Month: April 2019

Legislators’ Budget Increases ECS Funding

Group Opposing CT School Regionalization Gains Momentum With 10K Members

UConn Professors: New Test Is Yet Another Hurdle for Aspiring Teachers of Color

West Hartford Student, Honored With Human Relations Award, Embraces Diversity

Hebron Selectmen: Now’s the Time to Talk School Regionalization

Manchester Educator Wins State Award for Equity Work

Windsor Schools to Host Series on Racism

Norwalk Seeking School Transportation Efficiencies

Girls Outscore Boys on Tech, Engineering NAEP Test

Soap Opera Writer Talks About Connecting With Viewers at Manchester High

Pelosi, Schumer Pitch for Infrastructure Spending Includes Schools

Defying Trump, Democrats Propose $4.4 Billion Boost for Education Spending

English-Learners and Graduation: How ESSA Could Penalize ELLs and Their Schools

Trump Meets with State Teachers of the Year After All

Recognizing Teaching Excellence in Bridgeport

Big Donations Generate High Hopes, but Don’t Always Add Up to School Success

Norwalk Student Survey yields Praise, Stern Criticism

Betsy DeVos Emerges a Trump Cabinet Survivor

As College Debt Rises, So Does Interest in Teaching Financial Literacy

Who Gets Special Education Services? It Depends on Where You Live, GAO Report Finds

How the Job of Supervising Principals Is Changing

Districts Often Out of Touch with Teachers’ Biggest Tech Needs, Survey Finds

Greenwich’s Top Teachers Honored for Making a Difference

District Vet Is First Black Woman to Lead Stamford Schools

New Schools Superintendent Appointed for Darien to Come From Granby Schools

Retired Teachers Struggle to Make Ends Meet

After Delay, Tenants Will Soon Begin Moving Into New Teachers Village Apartments in Downtown Hartford

San Francisco Had an Ambitious Plan to Tackle School Segregation. It Made It Worse.

Should ‘Mental Health Days’ Be Excused Absences? These Students Think So.

Bridgeport School Budget Pleas Turn Desperate

Towns Tell Lamont Teacher Pension Cost Shift Will Cause Property Taxes to Go Up

Fact-Check: Have New Haven Schools Improved?

2 Candidates Share Ideas in New Haven BOE Student Election Forum

2019 Greenwich Distinguished Teachers Recipients Announced

Region 6 Presents 2019-20 Budget that Cuts Spending

Ansonia High School Student Awarded Prestigious National Honor Society Scholarship

National Teacher of the Year Works with Youths in Juvenile Detention

Teachers Are Paid Less Than Similar Professionals. See the Breakdown by State

Eight Ways to Teach Climate Change in Almost Any Classroom

100,000 Undocumented Students Graduate From U.S. High Schools Each Year, Analysis Finds

New Haven BOE to State: Give Our Magnets Back

Manchester Schools Report Identifies Discrimination, Other Inequities as District Demographics Change

Task Force to Study Policing, School Safety in Hebron

Suffield Board Discusses ‘Pay-to-Play’ as Way to Address Shortfall

Derby Schools Detail Spending Request

Stratford Teacher’s Union Demands Answers After Audit Finds $1.6 Million Surplus

Bridgeport Commission Approves Plan to Make School Walking Routes Safer

New Haven School Lottery Error Leads to Questions on Magnet School Policy

A Libertarian Is Named to Bridgeport School Board

Robotics Considered a Sport in Several States Including Connecticut

DeVos’ Team ‘Rethinking’ Education for Incarcerated Youth

Study: Cops in CT Schools Increase Arrests, No Safety Impact

Northeastern CT Towns Face Cuts in State Education Funding

Inside Maine’s Disastrous Roll Out of Proficiency-Based Learning

Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion.

Most Teachers Don’t Teach Climate Change; 4 In 5 Parents Wish They Did

20 Years After Columbine, Schools Have Gotten Safer. But Fears Have Only Grown.

K-12 Aid at Stake in Suit Over Census’ Citizenship Question

Many Online Charter Schools Fail to Graduate Even Half of Their Students on Time

‘Deprofessionalization Is Killing the Soul of Teaching,’ Union President Says

Teaching Kids About Online Political Engagement Works. Should We Do It More?

Senate Votes to Let Children Apply Sunscreen in School

Mismatch Seen Between New Science Tests and State Requirements

Study: Cops in CT Schools Increase Arrests, No Safety Impact

Why Are So Many Teen Athletes Struggling With Depression?

‘Joy and hope for the future’ at new Bloomfield school named for Sandy Hook student Ana Grace Marquez-Greene

Private Philanthropy in Public Schools: Can Ray Dalio Make His Gift Work in Connecticut?

Stamford Schools Clean Up Mold for Spring Break

Commissioner of Education to take job at University of St. Joseph

Mansfield Set to Review School Site Plans

New Haven Alders Approve Wilcox for School Board Seat

School District Secessions Gather Speed, a New Report Shows

Study: There’s No Evidence That Hardening Schools to Make Kids Safer From Gun Violence Actually Works

New Haven BOE to Superintendent: Cut the Consultants

Bridgeport School Board Member Asks City for More Education Support

West Hartford Boy Featured in Autism Speaks Campaign

West Hartford Hosts Statewide World Language Celebration

17 New Haven Cops Trained to Respond to Trauma-Exposed Kids

Greenwich Students Among the Last to Visit Notre Dame

Stamford Student Wins Recycling Bag Design Contest

Torrington Teen to Travel to France to Study CT’s Role in WWI

Danbury Public Schools Welcomes Two New Elementary School Principals

4 Ways Schools Help or Hinder Gifted Students

Hayes Focuses on Education and Gun Control — Not Drama

Greenwich Schools Feed Half of Low-Income Population, Advocates Say It Can Do Better

Planting Seeds at Bridgeport School Gardens

New Haven BOE, Schools Chief at Odds Over Spending Priorities

Connecticut Universities to Automatically Accept AP Credits

Glitch with New Haven Schools Lottery Keeps Waitlisted Students Waiting

French Exchange Students to Visit Fairfield

New Haven Candidate for Mayor on Education: Look Local

Cursive Seemed to Go the Way of Quills and Parchment. Now It’s Coming Back.

Two Retiring State Board of Education Members Asked to Return

School Closing Now Part of Bridgeport Budget Gap Plan

Greenwich Riverside Students Showcase STEM Projects

Math Club Adds Challenges for Stellar Greenwich Students

Speakers Tell Norwich City Council to Support School, Recreation Funding

Bethel Defeats Town Budget, Passes School, Capital Plans

How Do Teachers Fund Their Classrooms? 6 Takeaways

Here’s How 7 States Are Faring in the Battle Over School Funding

Hayes, DeVos Spar Over Use of Federal Money to Arm Teachers

Safety, Support Discussed at Windham Middle School

Big Changes Coming for Middletown Middle Schoolers

In-House School Board Lawyer Sought for New Haven

Norwalk Council Passes Capital Budget Heavy on School Projects

Danbury Students Honored at State Science Fair

Thomaston: Board of Education Accepts Several Grants

Beyond Basic Reading, Kids Can Learn How to Think Like a Good Reader

DeVos Defends School Choice as Democrats Demand Answers on Arming Teachers

Achievement Gap Between Rich and Poor Is Unchanged After 50 Years, Study Says

Here’s How Well a Key Civil Rights Group Thinks States Address Equity in ESSA

Two Ways to Add ‘Computational Thinking’ to Middle School Science

Lamont Holds Firm on Teacher Pension Costs

Bridgeport to Hire Teacher Subs in May Again

‘Hands Off Our Schools’ Forms PAC to Fight Regionalization Efforts in Legislature

New Haven’s Last Remaining Alternative School Spared

Bridgeport BOE Adds Student Participation, Subtracts Meeting Time Limits

Only Bridgeport’s Barnum School Allowed to Apply to Commissioner’s Network

New Haven School Board Mulls Student Election Snafu

Bridgeport School Board Vacancy Will Go to Libertarian

Glastonbury School Board Makes More Than $979,000 in Adjustments to $108.7 Million Budget

How Schools Are Responding to Migrant Children

Democrats Seeking White House Make Teacher-Friendly Pitches

Seymour BOE Chair to Help Ansonia’s Administration, School Board Get Along

Suffield Hires Hebron School Chief as New Superintendent

West Hartford’s Aiken School Receives Grant for Sensory Playground

Longtime Bethel School Board Chairman Dies

Andover Officials Want Cheaper Plan for School Conversion

Lyme-Old Lyme School Board Announces Savings in Proposed Preschool Program

Screen Reading Worse for Comprehension, Leads to Overconfidence, New Meta-analysis Concludes

Algebra for 3rd Graders?

The Special Olympics Budget Clash: What Schools Could Have Lost

After the Donation, the $100 Million Question

Dalio Foundation Spearheads Major Investment in CT Schools

Longtime Berlin Teacher Inducted into National Hall of Fame

Bridgeport Leaders Call for More Money for City Schools

Eastern Connecticut Pipeline Program Paying Off

SCSU to Expand Partnership, Education Programs With New Haven Schools, City

Mansfield School District’s Water Woes Rise

Trumbull Schools Participate in Coding for a Cause Hackathon

Westport Set to Appoint Acting Schools Chief  

As States Debate Arming Teachers, Opponents Detail Mishandling of Guns in Schools

Betsy DeVos’ Claim About Public Funding for ‘Education Freedom Scholarships’

Brain Science Backs Up Role of ‘Mindset’ in Motivating Students for Math

Investing in Principal Talent Pays Off in Higher Math and Reading Scores, Study Finds

Schools Are Feeding Hungry Students With Meals That Would Have Gone to Waste

Panel Gives Insight on School Site

It Can Take a Village to Feed Hungry Kids in Schools

Bridgeport Interested in Adding Five Schools to Commissioner’s Network

Connecticut Teachers Win $3.6 Million in Summer Learning Grants