CT Ed Watch

CT Court Upholds State’s School Vaccine Requirements

Hartford Schools Hire New CFO as District Confronts $35 Million Budget Deficit

Connecticut Superintendents Meet to Set Tone for New School Year

Danbury Schools Link High Student Absenteeism to Immigration Enforcement Fears: ‘Tumultuous Start’

More than 600 Special Education Leaders, Students Gather in Hartford to Help Strengthen Programming

Newtown Begins Using Stop-Arm Cameras on all 56 School Buses

Wallingford Mayor Urges District to Drop Classrooms, Pool from ‘One High School’ Project

Threatening TikTok Trend Prompts Increased Police Presence At School In West Haven

Wethersfield School Building Committee To Review Over $214K In Highcrest Project Invoices

Some CT School Districts to Begin Giving Out Bus Passes, Offering Students a Free Ride

Teaching 9/11 to a Generation Born After the Attacks

Enfield Voters to Decide on $511 Million School Renovation Project in November

Bridgeport Schools Move Closer to Adding Eid al-Adha as Districtwide Holiday

Special Education in CT Facing a Funding Crisis, State Comptroller Says. He Has a Solution

Lines Finally In Place On Road Leading To Schools In Vernon

Only Half of CT Students Pass Physical Fitness Test. ‘When It Comes to Fitness, We are Failing’

New Haven Parents Demand Answers Over Mold and Leaks at Connecticut School

Connecticut Schools and Police Train for Swatting Threats After Wave of Hoax Calls

Stamford’s New Schools Chief Shares Approach to Leadership, Trust and Putting Children First

‘Students Suffer the Consequences’: CEA Reports 271 Fewer Teachers, Positions

FBI to Springfield: School Cyber Attack Included Data Breach, Maybe Social Security Numbers

Districts Expand Cellphone Bans to Target AI Smart Glasses. Why It Matters

Building Problems Forced Students to Lose 3.5 Million Days of Learning in 2024-25

What ‘Returning Ed. to the States’ Looks Like as the Ed. Dept. Awards Grants

What Happens When a Data Center Is Built Near a School?

In an Age of Instant Answers, Educators Say There’s a Case for Letting Kids Struggle a Little

Trump Admin. Touts Ed. Dept.’s Help for States as It Tries to Shut It Down

Special Education Head at Education Department Abruptly Resigns

How Every US State Approaches 9/11 History in Schools

State Education Board Finalizes Anti-Islamic Rewrite of Texas Social Studies Lessons

Americans’ Satisfaction with Schools is at a Low Point, New Gallup Poll Shows

Most States Prompt Schools to Teach About 9/11, But the Details Differ, AP Finds

New York, Los Angeles Restrict Student AI Use. Will Other Districts Follow?

AI Curriculum Model to Pilot in Springfield School, Not Without Teacher Pushback

Ed. Dept. Releases Data on Schools’ Racial Disparities Months Late

New Federal Guidance Could Roll Back Special Ed. Transition Services

As Millions of Kids Lose SNAP Food Benefits, Free School Meals are Also at Risk

Justice Department Sues Kansas School System Over Policies on Transgender Students

No AI Until High School: NYC Schools Announce Major Classroom Technology Overhaul

Bill Gates’ Stark Warning on AI in Education: It Could Result in ‘People Learning Less’