Month: July 2017

Tens Of Thousands More Women And Minorities Are Taking Computer Science

Connecticut Has One of the Best School Systems in the U.S.

NFA Science Teacher Will Bring Her Arctic Excursion to the Classroom

Start of School in Torrington Could Be Delayed as Officials Wrangle With Lack of State Budget

Wilton Extended School Year Helps Sustain Summer Learning

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo Celebrates Books and Beasts

Trump Ed. Dept. Changes Process for ESSA Feedback

Darien Launching New Student Behavior Policies

States Adopt STEM Seals for High School Diplomas

NAACP: School Choice Not the Answer to Improving Education for Black Students

At ‘Freedom’ Summer School, Hartford Students Get Immersed in Literacy and Liberty

Are Connecticut, Other States Taking the Trump Ed. Dept.’s ESSA Critiques to Heart?

U.S. Children Gain Ground in Home Supports, Federal Data Show

Why the Myth of Meritocracy Hurts Kids of Color

West Rock STREAM Academy in New Haven Keeps its Garden Growing

Connecticut State Police Hold Back to School Supply Drive

Plainfield Schools Starting All-Day Kindergarten

Madison Songwriter Produces Musical Aimed at Stopping Bullying

NAACP Report: Charter Schools ‘Not a Substitute’ for Traditional Public Schools and Many Need Reform

Danbury Teen Entrepreneur Awarded $10,000 Grant for Ice Cream Invention

Amistad a Floating Classroom for Teens

In D.C. Rally, Hundreds Protest Trump’s Planned Cuts to Education

Hartford’s Departing School Choice Leader Says Sheff Goals Should Be Expanded

Partnership-Oriented Approach to School Improvement Showing Dramatic Improvements in Buffalo

Hartford Teen Explores Talents Through ‘Diversity of Dance’ Program

New Class Leads to Big Gains in Number of Girls, Minorities Taking AP Computer Science Exams

The Next Generation Science Standards’ Next Big Challenge: Finding Curricula

North Stonington Waiting on State Aid to Pass Town Budget

CT Voices for Children Touts Early Childhood Education Program Effectiveness

Oklahoma Teacher Panhandles to Raise Money for School Supplies

Education Reform: CT Clarifies Plan Before Sending It to the Feds

Trumbull Celebrates Student Achievement

House Panel Cuts Education Budget, but Not Nearly as Much as Trump

States’ Top Teachers Went to Capitol Hill to Lobby for Education

Despite Opposition, State Board of Education Approves Costly Charter School Expansion in Bridgeport

House Lawmakers Cast a Critical Eye on ESSA Oversight

State Senators Join Charter School Expansion Fight

Take A Deep Breath It’s Back To School Time!

Trump’s Education Budget in Under 60 Seconds

Technology Can Be a Tool, a Teacher, a Trickster

Prospects Seem Dim for Trump School Choice Initiative This Year

Trickle-Down Effect: State Budget Struggle Creates Hiring Freeze in Ridgefield

Connecticut Standardized Test Scores Show Improvement in Math, Dip in Reading Skills

Hartford Highlights Broadband ‘Homework Gap’

Charter School Expansion Plans Could Deepen Bridgeport’s Red Ink

Teens Get Crash Course in Becoming a State Trooper

Building Confidence and Drones in Shelton

Bridgeport School Board Sets New Course

No Budget, No Summer Jobs For More Than 1,000 Students Around Connecticut

Southington Meeting to Address Reviving Middle School Sports

Like Trump Budget, House Funding Bill Strips Out $2 Billion for Teacher Training

Education Department Staffing Has Plummeted Over Time, Report Finds

Fresh Food Comes to Bridgeport’s East Side

Guilford Schools Chief Receives Contract Extension, Pay Raise

‘STEM Deserts’ in the Poorest Schools: How Can We Fix Them?

Special Educators Head to Capitol Hill With ‘Sense of Urgency’

New Haven Schools Court Teachers to Come to the City and to Stay

Connecticut Technical High School Summer Manufacturer’s Academy Teaches Real Skills

New Fairfield School Board Chairman Resigns

Norwalk Educators Develop New Strategies for Dyslexia

Proposals in Conn. to Scale Back Early Childhood Care Raise Concern

DeVos’s Hard Line on New Education Law Surprises States

North Haven Organization Helping Connecticut School District Develop Strategies for Dyslexia

CT Has One of the Nation’s Best Student-Teacher Ratios

CT Joins Suit Against DeVos’ Delay of Rule Protecting Student Borrowers

Superintendent of Newtown Schools to Retire This Summer

Fairfield Father Takes the Helm of National PTA

Parents Complain as Norwalk Assistant Principal Is Given New Assignment

New Haven Ed Board Leader Daisy Gonzalez Dies

Students’ Test Scores Tell Us More About the Community They Live in Than What They Know

Conn. LGBT Activists: Bullying Can Lead to Teen Suicides

AI Is Making It Extremely Easy for Students to Cheat

​​​​​​​The Diminishing Role of Art in Children’s Lives

Just Having Data Changes How Schools Make Decisions. But Should It?

Bullying’s Hidden Cost: Schools Lose Millions of Dollars When Kids Stay Home

LeVar Burton, Literacy Advocate and DeVos Critic, Wins NEA Award

Education Reform: Feds Find Connecticut’s Plans Lacking

New Proposed Plan to Hire and Retain More Minority Teachers in Connecticut

Fairfield Schools Select New Special Education Director

Bridgeport’s Harding High Students to Get Laptop Upgrade

Greenwich Positioned to Be ‘a Real Leader’ in Gifted Education

Bridgeport Ponders Magnet School Changes

Norwich Summer School Cancelled After State Legislators Fail to Pass Budget

Law Puts New Emphasis on Gifted Education in Connecticut

Fairfield Parent to Head National PTA

At Big-City Charter Schools, More Teachers See Unions as an Option

Program Pays it Forward With North End Chess Lessons

Suburban Magnet Schools Stand by Decisions on Enrolling Students Outside Lottery

Consultants Play a Large Role in Greenwich Public Education