Month: December 2017

Crowd Turns Out for Emmett O’Brien Technical High School’s Annual Holiday Feast

Seven Unfortunate Lessons Kids Learned from Official Washington in 2017

Could Demand for Bilingual Schools Push English Learners Out?

Teaching Introverted Students: How a ‘Quiet Revolution’ Is Changing Classroom Practice

Simsbury High School Student Donates Hundreds of Pounds of Food to Town Food Closet

DeVos in Charge, Teacher Well-Being, Chronic Absence: Education Year in Review

Shifting Pension Costs from State to Teachers Costs Connecticut $20M

School Virtual Shooter Training Program Aimed at Survival

Middletown High School Students Tops in Robotics Competition

Proposal for Hartford School Reorganization Draws Mixed Reaction

Bridgeport Works to Use, Not Lose, Preschool Slots

Artist Brings Organized Chaos to West Hartford Classroom

Top Education Stories of 2017

The Significance of Betsy DeVos’s Speech in Baltimore

Four Things for Educators to Know About the Tax Bill Congress Just Passed

Majority of Teachers Say Reforms Have Been ‘Too Much’

Bristol Plan Could Close One or Two Elementary Schools

Cheshire Schools Ditch Online Learning Program After Parents Revolt

How Much Do Teachers Spend On Classroom Supplies?

The Teaching Profession in 2017 (in Charts)

Did Someone Say Special Session? Teachers Seek to Restore ECS Funding

New Reorganization Plan Would Close Hartford Schools, Consolidate Programs

One Bridgeport After-School Program Gets Grant, One Doesn’t

Portland Teacher Visiting Antarctica With National Geographic Over Break

Alliance District Designation Eliminates State Aid Cuts for Groton Schools

Berlin Students Shop With Police to Help Families in Need

Hundreds from Stratford School Community Fill High School Auditorium to Fight Teacher Layoffs  

New Superintendent for New Haven Signs Three-Year Contract

Bloomfield Schools Superintendent Wins CT Superintendent of the Year

Reactions to Ivanka Trump Norwalk School Visit Swift and Varied

Here’s Where the GOP Tax Bill Could Hit School Funding the Hardest

As Public Pre-K Expands in Schools, Study Finds Principals Are Unprepared to Support It

Connecticut Schools Hit by State Cuts to Internet Subsidies    

Public Schools Seek Alternative Revenues After ECS Cuts

As State School Enrollment Declines, Rocky Hill’s Grows

Schoolyard Habitat Exchange Keeps New Haven Gardens Blooming Through the Winter

Can Kindness Be Taught?

Final Tax Bill Keeps Teacher Deduction at $250, Cuts State and Local Deductions

Cedar Woods Fair Donates $1,700 to ‘Feed Branford Kids’

Are Private Schools Immoral?

Five Years After Sandy Hook Shooting, Social And Emotional Learning Programs Thrive In Schools

Lebanon Mulls High School Deal with Bozrah

Newtown Plans Private Reflection To Mark Five Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting

It’s Not How Long You Spend in PD, It’s How Much You Grow

Why Toddlers Deserve More Respect

Norwalk Schools Work on Identifying Homeless Students

Many Educators Skeptical of School Choice, Including Conservatives, Survey Shows

Survey: Educators’ Political Leanings, Who They Voted For, Where They Stand on Key Issues

The Newtown Poetry Project: ‘The Resilient Light’

Most Educators at Least Slightly Wary of Wading Into Politics, Survey Says

Greenwich School Board Considers Added Expenses for 2018-19

Glastonbury School Board Holds Off on Spending $1.2 Million in Educational Cost Sharing Funds

Feasibility Study Suggests Shutting Down 2 Bristol Elementary Sites

Dinner Will Be Served at More New Haven Public Schools

Some Schools Trying to Get Girls Excited About Manufacturing Careers

State Board Looks at Racial Disparity in Expulsions, Alternative Education Programs

Use of Chromebooks in Guilford Schools Draws Concern

The Clock Is Ticking Louder for the Children’s Health Insurance Program

Bridgeport School Board Picks New Leaders

New Fairfield School Board Fills Vacancy, Elects Officers

Energy Efficiency Is Built Into the Mission at ‘Green Schools’

Insufficient Incentives for Decentralized Charters to Invest in Pre-K

Expulsion Gap Persists in State’s Public Schools

Architect Helps Bridgeport Pupils Build the Future

8 Tips to Prepare Schools for Potential Disasters

Does Flipped Instruction Work? New Study Looks to Find the Best Tactics

Proposed Higher-Ed Revamp Could Shake Up Student Aid, Teacher Prep

Civil Rights Commission Takes on Issue of Minorities in Special Education

Many Educators Who Succeed at Raising Test Scores Fail at Keeping Students Fulfilled, Study Finds

Foundation Donates $100,000 for New Science Lab at Glastonbury High School

Middletown Officials Awaiting State Action on Middle School Application

Shelton Panel Lays Groundwork for New School Budget

Betsy DeVos Releases Q&A Explaining Landmark Special Education Ruling

1,500 Hurricane and Disaster Refugees in Connecticut Schools

US Charter Schools Put Growing Numbers in Racial Isolation

The Preventable Problem That Schools Ignore

Conard High School Fair Encourages Students to Take Computer Science Courses

Hamden Students Honor Red Cross Volunteers With Handmade Red Crosses

When Should Cybersecurity Education Start? Some Say Elementary School

Facebook’s New Messaging App for Young Children Raises Concerns

Teacher Professional Development: Many Choices, Few Quality Checks

‘Rethinking School Start Times’ Committee Gives First Report to West Hartford Board of Education

New Haven Student-Athlete Tutoring Program Raises the Bar

New Haven Area Educators See Paradigm Shift in Makerspace Education

Will America’s Schools Ever Be Desegregated?

Is Teacher Recertification Broken?

U.S. Graduation Rate Hits New All-Time High, With Gains in All Student Groups

U.S. Agencies Grapple With Student-Data-Privacy Guidance for Schools

Groton Board of Education Addresses Transgender Issues in New Policy

Norwalk Public School District Rolls Out Antibullying Phone App

Connecticut Schools Moving Toward Propane-Powered Buses

Manchester’s Verplanck School Makes Thanksgiving Possible for Families

Amity Joins Sustainability Program

Schools Struggle to Keep Pace With Hackings, Other Cyber Threats

Global Reading Scores Are Rising, But Not for U.S. Students

After a High-Drama Vote, Here’s What the Senate Tax Bill Means for Schools, Parents, and Students

What’s Right With Schools: Connecticut’s Teacher of the Year – Erin Berthold

Connecticut Schools Grapple With Digital Divide

Student Absences to Have Higher Stakes in Most States. Will Cheating Follow?

Senate OKs Tax Bill Changing Teacher Deduction, Expanding School Choice

Teaching Teens the Perils of Pot as Marketplace Grows

Granby Students Search for Relatives of Retired Teacher Who Died in Utah

Torrington BOE Closes Elementary School for Next Year

Plainville Middle & High School Students Refurbish Toy Cars for Toddlers With Special Needs

Griswold Superintendent: 2nd Round of ECS Cuts a ‘Total Ambush’

Bristol School Officials Talk Housing, Budget Resources for Displaced Students From Puerto Rico, Mexico

Chinese Visitors Get a Taste of the CREC Way to Teach

Bethel School Programs Aim to “De-Stress” Students

Ridgefield Schools Still Projecting Year-End Deficit

New Greenwich School Will Break Ground Next Week

East Haven Students Are International Winners in Knights of Columbus Substance Abuse Poster Contest