Month: December 2016

Disabled Children Face Bullying Throughout School Years

Connecticut Dept of Education Wants To Know What You Think

Stratford Seeks Relief From Bridgeport’s Magnet Tuition Costs

Clash Over Connecticut Schools Flares Anew

Facing a Billion-Dollar Deficit, State Calls for More Charters

Wilton Students Triumph at Mock Trial

State Paid $1.4M For Untaken Tests after Opt-Out Movement

School Enrollment Ups and Downs  

King’s Message to Trump Administration: Protect All Students

Best Teaching Colleges in CT

PEAC: Requiring Use of State Tests Would Make Evaluation Process Less Productive

New York City Moves Further Away from Evaluating Teachers Based on Multiple-Choice Tests

State Fires Back on CCJEF Ruling

Teachers Say They Know More About Common Core, but Resources, Professional Development Inadequate

Newington Students Help Grant Wishes at New Britain Shelter

Batman Study Shows Free Play, Role-Playing Can Improve Children’s Cognitive Development

Stamford Engineering Students Design Drone for Real World Design Challenge

Torrington School Board Discusses Estimated Budget Increase to Maintain Staffing, Programs

Malloy Announces Youth Homelessness Pilot Program Led by Meriden Schools

New Digital Curriculum on News Literacy Available for Schools

School Choice: Betting the Odds on Hartford Area Magnets

School Discipline in a Post-Obama World

Kaine to Serve on HELP Committee Next Congress

Superhero Mindset Man Sparks Enthusiasm for Growth Mindset at Farmington School

Poster Contest Helps New Haven Students Show Fire Safety Is for Everyone

Rep. Elizabeth Esty Urges More Support of Children in Wake of Trump Election

Avon School Board Adopts $56.3 Million Budget

Feds Launch Inaugural Teacher and School Leader Grant Competition

Washington Elementary School in West Haven to Get New Principal

Five Connecticut Schools Are National Tech Competition Finalists

Kentucky District Uses RTI-Like Approach on Social Skills

During New Haven Visit, U.S. Education Secretary Encourages Officials to Help Disengaged Youth

New Haven’s Common Ground High School Receives EPA Grant

New London Middle School Leaders Welcome New Funds for School Programs

Groton School Plan on State Priority List

Trumbull High School Wins 6th Straight “We the People” Competition

Stonington Projected Enrollment Drop Now Playing Out

Mystic Middle School Teacher Named Choral Teacher of the Year

U.S. Education Secretary Visiting New Haven and New Britain Monday

Loss of Alliance Grant Would Be ‘Tragic Step Backwards’ for Hamden Schools, Says Chief

Strengthening School Counseling Helps More Students Go to College

How Frightful Does the Weather Have to Be to Cancel School?

Colorado Considers Joining States Seeking Alternatives to Testing Consortia

Getting Students with Autism Through High School, to College and Beyond

Greenwich Middle School Students Learn the Fine Art of Weaving

Norwalk Education Budget Shortfall Sparks Debate Over Rainy Day Fund

Plainfield Schools Seek $50,000 Fund Transfer to Cover Special Ed Costs

Program at Guilford High School Challenges Students to Think Critically About World Issues

New Britain Students Get Taste of Coding

School Enrollment Projected to Decline in New Hartford Over Next Decade

CCJEF Ruling: A Violation of Federal Law? 

Educator Makes Mural Project Possible at Hartford School Lacking Art, Health Teachers

New Haven Students: Where Did Counselors Go?

New London School Superintendent Highlights Achievements, Predicts Budget Gap

In Some States, a Tug of War Over ESSA Plans

Wilton’s Head of Special Education to Retire in June

Will a Scathing Court Decision Lead to Action?

Some States Turn to the Experts, Teachers Themselves, to Improve Teacher Prep Programs

Efforts to Improve School Climate Bump Up Against Focus on Standardized Test Scores

John B. King Jr.: Supporters of Public Schools Must Put Aside Their Differences

4 Years After Sandy Hook Shooting, a Quiet Remembrance

Special Education Driving Costs and Controversies

Nearly Half of Education-Vendor Websites Tested Had Security Problems

RTI Expands, Encounters Growing Pains

Norwalk Superintendent Makes Recommendations for Revamped Facilities

College Board Faces Rocky Path After CEO Pushes New Vision for SAT

Study Examines the Power of Money in Schools

Seymour Schools Chief to Retire

Enfield School Board Votes 5-4 to Close Nathan Hale School

UCLA Study Offers ‘Counter Narrative’ on Black, Latino Male Achievement

Sandy Hook Group Calls Mental Health Bill a Victory for Their Cause

How Trump’s Education Nominee Bent Detroit to Her Will on Charter Schools

What Does a High School Diploma Prove?

Final Federal Rule Released on Identifying Racial Bias in Special Education

High ROI: Why Preschool Programs Are a Good Investment for Society

New Haven Teacher of Year Sets High Standards

As Others Grapple With Segregation, This New Jersey District Makes Integration Work

New Britain Schools Win Kudos for Absentee Decline

Larcheveque Unanimous Pick to Head Bridgeport School Board

Students Engage With Scientists at ‘Teen Science Cafes’

3 Ways for Parents, Teachers to Help Teens Interested in Science Succeed

Congress Faces Range of Education Issues in Next Session

Kid Governor-Elect Introduces Platform to Milford Board of Education

Newtown to Mark 4-Year Anniversary of Sandy Hook Massacre with 15 Minutes of Silence

Assessing Rabinowitz’s Tenure in Bridgeport

Enfield Elementary School to Welcome ‘Wreaths Across America’ Convoy

High School Tests a Non-Test Idea

Who’s in Charge? State vs. Local Control

Some Charters Not Collaborating with District Schools

Commissioner of Education Details Statewide Education Plans in Bristol

A Building Boom, Pensions Lock in Big Costs

Choosing Between Shelter and School

‘Fake News,’ Bogus Tweets Raise Stakes for Media Literacy

Annual Civil Rights Complaints to Ed. Dept. More Than Doubled Since 2008

New Haven’s Lincoln-Bassett School Aces the SBAC Math Test

Interim Torrington Superintendent to Leave; School Board Appoints Susan Lubomski for 16-Day Term

The Broken Formula for State School Aid

The State Library Board Approves Grants for High Speed Fiber Connections to the Connecticut Education Network

Final Rules for K-12 Standardized Testing Released

Thomaston Board of Education Receives CABE Level One Leadership Award

Stratford Board of Ed Approves Magnet School Tuition Fight

Middletown High School’s Career and Technical Education Department Named Top Program in Connecticut

Report: LGBT Students Still Face Discrimination at School

When Poverty Permeates Connecticut Classrooms

Lyme-Old Lyme Students Commemorate 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

Fewer School Shootings in States with Background Checks, Higher Spending on Mental Health and Schools

Once a Hartford Student, Torres-Rodriguez Named Acting Superintendent

Norwalk Fourth-Grade Textbook’s Take on Connecticut Slavery Scrutinized

Board of Education Votes to Keep Newtown Middle School Open

Madison Teacher Saves Special Education Resource

“Mr. Peace” Shares Message of Acceptance, Kindness, and Hope with New Hartford Students

Students in Hartford Take Part in Global ‘Hour of Code’

Enfield Mayor: Town Has Not Committed to School Moving Costs

New Britain High School Graduation Rate Up

Trump’s First 100 Days: Science Education and Schools

Bridgeport Names New Interim Schools Chief

Stamford Students to Participate in ‘Hour of Code’

NAACP Moves Ahead with Its Call for Moratorium on Charter Schools

U.S. Treads Water in PISA Results for Science, Math, Reading

Preschool Grants to Benefit Vernon, Manchester

Does Trump’s Win Mean the Honeymoon Is Over for GOP, School Groups?

New Haven Students Say Performance-Based Assessments a Better Measure of Learning

National Charter School Debate Roars into New Haven

Greenwich Special Ed Parents Blast Proposed Cuts

Trump’s Education Secretary Pick Says Reform Can ‘Advance God’s Kingdom’

White House Boosts CSforAll Commitments for Computer Science Education Week

Westport Students Build Tesla App

At Norwalk High School, a Road Map to the Creative Process