Month: June 2018

Verna Ruffin Chosen as Waterbury’s School Superintendent

Ridgfield Students Donate $1,000 to Danbury Playground Project  

Supporting Our Schools Online Donation Drive Helping Local Teachers and Classrooms

Ridgefield Tuition Increase Approved for Out-of-Town Students

Vernon Ed Officials Fill 3 Posts, Then Get Surprise Resignation

Trump Is President, but His Education Department Is Jeb Bush’s

Students Get ‘Too Little’ Civics Teaching, Principals Say

Educators Weigh in on High Court Ruling on Unions

Stratford Board of Education Considers Free Lunch for All

Shelton Sues Its School Board Over Buses

New Assistant Superintendent Appointed in Branford

Developers Break Ground on West End Charter School in Bridgeport

Newington Superintendent Retires Months After Fuel Leak Incident

Justice Kennedy Retiring From High Court, Had Deep Imprint in Education Arena

Bridgeport School Board Slams Bullying Report

New Fairfield School Board Faces Criticism for Dropping Superintendent Evaluation

Norwich Agrees to School Budget With $4 Million Shortfall

New Milford School Board Closes $1.2 Million Budget Difference With Pay to Play, Eliminating Positions

New Plan for Bridgeport’s Bassick High Advances to the State

Students Make Donation Toward Train Station Renewal

Thompson to Roll Out ALICE Training

After Delay Last Week, Hartford Board of Education Endorses Budget Tuesday

Glastonbury’s Eastbury School Closes for Good

Redding Budget Passes on Third Attempt

Educators Turn to Programs for Top Students to Narrow the ‘Excellence Gap’

How Transparent Is School Data When Parents Can’t Find It or Understand It?

Senate Spending Bill Keeps Teacher Grant, Ignores DeVos Choice Proposal

Supreme Court Upholds Trump ‘Travel Ban’ Opposed by Education Groups

Teacher’s Aide or Surveillance Nightmare? Alexa Hits the Classroom

Scant Details on New Haven Layoffs, Teacher Shifts  

Textbooks, Supplies Reduced to Manage Rest of Brookfield School Budget Cut

All Malloy Vetoes Upheld; Lawmakers Fail on Overrides

Once Bullied, Miss Connecticut Teen Helping Other Students Stand Unified

Greenwich Lines up $750M in Improvements for School Buildings

Hampton School Board to Talk Budget Proposal

East Lyme School Board Will Allow Planetarium Group to Continue Work

DeVos Has Scuttled More Than 1,200 Civil Rights Probes

Berlin School Board Looks to Retain ESS Program

Special Legislative Session To Focus On School Safety Bill, Other Measures Vetoed By Governor Malloy

Kelley Elementary In Southington Needs Votes To Win New Playground

U.S. House Bill Cuts Thousands from Connecticut’s Free School Lunch Program

At Bloomfield High: ‘You Leave A Unique, Amazing Group’

Theme of ‘Change’ Resonates Through Old Saybrook High School Graduation

Bristol Central Graduates Celebrate Their Place in History

Hartford Promise Helps Make College a Reality for Students With Dreams

CT Office of Legislative Research Report Summarizes New Laws Affecting Education

20% of Educators Say They’ve Been Sexually Harassed or Assaulted at Work

Greenwich Names Local Schools Veteran as Interim Superintendent

Making Schools Safer: Harsh Consequences, Or Second Chances?

Hartford School Board Delays Final Decision on Reduced Budget Until Next Week

Bridgeport BOE to Leave Final Budget Cuts in the Superintendent’s Lap

State Won’t Step in to Stop Stratford Academy Demagnetization

Montville Students Pitch Active Shooter Response Training for Teachers, Administrators

New Canaan High School Artists Selected to Show in Statewide Exhibitions

Gates Teacher-Effectiveness Program Shows No Gains for Students

New Britain High School Gets Sixth Principal in Five Years

How Have Obama’s K-12 Policies Fared Under Trump?

Trump Team Mulls Merger of Education, Labor Departments, Multiple Sources Say

Wood Shop Students Construct Tiny House

Amanda Powell Named Bloomfield’s Teacher Of The Year

‘Legendary’ University High School Students Look to the Future

Bridgeport Harding Alumni Say Goodbye to Their Old School

North Stonington Teacher Chosen for Library of Congress

Two Simsbury Students Among Participants at National Invention Convention

West Hartford Technology Class Successfully Launches Weather Balloon

Coventry Schools Award $11,817 in Grants

How Virtual Advisers Help Low-Income Students Apply to College

To Make Ends Meet, 1 in 5 Teachers Have Second Jobs

Nearly 750 Charter Schools Are Whiter Than the Nearby District Schools

Student Hackings Highlight Weak K-12 Cybersecurity

If DeVos Scraps the Federal Office for ELLs, Would It Matter?

Ansonia Cuts 22 Teachers in Budgetary Battle

Schools Issue Early Dismissals Ahead of Excessive Heat

At Classical Magnet in Hartford, 7 Years Ends With a Shared Identity

Goodwin College Mobile Classroom Hits the Road to Pitch Connecticut Students on Manufacturing

Teaching Kids That Connecticut History Goes Beyond White Guys

Norwalk Seventh-Grader Challenges School Dress Code

Greenwich School Board Wrestles to Define Opportunity Block

Average Teacher Salary Is Below the Living Wage in Half the Country, Report Says

For Educators Who Died on the Job, Small Town Offers Big Commemoration

Want to Improve Math Teaching? Try Coaching the Coaches

‘Live Those Dreams’ Governor Malloy Tells Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy Graduates

Barack H. Obama School Project Breaks Ground in New Haven

Winsted’s Gilbert School Names Music Educator Teacher of the Year

Westport’s Staples High to Rethink GPA Calculation

Despite a Revamped Focus on Real-Life Skills, ‘Home Ec’ Classes Fade Away

School Security Guards to Carry Guns in One Connecticut School District Beginning in the Fall

Windsor High School Graduates Told to ‘Take Care of Others’

North Stonington Seniors ‘Walkthrough’ the Past

New Haven Schools Consider Growing Student Data-Based Approach to Education

Bridgeport BOE Within Striking Distance of a Balanced 2018-19 Budget

The Controversy Over Just How Much History AP World History Should Cover

Teachers Need Better Supports to Ensure Student Success

Plainville’s First Resource Officer Coming to High School

There’s a Free Program to Feed Hungry Kids During the Summer, But Many Miss Out

Participation in AP Computer Science Principles Grows Again

Advocates Worried About Special Ed. Testing Waivers Under ESSA

Senate Education Committee Set to Consider Career, Technical Education Bill

Hartford Parents Trace Dangerous Route Their Children Will Walk Once Milner School Closes

Redistribution of Creed High School Students Could Undermine New Haven District’s Ongoing Desegregation Efforts

Windsor High School Seniors Head Back to Their Elementary Schools to Greet Younger Students

Manchester Committee Discusses Which Schools to Close, Which to Fix

Broke Bridgeport School Board Finds Money for Freshman Football at Harding

Petition Seeks No-Confidence Vote in Ansonia Schools Chief

Ashford, Eastford Students Delighted With “Nugget And Fang” Production

Where Boys Outperform Girls in Math: Rich, White and Suburban Districts

(Less) Risky Business: Survey Says Fewer Connecticut Teens Drinking, Using Drugs, Having Sex

What Other Countries Can Teach the U.S. About Teacher Professional Development

How (and Why) Ed-Tech Companies Are Tracking Students’ Feelings

‘Rock Star’ English Teacher Named Manchester’s Teacher of the Year

New Britain Schools: No Layoffs Despite Budget Uncertainty

Western Middle School Educator Named Greenwich Teacher of the Year

Fair Haven Students Play the Stock Market and Win  

Groton Schools’ Student Art Gallery Dedicated in Memory of Late Teacher

Norwich School Board to Delay Budget Cuts Until Meeting With Attorney

Ceremony Planned for First School in State Named for Obama

Teachers Urging Lawmakers to Override Governor’s Veto of Classroom Safety Bill

Danbury’s Broadview Middle School Opens Schoolyard Habitat Garden

Seymour Board of Education Hands Out Year-End Awards

Sedgwick Middle School Students Describe West Hartford’s Teacher of the Year as an Encouraging Supporter

Ansonia Gets School Board Financials Following Court Hearing

Local Connecticut Student Heading Off to the 18th Annual Braille Challenge

Monroe BOE Approves New District Homework Policy

In Shelton, City, School Board Differ on Route to Bus Savings

Educators Scramble for Texts to Match Science Standards

What’s in ESSA’s Big Flexible-Spending Pot

Shelton to Layoff Teachers, Add Fees for Sports and Extracurriculars

Malloy Vetoes School Discipline Bill

Fasano Disagrees With Lamont, Says ECS Funding Formula Is Fair

Danbury and Ridgefield to Make Up “Micro-Burst” Days Next Year

28 Teens Graduate from Technical High School Program With 2nd Chance, New Skills

Enfield School Cited for ‘Gross Accumulations of Dirt, Dust, Cobwebs, and Debris’ to the Extent That Conditions Are ‘Unhealthful’

West Hartford School Board Seeks Detailed Impacts to Specific Start Time Changes

‘Impenetrable’ World of Student Data Brokers a Major Concern, Study Says

Nominee to Lead Civil Rights Work Under Betsy DeVos Confirmed by Senate

Ansonia Teachers Back to Work but the Concern Over Paychecks Is There

State OK’s Stamford Charter Management Firm Despite High Chronic Absenteeism Rates and Questionable Fees

Parents, Teachers Offer Input on New Milford Budget

Encountering Survivors: Eastern CT High School Students Share Lessons of the Holocaust

Janet Keffer Is Named Griswold Teacher of the Year

Suffield High Agriscience Students Honor the Fallen

Glastonbury Seniors, Staff Honored at Essence Awards

West Hartford Morley School’s 90 Years

Limit Placed on Windham High School Renovation Plan

Back Mental-Health Support, Don’t Arm Teachers, Federal School-Safety Panel Told

States Squeezed by Fiscal, Political Pressures on Funding

Ansonia BOE Won’t Close Schools Early but Won’t Pay Staff

With City Budget Finalized, Norwich School Officials Ponder Cuts

Malloy Veto of Education Funding Bill Likely Will Stand

Trump’s School Safety Commission Won’t Look at Guns, Betsy DeVos Says