Month: January 2019

China Students Make Return Visit to Their Sister School in Shelton

Hamden Panel Calls for Teacher, Curriculum Diversity

Bathrooms for ‘Gender Nonconforming Students’ in Middle Schools? It Could Happen

Cutting District Athletic Director Comes at a Cost in Bridgeport

Hebron School Lead Fix: All Pipes

Stamford School Board Members Question Transparency Over Film

CT School Superintendent Makes Video: Don’t Stop Believing in Snow Days

Stratford Superintendent Requests $4.3 Million Budget Increase

New Bridgeport School Bus Contract Hits Road Block

Charter Debates Could Be Coming to State Legislatures

Esports Is Sweeping the Nation and Connecticut High Schools Are the Latest Froups to Join In

Proposed Bill Would Allow Firm High School Graduation Dates

New Haven Public Schools to Offer Connecticut ‘State Seal of Bi-literacy’

At Greenwich High, the “Student Policy Initiative” Sees Abundant Potential in Opportunity Block

GOP Leaders: Proposed Plan Would Break Up Amity High School

Shelton Mayor: No Increase for Ed Budget

Barnard Principal Leaving New Haven Schools to Take Job in Wethersfield

More Information Needed for New Milford Roof Repairs

Success of Los Angeles Teachers Strike Rocks Charter Schools, and a Rich Supporter

States Are Flooding Schools With Cash, But Teachers Are Missing Out

Trump Wants $5.7 Billion for a Border Wall. What Would That Buy for Schools?

Education Committee: ‘Let’s at Least Talk About Regionalization’

Secretary DeVos Invited to Visit East Hartford Schools — Again

Windham School District Honors Greatness

Activists Call on Education Department to Take Action for ‘Menstrual Equity’

New Haven’s Hillhouse High Boosts AP, Preps Students Early

Regionalization and Consolidation of School Districts Has Towns on Edge

Proposed Bill Could Consolidate Wilton and Norwalk School Districts

Hartford Girls Headed to Facebook HQ to Pitch Chat Bot-Mentor for Young, Black Professionals

Bridgeport’s Thomas Hooker Elementary Closed This Week

Local Shelton Group Tackling Student Vaping Use

Chinese Teachers Tour New Britain’s CREC Academy

Milford School Board Unanimously Supports Superintendent’s Spending Plan

Another Tool to Improve Student Mental Health? Kids Talking to Kids

Virginia Teachers Set to March on Capitol

L.A.’s Teachers Got What They Wanted—For Their Students

Meet the Plainville Educator Who Just Won the ‘Oscars of Teaching’

Amistad Students, Teachers Demand Change

Capstones Top Off High School Experience for More CT Students

Bridgeport BOE Calls Its Double Digit Budget Request Reasonable

Brad Noel, Educator Who Fought to Bring Opportunity to Hartford Schools, Dies at 88

Bridgeport’s Thomas Hooker School Closed Until Monday

Bridgeport School Board Finally Accepts Fairchild Wheeler as Complete

43 Teens, 1 Adult: Los Angeles Teachers Describe a Typical Day in a Crowded Classroom

Why US Classrooms Are Starting to Resemble Arcades

4 Portland HS Students Become Sick After Vaping: Superintendent

Shutdown: Schools Worry They Won’t Be Able to Feed Kids

Student Food Debt on the Rise in Norwalk Schools

Art From the Heart: Greenwich Students Earn Top Awards

Teachers Vote Yes on Deal to End Los Angeles Strike

America’s Teachers Are Furious

Denver Teachers Vote to Authorize a Strike

Betsy DeVos’ Chief Lawyer to Leave Education Department

Education Has an Innovation Problem

Sheff Advocates Celebrate 30 Years While Asking: Where to From Here?

CT ‘Kid Governor’ Calls for Support of LGBTQ Issues

New Haven School Suspensions Drop, but Still Unequal

Serious Infrastructure Problems at Ridgefield Schools

Will the City of Bridgeport Pay for a Bigger New Bassick?

Trumbull High Choir Headed to Lincoln Center

Well Known Former Local Educator to Head Norwich Superintendent Search

Government Shutdown Halts Progress on Fields at Western Middle School

Highland Elementary School in Cheshire Closed Tuesday to Fix Burst Pipes

Coventry School Board Updates Tuition Policy

House Democrats Bringing New Scrutiny to Education Secretary

Is There a Path to Desegregated Schools?

We’re Teaching Consent All Wrong

ELL, Hispanic Populations Trending Upwards in Norwalk Schools

Student-Shoving Achievement First Principal Leaves Post

Bristol Students, Staff Talk Equity and Inclusiveness

Dalio Takes Holistic Approach to Educational Philanthropy

Hartford Art School Hosting State Art Show

Windham Schools Planning to Recognize Bilingual Grads

Teach Kids About Climate Change? A Legislative Proposal in Connecticut Would Require It

Coventry School Spending Comes in With Low Hike

The Black Achievement Paradox Nobody’s Talking About

Educators as Ed-Tech Company Brand Ambassadors Raises Ethical, Policy Questions, Report Finds

Ed. Dept. Pushes to Reduce ‘Inappropriate’ Restraint, Seclusion in Special Education

Students Say Achievement First Amistad High’s Approach to Discipline Sacrifices their Mental Health

In Norwalk, Education Conversation Centers on Whole Student

Connecticut Earns a B+ on Chance-for-Success Index, Ranks Fourth in Nation

Auto Repair Organization Donates $10,000 to Tech Schools

Amity Middle School Students work with Grammy Winning Songwriter

New Britain Teaches Students About Staying Safe Online

Ansonia Schools Unveil New Superintendent

BOE Budget Request Would Increase Meriden School Spending by $5M

Preschool Will Cost Parents Under Vernon School Budget

Milford Schools Superintendent Proposes $95M Budget

Top New Haven Administrators Set to Retire

Bridgeport’s Roosevelt School Closed Tuesday Due to No Heat

Coventry School Officials Add Option for Three-Hour Delays

East Hampton Schools Chief Using ‘Sharpest Pencil’ to Keep Budget at $31.4 Million

Stonington School Budget Shows Small Decrease

Hayes Assigned to House Education and Labor Committee

New Haven Near-Dropouts Cross Graduation Gateway

LA Teachers Say Personal Connection, Solidarity With Students Drives Them to the Picket Line

State Lawmakers Hear From Parents and Vape Shops at Youth E-Cigarette Forum

Wintergreen Magnet Eyes Move from Hamden to Gateway’s North Haven Campus

Why US Classrooms Are Starting to Resemble Arcades

Sedgwick Students Lead Charge on West Hartford Plastic Bag Ban

The Gender Achievement Gap Starts Later for Asian-American Students

Is It Time to Kill Annual Testing?

The Truth About Bilingualism: It’s Only for Some Students

These Simple Writing Exercises Helped More Low-Income Students Pass Biology

Los Angeles Teachers’ Strike Live Updates: Demands for More Pay and More Help

Audit Puts Ansonia School Board, City Further at Odds

Greenwich Student Project on Later Start Time Finds the Jury Still Out

Coventry Students Test Out New Foods

Greenwich Board Seeks to Find New Magnet, or Any Magnet, for Western Middle School

Greenwich Students Take on Conventional Wisdom

Ridgefield Schools to Request Nearly $100 Million Budget

Five Years After Common Core, a Mysterious Spike in Failure Rate Among NY high School Students

R.I. Lawmakers Shamed by Massachusetts’ Test Scores, Vow Action

As Shutdown Continues, Some Government Workers Turn to Substitute Teaching

When the Knitting Club Meets, Troubled Hartford Teenagers Learn to Chill

Hamden Board of Education Recognizes Teachers, High School Junior as ‘Hamden Heroes’

Manchester Panel Recommends Renovating Three Elementary Schools; Martin Could Become Preschool

Norwalk Superintendent Recommends $12.8M Budget Increase for 2019-20 School Year

Shelton BOE Braces for a Potentially Painful Budget Season

Special Education Is Broken

Study: Language Barriers Can Steer Immigrant Students to STEM Courses

Absenteeism, Teacher Stress, and School Safety: School Climate Factors to Watch in 2019

Connecticut Schools Facing Substitute Teacher Shortages

Lamont Gives Bridgeport’s Harding High a Shout-Out as He Takes Office

From the Factory Floor to Classroom, Wallingford School Officials Want Retired Workers to Teach

Bristol’s Deputy Schools Chief Will Be Next Superintendent

Danbury Schools Eyeing $7.3 Million Budget Increase

2 Greenwich Students Honored in Regeneron Science Talent Search

Study Finds Increased School Bullying in Areas That Voted for Trump

How Bad Data From One District Skewed National Rankings on Chronic Absenteeism

Profs Tapped to Fix New Haven School-Choice Lottery

West Hartford’s Hall, Conard Students Team Up for Short Play Festival

Architect, City of Bristol, and Students Get to Work on Memorial Boulevard Arts Magnet School

Foundation for West Hartford Public Schools Increases Grant Limits

Meriden BOE Expected to Ask for $5M Budget Increase

Norwich Projected School Budget Deficit Shrinking

U.S. Education Industry’s Cybersecurity Lags Behind 16 Other Sectors

A Conversation With U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, an Award-Winning Teacher

Bridgeport Turns Focus on Student Attendance

Why it’s Getting Harder to Count Poor Children in the Nation’s Schools

Senator Murphy Meets With Agencies Tackling Teen Homelessness in Middletown

After 27 Years, Sue Moreau to Retire From Bristol Schools

Bridgeport Schools Computer Network Hit by Ransomware Attack

New Haven Land Trust Graduates New Crop Of Entrepreneurs

Stamford High Schools Consider Block Scheduling

New Britain Board of Education Seeks a $5M Budget Increase

West Haven Board of Education Members Tour High School Construction Site

Groton Board of Education Approves Middle School Plans

Los Angeles Braces for Major Teachers’ Strike

Teachers Elected Amid Wave of Activism Turn to Governing