hartford School Board Seeks Detailed Impacts to Specific Start Time Changes

‘Impenetrable’ World of Student Data Brokers a Major Concern, Study Says

Nominee to Lead Civil Rights Work Under Betsy DeVos Confirmed by Senate

Ansonia Teachers Back to Work but the Concern Over Paychecks Is There

State OK’s Stamford Charter Management Firm Despite High Chronic Absenteeism Rates and Questionable Fees

Parents, Teachers Offer Input on New Milford Budget

Encountering Survivors: Eastern CT High School Students Share Lessons of the Holocaust

Janet Keffer Is Named Griswold Teacher of the Year

Suffield High Agriscience Students Honor the Fallen

Glastonbury Seniors, Staff Honored at Essence Awards

West Hartford Morley School’s 90 Years

Limit Placed on Windham High School Renovation Plan

Back Mental-Health Support, Don’t Arm Teachers, Federal School-Safety Panel Told

States Squeezed by Fiscal, Political Pressures on Funding

Ansonia BOE Won’t Close Schools Early but Won’t Pay Staff

With City Budget Finalized, Norwich School Officials Ponder Cuts

Malloy Veto of Education Funding Bill Likely Will Stand

Trump’s School Safety Commission Won’t Look at Guns, Betsy DeVos Says

Connecticut Provides Resources to Ease Transition to Kindergarten

Lawmakers, Governor Urge Towns to Help Each Other Teach Students From Puerto Rico

New Superintendent’s Shakeup Begins in New Haven

26 States Earn ‘F’ Grade on School Spending in Education Week Analysis

DeVos Tells Senator Murphy She Doesn’t Think Schools Can Call ICE on Students

Edcamps: The ‘Unconferences,’ Where Teachers Teach Themselves

Waterford’s Sophie Wang to Bring Science, Math Skills to Dartmouth

New Colchester Schools Chief Says He Wants to Learn, Listen

Rally Urges Norwich Leaders to ‘Save Our Schools’

Future Leaders Of West Hartford Participates In Junior Achievement Day

Survey Results From West Hartford Parents, Students, Staff On Start Times To Be Presented Tuesday

School Officers: Who They Are; What They Do

The Numbers That Explain Why Teachers Are in Revolt

Restaurant to Revise Gratuity Rule for Elementary Students

Bridgeport Crowns Local Spelling Bee Winner

Bridgeport BOE Eyes $2 Million More in Cuts

Malloy Vetoes ECS Bill

Meriden Public Schools to Provide Meals to All Students at No Cost

Reinvention for Bridgeport’s Bassick High School Under Way

Wallingford Embraces STEM Learning Initiative

Torrington Middle School Students Take Trip to Washington, DC

National Teacher of the Year Seeks to Go From Classroom to Congress in 5th District Race

World-Class Chef Reimagines School Lunch in New London

In Search of Workers, Connecticut Manufacturers Reach Into High Schools

Darien Board Makes Superintendent’s Resignation Official Wednesday Night

Windsor Schools Honor Educator of the Year

Emmett O’Brien Students in Ansonia Get Tool Kits for On-the-Job Training

Bridgeport’s Harding High School to Keep Name

Torrington Board of Education Accepts Superintendent’s Resignation

Half of Teenagers Online ‘Almost Constantly,’ But Fewer Use Facebook

A Third of Students Need Eye Exams, Study Finds

Students Learn How to Handle Bullies

Norwich City, School Officials Have No Answers to School Costs on Eve of Budget Vote Monday

Early-Grades Science: The First Key STEM Opportunity

Teachers Find Public Support as Campaign for Higher Pay Goes to Voters

It’s Time to Acknowledge That Strikes Work

Students Have Their Own Ideas About Standardized Tests

At Federal School Safety Commission Meeting, Lessons from First-graders on Friendships and Fist Bumps

Posted New Haven Schools Jobs Hint at Reorganization Plan

Study: Students in Only Federally Funded Voucher Program Perform Worse on Math