CT Ed Watch

Stamford Reps Want More Data on School Privatization Plan

Students Present Senior Projects at Second Annual ‘Washington Gives’ Event on MLK Day

New Norwich School Residency Officer Has Busy First Two Months

Housatonic Valley Regional High School Receives Grants to Send Students to the Galapagos Islands

Teens Care What Parents Think About Drinking

New Haven School Gets Nearly $100K in Work Without BOE Approval

Funding for New Norwalk High May Not Be Guaranteed

Trump Team Plans to Relax School Lunch Rules. Opponents Warn of ‘Junk Food Loophole’

Making Yellow School Buses a Little More Green

Parents, Teachers Push for Testing Hartford Schools for Toxic PCBs

New Research Shows Pollution and Heat Impair Learning

Hartford Mayor to State: Stop With the Segregation

New Haven Board of Ed President: “Money Matters”

West Hartford Fifth Grader Inaugurated as 2020 Kid Governor

New Haven School-Shoppers Told: See for Yourself

West Hartford Teens’ Club Aims to Brighten Future for Classmates With Autism

Grant Allows Hill-Stead Museum to Provide Free Field Trips to Students East of the River

LGBTQ Teachers Await Decision on Discrimination Protections

Long History Underlies Fight Over Religious-School Funding

CT Lawmakers Will Consider Banning Native American Mascots as 19 Public Schools Continue to Use Them

Hamden School District Still Offline in Wake of Cyberattack

Bridgeport BOE Told District Needs a $14.5 Million Increase for 2020-21

New London Firefighters and Students Bond Over Lunch

New Leader for Interdistrict School for Arts and Communication in New London

School Officials Will Take Complaints of Underfunded Vo-Ag Programs to Hartford

Local Journalism Is in Crisis. That’s a Big Problem for Education

What Do Teachers Want Most for Their Classrooms?

Here’s What Gen Z Teachers Around the World Want in Their Jobs

What Trump’s Action on School Prayer Means (and Doesn’t Mean) for Students and Educators

New Haven School Officials See Possible Benefit in CT Segregation Settlement

Hamden Public Schools Computer Network Attacked by Malware

Fairfield BOE Combs Through Budget

Torrington School Budget Frozen After Influx of Special Education Students, Costs

Manchester School Superintendent Seeks $3.3 Million Budget Hike

Among Black and White Young Adults, High School Completions Are on Par, Study Finds

Poll Points to Education as Key 2020 Issue, Especially for Democrats. But Hang On

Danbury’s $62 Million for Schools, Other Projects Could Go to Voters in Spring

Controversial Extended School Day and Year Gain Momentum at Norwalk’s Kendall School

Five High School Students From Greenwich Recognized as Top Science Scholars

Norwich School Board Approves Adding Griswold High School as a Choice

Parents Weigh in on Proposed Norwalk School Budget

Wolcott School Board Approves Cyber Security Contract

Region 6 School Board Approves Moving 6th Graders From Elementary Schools to Wamogo Regional High School

Newtown School Budget Would Cut Five Jobs

3.57 Percent Budget Increase Sought by Milford’s Schools Chief

What Does Big Tech Want From Schools? (Spoiler Alert: It’s Not Money)

Black and Hispanic Students Are Succeeding in Hard Courses. So What’s Keeping Many of Them Out?

Spanish Dominates Dual-Language Programs, But Schools Offer Diverse Options

CT Schools Helping Students Impacted by Puerto Rican Earthquakes

Washer/Dryers Eyed for Fair Haven School

Avon High Student Raises Nearly $10,000 for Pediatric Cancer Charity

Meetings This Week About Greenwich High Field Remediation, Stadium

Western Middle School Principal and Staff to Share Magnet/AVID Information at Greenwich Elementary Schools

The Questions Sex-Ed Students Always Ask

When Teachers Get Sick, Taking Leave Can Be Tough

Sheff Agreement Adds 1,000 Magnet School Seats to Ease Racial Isolation of Hartford Students

Vaping Incidents Decrease in Stamford Schools, but Problem Remains

Improv Returns to Wilton High School

Greenwich’s Eastern Middle School Overcrowding Problem Goes Back Years

Firefighters Battle CT School Bus Fires in Bethel

Norwalk Mom on Mission to Make Sure All Students Eat Lunch

Fairfield Public School Enrollment Projected to Decline

Glastonbury School Board Cuts Proposed Budget Increase by $300,000

Why the Feds Still Fall Short on Special Education Funding

What to Say to Kids When the News Is Scary

Why a High-Performing District Has Adopted Competency-Based Learning

A Quarter of Kids With Autism May Go Undiagnosed, Study Finds

This Flu Season May Be Among the Worst of Past Decade and It’s Not Peaked Yet

‘At-Promise’? Can a New Term for ‘At-Risk’ Change a Student’s Trajectory?

Wonder How Districts’ Decisions on Curriculum and Instruction Change Over Time? We’ll Soon Have Answers

New Haven Schools Accepting Puerto Rican Students Displaced by Earthquakes

CT Charter School Advocacy Group Rebrands Amid Declining Support for Charters

New Haven Schools Pay $6.4K for Video on School Choice; Critics Wonder Why

Hall High Students Fundraising for The Thirst Project

Bloomfield High School Launches Pilot Program to Help Parents Navigate High School Troubles With Their Kids

Another Hamden School Needs a New Roof

Sherman School Enrollment Continues to Decline

Danbury’s $62 Million Plan for School, Downtown

Cheshire Superintendent Seeks $76.33 Million Schools Budget

Naugatuck Names Next Superintendent of Schools

Region 4 Debates Equity, Funding, for AP and IB Testing

Proposed Stonington School Budget Shows 3.46 Percent Increase

Early Budget Projection Puts Possible Norwich Free Academy Tuition Increase at 3%

How Many English-Learners Do Districts Serve? Data Are Inconsistent

Elicker Report: Declare 2020 the ‘Year of the Whole Child’ in New Haven

Killingly BOE Votes to Restore ‘Redmen’ Mascot Previously Rejected as Racist Symbol

Bridgeport BOE Leaders: Superintendent Pick Wasn’t Planned

Officials Outline Process for Replacing Hebron School’s Pipes

Proposed $47.1 Million Brookfield School Budget Goes to Public Forum

The Game That Can Spot Preschoolers at Risk for Reading Deficits

Good Sleep Habits Are Better Than a Good Night’s Sleep for Test Performance, Study Finds

New Haven Schools Rethink Job Training, for Dalio Proposal

Secretary of State and the State Department of Education Will Distribute Display on Women’s Suffrage to Each of the State’s Towns

Simsbury High Student Makes ‘Leather’ Out of Kombucha

Children Learn, Play at New Danbury Early Education Center

Tony Orlando Sings with Groton Students, Urges Them to Dream

Weston Robotics Team Makes It to Regional Championship Event

New Wing Signals Fresh Start for Norwalk’s Ponus Ridge Middle School

Former Commissioner of Education Ted Sergi Elected Chair of Hartford Foundation Board

U.S. Schools See Surge in Number of Arabic- and Chinese-Speaking English-Learners

Should There Be a Federal Right to Education?

10 Things to Know About California’s New Data Privacy Law

Toys and a Census Pitch at Bridgeport’s Three Kings Day Celebration

Jeopardy Host Responds After Pomfret Elementary Students Send 1,000 Paper Cranes

Behind Closed Doors and Without Public Input, Bridgeport BOE Gives Interim Superintendent Three More Years

Stamford High Lunch Fundraiser About More Than Just Food

Community Service Commitment by Farmington High School Musicians

RHAM Superintendent Gives School Board Advice on 2020-21 Budget

Hebron School Water Committee to Hear Update on Replacement

Windsor Schools Name New Athletic Director

When National Security Threats Influence Education Policy and Politics

Stamford Schools Still Face Teacher Shortages at Mid-Year

More Girls in Connecticut Than Ever Are Pursuing Wrestling, One of the Fastest Growing Female Sports in the Country

Greenwich School Board Seeks Input on Cardinal Stadium Renovations

Bridgeport School Board Gets Their Committee Marching Orders

Facial Recognition Tech Discriminates. Ten Questions to Ask About K-12 Use

Warren: ‘We Are Failing on Our Country’s Promise’ to Children With Disabilities

DCF Will Overhaul the Evaluation Process for School Abuse, Neglect Complaints

Labor Dept Says IEP Meetings Qualify for Family and Medical Leave

State Teacher of the Year Honor Affords Hatch-Geary Opportunity to Have Broader Impact on Education

Dalio Education Partnership Seeks Public Feedback

New Haven Reading Coach Preps Parents

New Facility at Groton Elementary School Provides Medical, Mental Health Care Where Students Are

Burlington Teacher Receives Grant for Personal Finance Course

Manchester High School Program Is a Door to Manufacturing Career

Judge Grants Asylum to Connecticut High Schooler Whose Teachers Were Sending Him Schoolwork While Detained by ICE

Forums Set on Resources for Students Learning English in Bridgeport

Concern Grows Over Roxbury-Cloonan Merger, Part of Stamford Schools’ Public-Private Partnership Plan

State Called to Wilbur Cross School on Anonymous Complaint of Mold and Leaks

Derby-Ansonia Regionalization Meeting Canceled After 2 Members Quit

Windham Schools Saw a Year of Upheaval

With Participation in Federal Program, Naugatuck Schools See Big Increase in Number of Meals Served This School Year

Susie Da Silva Named Ridgefield’s New Superintendent

New Fairfield Picks Project Manager for School Construction

Learn About Greenwich’s Magnet Schools at Open Houses

What School Could Be If It Were Designed for Kids With Autism

10 of the Most Popular Stories About Education Research in 2019

Chief Justice Warns That ‘Civic Education Has Fallen By the Wayside’

Education Spending: What Democratic Candidates Want vs. Reality, in Charts

Hartford Teachers Demand Testing for PCBs

Stamford School Laborers Protest Building Privatization

Composting Comes to Greenwich Public Schools

PJ Day for Children’s Hospital Aided Greatly by Enfield Schools

Wilton High School Student Wins Congressional App Challenge

Andover Official Sees Large Increase in RHAM Spending Ahead

Greenwich School Board Takes on Nearly $200M Budget Plan

About Half of CT Students Reach Grade Level or Better on New Science Test

School Security Guard Out to Warm Bridgeport Youth

Stamford Academy, the City’s Charter High School, Set to Close

Middletown to Dedicate Performing Arts Center to Beloved Music Teacher This Weekend