Month: September 2017

CT Supreme Court Grapples With Its Role Addressing Poverty in the Classroom

U.S. Supreme Court to Again Take Up a Case on Public-Employee Union Fees

Lesson Learned: Hartford Asks for Parent Voice in School Closure Talks

School Leaders Confront Teachers’ Classroom Crowdfunding

Middletown School Board Member Seeks Audit of ‘Questionable Practices’

Study: Hartford Childhood Obesity, Though Down, Double National Average

Why Spending on Schools Could Take a Hit Through the GOP Tax Proposal

If Your Teacher Looks Likes You, You May Do Better in School

Teachers Tell Malloy: No Teacher Tax

Court Hears School Funding Case Amid Discord Over Education Aid

Flat Funding Bridgeport Schools Called Institutional Racism

The State of CT’s Public Schools in Charts

Connecticut Schools Prepare for Potential Influx of Puerto Rican Students

Bridgeport Mayor: City Contribution to Schools’ Budget Will Be Depleted by Month’s End

Presidential Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

Which States Are Friendliest to Teachers?

Sending Parents Useful Information About Attendance, Course Progress Has Big Effects, Social Scientists Find

Norwalk Teachers Protest Secret Teacher Tax

Bridgeport Magnet School Rules Still Debated

Connecticut, Nation Taking More Advanced Placement Tests

Bridgeport’s Flooded Warren Harding High Set to Reopen on Wednesday

Stonington Committee Floats Idea of Merging Middle Schools

9th Grade GPA May Be the Most Important Predictor of High School Success. Here’s How

Shelton Expected to Extend Superintendent Contract

Glastonbury School Board OKs Moving Special Education Program to Eastbury

Combating Stress: Greenwich Students Exercise Mindfulness in the Moment

Concerns About CT Students Copying NFL National Anthem Protests

Old Newington School Bus Transformed into Technology Lab

Trump Wants Education Dept. to Direct $200 Million to STEM, Computer Science

New SAT Yields Higher Scores, But Don’t Be Fooled

Inside ESSA Plans: What Are States Doing About Goals and Timelines?

Connecticut Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Education Case

Wallingford-Based CT STEM Academy Receives $100k Grant to Expand Programming

As Sheff V. O’Neill Case Persists, Frustrations Grow Over Minority Students Left Out of Magnet Schools

Inside ESSA Plans: How Are States Looking Beyond Test Scores?

Girls on the Run After-School Program Aims at Empowerment

Hartford Schools Pick Firm to Oversee Response to Child Advocate Report

Norwalk Education Officials Eagerly Await Budget Resolution

New Milford Honors Teacher of the Year

Walker Signs Wisconsin Budget, Leaving Conn. as Last State Without a Budget

Children’s Sleep Problems Linked to Attention Disorders

Do Schools’ ‘Active-Shooter’ Drills Prepare or Frighten?

Not Everyone Likes Their State’s ESSA Plan. Here’s Why That Matters.

Malloy Blasts Republican Education Budget as ‘Hot Mess’

Teachers Are Quitting Because They’re Dissatisfied. That’s a Crisis, Scholars Say

Poor Test Performance Tied to Time of Month Families Run Low on Food Stamps

Middletown Hires Milford Educator as New Superintendent of Schools

Future of 3 Madison Elementary Schools Uncertain

Bristol Mayor Says School Board Leaders Should Resign Over Deficit

Hundreds of Advocates Tell Betsy DeVos: Don’t Toss Civil Rights Regulations

Child Poverty Persists in CT: State and Federal Budget Cuts Could Make It Worse

Local Officials Continue to Worry About State Budget Stalemate

State Education Funding to Be a Battleground in Budget Dispute

Here’s What the Latest Push to Repeal Obamacare Could Mean for Schools

Nominee for Top Education Dept. Attorney: I’d Tell Officials to Follow ESSA

New Documentary Explores ‘the Digital Divide’

Bridgeport Schools Would Be Flat-Funded Under Republican Budget

Colchester Teacher Says Students Need Physical Education

Infighting Puts New Haven Superintendent Search on Hold

Rivalries, Political Infighting Marked States’ ESSA Planning

Shifting Demographics Spur Debate on School Funding

Betsy DeVos Waiting for ‘Right Time,’ Circumstances for a Choice Initiative

Hartford Promise Scholars Find Success in First Year of College

Wethersfield Third Grader Collecting Blankets for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center

Middletown Board Plans to Announce New Superintendent Monday

Greenwich Teacher Travels to Europe to Promote New Album

Teachers in U.S. Paid Nearly 60 Percent Less Than Other Professionals, Report Finds

Colchester Schools Getting New Interim Leader in January

Parents Balk at Weakened Conduct Rules for Bridgeport Magnet Schools

Students Praised as Smart More Likely to Cheat, Study Claims

Norwich Schools Lack Money to Fix Phone System

For New Middle School in Oxford: Board Reduces, Approves School Funding

Quaker Hill Named CAS Elementary School of the Year

Don’t Tell Him the Odds: Stamford Educator Semifinalist for Connecticut Teacher of the Year

New Haven Board of Education Sets Deadline for Superintendent Announcement

Innovation Fund an Educational First for Westport Schools

Madison Educator Receives Top Honor

Canton Teacher Looking to Inspire Those Struggling With Gender

Betsy DeVos Wants to Rethink ‘Mundane Malaise’ of Traditional Schools

Suicide of Teen Who Made Sex Video Shows Dilemma for Schools

September 15-16 Programs Herald Debut Of Historic African American Schoolhouse in Colchester

Teachers’ Pay Lags Farthest Behind Other Professionals in U.S., Study Finds

Federal Funding Blow Exacerbates Precarious Budget Situation for Bridgeport Schools

Bethel Students Pick Their Path

West Hartford Teachers Travel to Haiti to Strengthen School’s Connection

Coding, Robotics, Makerspaces Poised to Grow in Schools, Report Says

Glastonbury Special Education Program Proposed to Move to Soon-to-Close School

Separating Fact from Fiction on State School Aid

Meriden Teacher Awarded $15,000 Grant

New Team to Lead Bridgeport Schools

East Hampton High School Celebrated in Bittersweet Ceremony

Betsy DeVos Launches Six-State ‘Rethinking School’ Tour

Burlington, Harwinton Students Come to Capitol, Urge Action on CT Budget  

Teaching Sept. 11 to Students Who Were Born After the Attacks

Hartford Youth Take Advantage of Opportunities Through Summer Employment

Why Teachers Need Their Freedom

Groton Superintendent Says ‘Financial Hurricane’ Is Coming, Urges Parents to Pressure Lawmakers

Statistics Show Profound Inequalities in America’s Education System

Districts Could Soon Be Required to Offer Full-Time Programs for Expelled Students

Ridgefield Forced to Hire Teachers Not Accounted for in Budget

Complying With Spec. Ed. Bias Rule May Force District Spending Shifts

Five Former Education Secretaries to Congress: Save the ‘Dreamers’

Chance the Rapper Is Starting an Awards Show for Educators

Trump School Choice Proposals, K-12 Cuts Again Rebuffed by Senators

Bridgeport Parents to State Education Board: ‘Help! We Are in Crisis!’

State Board of Education Urged Not to Sacrifice Quality of Teacher Certification

Fairfield Told to Fix Schools’ Racial Disparity

Is the College Board the Primary Beneficiary of Expansion of A.P. Classes?

How the Federal Government Abandoned the Brown v. Board of Education Decision

State Task Force Examining Outside Evaluations Misses Deadline

Trump Cancels DACA, Impacting Tens of Thousands of Students and Teachers

Enfield Schools Open With New Superintendent and Closure of Nathan Hale Elementary

Bridgeport and Norwalk Teachers Receive Leadership Awards

Will the Trump Era Transform the School Lunch?

LGBT History Gets Short Shrift in Schools. There’s an Effort to Change That

New Technique Trying to Make Bozrah School a Kinder Place

Americans Have Underestimated the Value of Public Education—and Forgotten Its Purpose

Trump Reportedly Plans to End DACA With 6-Month Delay

Most Connecticut 4-year Colleges, Universities No Longer Require SAT, ACT Scores

Torrington Starts School After Delay Due to Budget Crunch

Fairfield Dad Leads National PTA

Back to School With Hartford Superintendent Leslie Torres-Rodriguez

Silicon Valley Courts Brand-Name Teachers, Raising Ethics Issues

Care4Kids Enrollment Down 7,500 Since Closing to New Families

New School Year Brings Administrative Staff Changes in Groton

New Campus Safety Staff Begin at East Lyme Schools

A Rousing Back-to-School Welcome in Bridgeport

High PCB Levels Close Branford’s Walsh School Gym, Pool

Weston Welcomes New Teachers

Fairfield Students March to School on First Day

South Windsor Students and Police Ready to Take on the School Year

Berlin Students Eager to Get Started

New London Teachers to Use New Technique to Boost Learning

Conn. School Resource Officers Serving as Mentors to Students

Eastbury Elementary School in Glastonbury Holds Its 53rd and Final Opening Day of School

First Day of School Means New Start Times for Greenwich

First Day at North Stonington School Delayed Due to PCB Testing

Narcan: A New Essential for Some Conn. School Nurses

Can Banning Phones in School Curb Cyberbullying?

Wethersfield Students Return to School as Community Rallies Around Two Families

Changes at Bristol’s Plymouth Middle School Go Smoothly on Day 1

New Leaders Take Helm at Griswold Middle School