Month: May 2018

Study: Students in Only Federally Funded Voucher Program Perform Worse on Math

New Haven Curriculum Supervisors Study Teenage Brain

School Counselors Keep Kids on Track. Why Are They First to Be Cut?

Wealthier Students Benefit From Art, Music Over Summer While Poor Kids Miss Out

Mansfield 8-Year-Old Inventor and His Dog Bowl Are Finalists at National Invention Convention

Bridgeport BOE Fights Without Meeting

Speech-Language Pathologist Named Teacher of the Year in Groton

New London Council Passes Budget With Slight Boost to Education

West Hartford High School Seniors Share Why They’ve Decided to Serve in the Military After Graduation

Two Connecticut Students Narrowly Miss Final Rounds of National Spelling Bee

The Forgotten Girls Who Led the School-Desegregation Movement

Teens Are Cyberbullying Themselves. Why?

Teachers Find Public Support as Campaign for Higher Pay Goes to Voters

What Gun Violence Protesters Can Learn From 1968’s Chicano Blowouts

Early-Grades Science: The First Key STEM Opportunity

Teach Students to Plan in Reverse, Study Suggests

After Storms, Some Connecticut Schools Say They Can’t Make The 180-Day Requirement

Southington Holds Luncheon For Military-Bound High School Seniors

New Haven School Board Adopts Edited Bylaws

Dr. Anna Cutaia Selected as Next Milford School Superintendent

New Haven Magnets Seek “Right” (White) Suburbanites

Ledyard Middle School Student a Repeat Finalist in National Invention Convention

Quinnipiac STEM Unveils Schoolyard Habitat

State Gets $1.1 Million to Help Vets Become Teachers

A Deadly School Year: 35 People Killed in School Shootings

Congress Pushes Back Against DeVos Plan to Dissolve Federal English-Learner Office

State Puts 4 New Haven Magnet Schools on Notice

Stamford’s Strawberry Hill School Wins Video Contest With Original Song

Hartford Teacher of the Year Awarded to Benjamin Carlson

East Lyme Diversity Program Teaches Students to Be Open to Differences

Play Time Is Over: Fairfield Parents Get Serious About Bringing Recess to Middle School

Danbury Leaders Get First Glimpse of New High School Addition

Guilford Debates Changing School Start Times

Connecticut Advocates Blast DeVos for Saying Schools Can Welcome ICE

Over 200 New Britain High School Seniors Receive Scholarships

Trump Panel Slammed on Slow Pace of School Safety Work

Gamers Are the New High School Athletes: The Rise of Esports

State Board of Education Votes to Consider Revoking Path Academy Charter

Close New Haven’s Edgewood School? Never Mind

An Effort in North Haven to Update Playground to Include Children of All Abilities

New Haven Kids Teach Kids Local History

East Hartford Names Teacher of the Year

Hamden’s Teachers of the Year Announced

Federal Board Recommends Seatbelts on All New School Buses

Bridgeport BOE Trudges Painfully Toward a Balanced Budget

State Board of Education May Begin Process of Revoking Windham School’s Charter

U.S. Rep. Courtney Slams DeVos for Failing to Respond to East Hartford High Letters

New Britain Teachers, Classroom Aides Criticize Schools Reorganization

Connecticut School-Based Mental Health Centers Play Vital Role for Hispanic and Black Students  

East Hampton Officials Use Big Portion of State Grant to Lower Tax Hike

Dems Want to Scrap Tax Cut for Rich to Fund Teachers’ Raises

Education Department Launches ‘Top-To-Bottom’ Review of Teachers’ Grant Program

How Children’s Socioeconomic Differences Play Out Over Summer Break

“Astounding Ignorance of the Law”: Civil Rights Groups Slam DeVos for Saying Schools Can Report Undocumented Students

Area Elementary Students Honored in Ness Contest

Montville Looks at Unarmed Solution to School Safety

Foundation’s $30,000 Grant to FoodCorps Will Give Waterbury and Naugatuck Schoolchildren Creative, Hands-On Lessons in Healthy Eating

Children’s Author Visits Bugbee Elementary School

West Hartford, Farmington High School Students Learn About Career Options

New Britain Teachers, Classroom Aides Criticize Schools Reorganization

Schools Tackle $20M Tiger

Bristol Eyes Memorial Boulevard School as New Arts Magnet School, Downtown Gateway

Cheshire Educator Elected Head of Teacher’s Union

Manchester School Officials to Establish Student Dress Code After Ditching Uniforms

Tension Builds Between New Britain Teachers, Superintendent Over Reassignments

Brooklyn Officials Returning Almost $700K to Reserve Fund

Lebanon Middle School Set to Get Greenhouse

A World Where School Shootings Feel Inevitable

Parkland Survivors and Other Youth Activists: ‘You’re Going to Listen to Us’ on Gun Violence

Brooklyn Schools to Apply for Solar Panel Reimbursement

Obama’s Education Secretary: Let’s Boycott School Until Gun Laws Change

Charter Backers Outspend Teachers in 2 California Races

Senate Confirms Trump Nominee for Deputy Secretary Under Betsy DeVos

$5M Cut From New Haven Schools; Pension Idea Nixed

Ansonia School Budget Dispute Heads to Court

South Windsor Won’t Expand Popular School Program

Video Earns Middletown High School Students Free Trip to Russia

Date Set for East Hampton Budget Recount; 3 Votes Separate Yays, Nays

Colchester’s Bacon Academy Celebrates Roots, Tradition

Region 9 Proposes New Budget With Major Cuts

School Officials Urge Congress to Update Student-Data Privacy Law

Trump Wants to Ax After-School Funding. What Would Be Lost?

Family Advocate Program at Stamford High Helping Curb Absenteeism in Freshmen

Greenwich High Students Make Noise About Science for STEM Fair Projects

94 Percent of U.S. Teachers Spend Their Own Money on School Supplies, Survey Finds

Connecticut IB Academy Students to Walk for a Cure

New Milford School Budget Fails, Sends Whole Proposal Back to Council

Westport Appoints New School Administrator After Extensive Search

Budgets in Hand, Killingly Officials Turn to Next Steps for School Repairs

Teacher Walkouts Spread to North Carolina, but the Movement Has Limits

Schools See Steep Drop in Librarians, New Analysis Finds

Ridgefield Voters Approve $144 Million Budget

Storm Delays Brookfield’s Budget Results

DeVos: State Bans on Public Money to Religious Schools Should Go To ‘Ash Heap of History’

Troubleshooters Investigate: Dirty School Air

Parents, Residents Speak Out on Dismal Budget Picture for Hartford Schools

Stratford Officials Vote to Eliminate Magnet School, Cut Busing

Norwich Committee Gets Close-Up Look at Four City Schools

Ansonia School Board Threatens Lawsuit Over Removed Budget Money

Hundreds Sign Petition for ‘Equitable’ Ranking System at Norwalk High

New Outdoor Classroom Unveiled at Shelton’s Perry Hill School

Harding Name Is Recommendation of Bridgeport School Naming Committee

Meriden Middle School Principal Named Connecticut Middle School Principal of Year

Greenwich High Headmaster Offers Fixes to School Start Time Problems; Includes Moving Bell Back to 8:15 a.m.

Now It’s North Carolina Teachers’ Turn: How Did We Get Here? What’s Next?

Why Teens Should Understand Their Own Brains (And Why Their Teachers Should, Too!)

Town Officials to Discuss Next Steps for Farmington High School at Tuesday Meeting

Portland Voters Approve $34.04 Million Spending Package

Bill Gates Gives $44M to Influence State Education Plans

It’s Official: New Haven Board Votes to Close 3 Schools

World-Class Chefs to Compete, Raise Money for New London Schools

Norwalk Teachers to Explore Math Techniques in Asia

Guilford School Start Times Task Force Recommends Changes

Teachers Shelling Out Nearly $500 a Year on School Supplies, Report Finds

Teacher-Prep Rankings That Use Student Test Scores Are Not Reliable, Says Analysis

Why So Many Gifted Yet Struggling Students Are Hidden In Plain Sight

Brookfield, New Milford, Ridgefield to Vote on Budgets Tuesday

Teacher Activists Take Fight to the Polls

‘Continuous Improvement’ Model Woven Into State ESSA Plans

Access to AP Courses Often Elusive for Low-Income Connecticut Students

Staff Diversity a Focus for Norwalk Schools, but Still a Struggle

Data Shows Black Stamford Students Punished Disproportionately

Despite Little Progress, More Efforts Underway to Recruit Minority Teachers

Google Adds New Terms to Comply With Connecticut Student Data Privacy Laws

New Haven’s High School in the Community Prepares for National History Day Contest

Budget Deal to Yield $3.2 Million Bump for Stratford Schools

Danbury’s Walking School Bus Is a Huge Success

Southington High School, CCSU Collaborate to Build Motorized Cars for Special Needs Children

Chaplin Teacher Still Has Much to Give

Torrington Public Schools Music Education Program Receives National Recognition for 2018

Groton Marine Science Magnet Ranked Sixth-Best High School in State

Teacher & Mrs. Connecticut Contestant Is Passionate About Literacy

East Hampton Residents to Vote on Budget Tuesday

Project-Based Learning and Standardized Tests Don’t Mix

Is Betsy DeVos About to Scrap the Federal Office for English-Language Learners?

DeVos Team Considering Reshuffling of Education Department’s Main K-12 Office

Towns, Cities to Get More State Aid Next Year

Connecticut Legislature Seeks Boost for Minority Teachers

Danbury School Students Send Seeds to Help Puerto Rican Families

Stamford’s Teacher of the Year Thrives on Mutual Respect

Bethel Passes Town, Capital Budgets

Decoding Fortnite: 5 Things Educators Need to Know About the Hit Video Game

3 New Haven Alternative Schools Targeted to Close

New Haven Metropolitan Juniors Headed for Space

Who Will Drive the School Buses in Shelton?

Can Education Produce More Civically Engaged Students? You Bet, Study Finds

These Are the 15 Best Public High Schools in CT, According to U.S. News

Redding Voters Reject Budgets

House Passes Bill That Would Urge Schools to Teach About Safe Haven Laws

Bethel’s Second Budget Referendum Set for Thursday