Month: April 2018

New State Evaluation Guide for Special Ed Services Draws Scrutiny

Puerto Rican Evacuees Become College Mentors at Hartford’s Bulkeley High

Schools Fret as Teens Take to Vaping, Even in Classrooms

DeLauro Congratulates Local Students for Completing Reading Program

Spring Lambs Brighten Trumbull Agriscience Program

Across the Country, Teachers Are Sharing Lessons on How to Strike

What ‘A Nation At Risk’ Got Wrong, and Right, About U.S. Schools

Betsy DeVos Was Asked, Again, About Visiting Struggling Schools. A Staffer Interjected.

Most Teachers Report High Levels of Stress, Study Finds

States Give Short Shrift to School Choice Option in ESSA Plans

Across the Country, Teachers Are Sharing Lessons on How to Strike

More Than Money: School Vouchers Also Irk Arizona Teachers

NPR/Ipsos Poll: Most Americans Support Teachers’ Right to Strike

Thousands of teachers in Arizona, Colorado to Protest

New Haven Ed Board to State: One More Year of Magnet School, Please

Teacher Walkouts: A State by State Guide

Hundreds of Connecticut Children Home Schooled in Households Where Abuse, Neglect Suspected

The Value of Failing

Study: Colleges That Ditch the SAT and ACT Can Enhance Diversity

Bethel Sends Town, Capital Budgets to Second Referendum

New Milford School Board Cautious About Budget

Newtown Voters Approve $117 Million Budget

Is Preschool ‘Fade Out’ Inevitable? Two Studies Zero In on the Issue

Ridgefield School Board Scales Back Budget Proposal

Preston Budgets to Go to Public Hearing Unchanged

Bridgeport School Community Pleads With City Council for Help

Westport Sends Out Pink Slips to 160 Teachers

Bridgeport BOE Walks Back From Across the Board Budget Cut

For Autism Awareness Month, Enfield School Board Member Encourages Wallingford Students to Be Bold

New Textbooks Approved in Bridgeport for African American Studies and Latin American Studies Courses

Discipline Disparities Grow for Students of Color, New Federal Data Show

Elementary School Teachers Can Improve Students’ Mental Health, Study Finds

Liana Jorgensen Named Principal at Windsor’s Sage Park Middle School

See How Your State’s Average Teacher Salary Compares

Newtown Residents to Vote on Proposed $117 Million Budget

Students of Color Face Persistent Disparities in Access to Advanced STEM Courses

U.S. 4th Graders Surprise on New Exam of Online Reading

At This Hartford School, Welcoming Puerto Rican Evacuees Is Personal

School Closures Are Coming to New Haven

States Are Favoring School Choice at a Steep Cost to Public Education

Branford BOE Admits School District Failed to Conduct Regular Fire Drills

Stratford BOE Considers Returning Magnet Students to Neighborhood Schools to Save Money

Which States Are the New Winners and Losers for Federal Title I & II Aid?

Nationwide Teacher Strikes Echo Bridgeport 1978

Poll: Amid Strikes, Americans Back Teacher Raises

Connecticut Students Participate in National School Walkout

Groton Food Service Workers Raising Money to Pay off Student Lunch Debt

Stamford Students Prepare for Space Experiment

Norwich Group, High Schools Working Together to Prevent Suicides

What #MeToo Means to Teenagers

An Interview With DeVos’ New Special Ed. Chief

‘Realistic’ Sterling Budgets Could Mean Small Mill Rate Bump

Teachers Share Anger, Frustration Over Grants Turned Into Loans

Region 12’s $22 Million Budget Heads to Residents

Connecticut Students Participate in Second National Walkout Protest Against Gun Violence

Live Updates: Connecticut School Walkouts

Costly Pension Plans Are Fanning the Flames of Teacher Unrest

After Parkland, New Haven Schools Beef Up Security

Why More Than a Million Teachers Can’t Use Social Security

Greenwich Kids Tune Into Music

New Text Picked for Bridgeport’s African American Studies Requirement

National Teachers Union Cuts Ties With Wells Fargo Over Bank’s Ties To NRA, Guns

Meet the Connecticut Students Who Dreamed Up Friday’s National School Walkout

City of West Haven Making Deep Budget Cuts

National School Walkout: Everything to Know About the Upcoming Event to End Gun Violence

Pearson Embedded a ‘Social-Psychological’ Experiment in Students’ Educational Software

More Children Enrolled in Pre-K, But Few States Meet All Benchmarks, Report Says

School Principals Overwhelmingly Concerned About Children’s Screen Time

After Last Month’s Gun Control Protests, Students Hope to Maintain Momentum With Walkout Friday

Across the District, Budget ‘Haircut’ Explored for Bridgeport Schools

Killingly Officials Consider Enrollment Boosting Plan

Ledyard High School Students to Compete in Colorado in 21st Annual National Ocean Sciences Competition

State, Local Officials Tussle Over Who’s in Charge Under ESSA

What Principals Really Think About Tech

State Lawmakers to City of Bridgeport: Chip in More Toward Schools

Teachers Are at a Breaking Point. And It’s Not Just About Pay

Hartford Clergy Say No to Sen. Fonfara’s Effort to Keep Batchelder School Open

The Carpenters’ Last Stand

Teachers Take to Social Media to Show Their Poor Classroom Conditions

Waterbury School Officials Seek to Develop Plan for Students With Asthma

Great Adventure for Great Neck, Waterford Teacher

Seymour High School Looks to Prevent Distracted Driving

Could Schools Be Doing More With Title I Money?

Betsy DeVos Has Been Scarce on Capitol Hill; Why Is That?

25-Year-Old Textbooks and Holes in the Ceiling: Inside America’s Public Schools

Another Bridgeport School to Join Turnaround Arts

‘I Just Have to Do It.’ Teachers Struggle With Second Jobs

Students Raise Enough Money to Form First Girls’ Varsity Golf Team at South Windsor High School

Student Volunteers Plant Beach Grasses at Niantic Bay Beach

Rocky Hill Considers 5.2 Percent Budget Increase

Amity Middle School Bethany Students Get Published

Extended Bolton School Year Raises Concerns About June Heat

Preston Schools Consider Calendar Changes to Ease Impact of Snow Days

Why American Students Haven’t Gotten Better at Reading in 20 Years

Ridgefield Girl Scout Brings STEM to Danbury School Fair

New Milford Finance Board Sets $101.6 Million Budget, Adds School Money

New Ansonia High School Principal Has Ties to Bridgeport, Norwalk

New London Students’ Photography Project Honored With Award

How Canada Found Success With English Learners

Making School Spending Data Transparent and Accessible Is No Easy Lift

Legislators Exempt 2 Towns From School-Spending Requirements

West Haven School Layoffs Likely if Budget Remains at Current Level, Schools Superintendent Says

Teens, Teachers Discuss Gun Violence and School Safety at Quinnipiac Forum

School Officials to Pitch Full Budget Increase to Danbury City Council on Thursday Night

New Haven Wilbur Cross Student Chefs Heading to National Competition

Excellence in Teaching Awards Announced for Bridgeport Educators

New Fairfield Budget Includes Additional Police Presence in Schools

Donated Car Helps Bridgeport Tech Program

School Project Consumes Bulk of Norwalk’s $83.8M Capital Budget

Montville Schools Names Its Paraprofessional of the Year

The Myth of ‘Learning Styles’

Treatment of Vulnerable Students Proves a Political Flashpoint in State ESSA Plans

ESSA Offers Testing Flexibility. So Why Aren’t States Using It?

Teacher Layoffs Proposed in East Hampton

‘Buddy Benches’ Making Eastern Connecticut Schools Friendlier

13 New Haven Hillhouse Students Become Licensed Guards

Massachusetts to Give Schools With Hurricane Evacuees $15 Million Next Week

High School Students Speak With Congresswoman DeLauro on Gun Violence

Nine Stamford Educators Will Receive “Fund For Teachers” Learning Grants

Students ‘Amaze’ at Science Fair in West Hartford

Psychologists: Early Help Could Deter School Violence

State High School Graduation Rates Up a Fraction to New Record High

No Significant Change in CT and Other State’s Performance on ‘Nation’s Report Card’

Batchelder Parents Battling to Keep Their Hartford School Open

New Haven Graduation Rate Hits High; Will $ Dry Up?

Video Self Modeling Produces Benefits for Special Education Students in Berlin

Study Reveals Teachers Don’t Have Enough Time for Peer Collaboration

Ansonia School Board Threatens Lawsuit in Funding Dispute

New London Elementary Teacher Earns Regional Recognition

Berlin Schools, General Government Budgets Go to Referendum

Goodwill Kicks Off Annual Donation Challenge for Elementary Schools

Fairfield County Pupils Win Big at Statewide Geography Bee

Schools Choose Not to Delete Facebook Despite Data-Privacy Worries

Students Compete in Robotics Competition in Hartford

Music School Breathes New Life into Long-Vacant New London Building

Plainfield Board of Finance Will Study Town, School Budgets

Sprague School Budget Would Ax 1 Teacher, Keep Library Closed

What Happens To High School Grads Who Don’t Go To College? Connecticut Lacks Information

Teachers Acquire a New Skill: How to Stop the Bleeding

ESSA Pressures States to Assure All Students Have Good Teachers

Betsy DeVos to Oklahoma Teachers: ‘Serve the Students’

West Haven High School Students to Get Glimpse into Cybersecurity at UNH

Massive Oklahoma Teacher Protests Enter 2nd Week

In Teacher Unrest, Democrats See Election Edge

New London Shows off Its Magnet Schools, Works to Attract More State Funding

New Haven Mayor on Dollars & Direction vs. Desegregation

Meriden Teachers Receive Grants to Travel the World

Kindness Is Catching in Killingly

Norwich Education Officials Plead Case for Budget Hike

Showdown Looms at CCSU for Young Geography Prodigies