Month: June 2019

Second Interim CT Education Commissioner to Be Named

Wealthy Donation to State Raises Concerns About Transparency

Report: New Haven School Board May Terminate Superintendent Birks’ Contract

Mansfield School Counselor to Be New Enfield High Dean of Students

Brookfield Names New Special Education Director

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Clash Over Busing, Segregated Schools in Democratic Debate

Tolland Superintendent Earns High Marks From School Board, Which Cites His Leadership, Dedication

Dalio’s Partnership Taps Teacher of the Year and State BOE Member

New Haven Board of Ed Ponders Equity, Cost of Magnet Schools

Groton Students Learn About STEM at New Summer Academy

New Milford Makes School Budget Cuts, but Preserves Popular Programs

Southington Paraeducator of the Year Announced

Locations Limited for Free Summer Meals for Greenwich Students in Need

Snow Days Become School Days Under South Windsor Pilot Program

Manchester Board of Ed Considers Allowing Hats, Do-Rags at High School

Torrington School Board Hires Architect Group to Study Possible High School Renovation

Advanced Placement Joins in Pathbreaking Push for High School Research Papers

New Firm Selected to Oversee Design of Second Renovation Attempt at Farmington High School

How 3 States Are Digging In on Civics Education

Call Them Red Hawks: Board OKs Manchester High Mascot Change from Indians

Griswold Teacher of the Year Makes History a Detective Story

Outgoing Bridgeport Schools Chief Hands Out One More Superintendent’s Scholarship

New Milford School Board Can’t Avoid $600,000 in Cuts

West Hartford High School Acting Students Assume Fictional Characters for a Day

Bridgeport’s Newly Appointed Superintendent to Be Acting, Not Interim

Conn. Democrats Already Preparing to Take on Child Vaccination Laws in 2020

New Haven Board of Ed Chair Files for Reelection to Board

Groton’s Mary Morrisson Elementary School to Close in July 2021

New Hartford School Board to Appoint New Subcommittee to Get Public Input on Educational Goals

Democrats Abandon Charter Schools as ‘Reform’ Agenda Falls From Favor

A District Knew It Was Failing Some Students. How It’s Using Parents to Help

The ‘New Realms’ of Digital Writing: 3 Classroom Examples From ISTE

Diane Ravitch Wants Philanthropy to Support Rebirth of Public Schools

53 New Haven Teacher Positions Will Not Be Eliminated

A Split School Board Picks Adult Education Director as Interim Bridgeport Schools Chief

Local Organization Wants Parents to Know About Free Summer Meal Programs

New Haven School Chief’s Future in Doubt

New Haven Public Schools Deputy Superintendent Resigns

New Haven Student Wins National History Prize

East Windsor Voters Approve Up to $260,000 to Close School Board Deficit

Enfield School Board Taps Hartford Assistant Principal for Eli Whitney

Tentative Pact Between Gilbert School, Winchester Public Schools in Danger

Helping Teenagers Feel ‘Connected’ to School Yields Benefits 20 Years Later

Schools Are Rethinking Classroom Design to Encourage Collaboration, Creativity

Young Teachers May Be ‘Digital Natives’ But Need Support in Using Tech, Studies Find

Your Guide to Education in the Democratic Debate: Charter Schools, Teacher Pay, and Betsy DeVos

Biden’s Segregation Comments Resurrect His Anti-Busing History

See Where Teachers Got Pay Raises This Year

Amid Racial Divisions, Mayor’s Plan to Scrap NYC Elite School Exam Fails  

Alexa, Tell Us What You Think of Voice-Activated K-12 Learning  

Griswold Elementary School 8-Year-Old Writes, Illustrates Novel  

Alternatives Floated to New Haven Teacher Cuts

West Hartford Middle School Teacher Awarded Frank McCourt Teaching Prize  

Sensory Hallway Offers Griswold Students an Energy Outlet

Mansfield Teacher’s Passion for Iditarod Garners Honor

Hebron Students Use Lathes, Milling Machines in Manufacturing Class

PTO at Southington School Has Been Hard at Work Trying to Win the 2019 Colgate & ShopRite Recycled Playground Challenge

Proposed Stamford Teaching Chief Uses Data to Boost Student Performance

Norwalk Board Appoints Two Principals, Director of School Improvement

Stamford Principal Expected to Receive Big Promotion

Teaching in the U.S. Should Be More ‘Intellectually Attractive,’ Global Expert Says

Suicide Rate Among Adolescents at Highest Point Since 2000

Barack Obama Says Education Reform Isn’t a ‘Cure-All.’ Is That a Flip-Flop?

International Survey Highlights Teachers’ Joys, Challenges  

As Connecticut’s High School Athletics Transgender Policy Comes Under Scrutiny, Here’s What You Need to Know  

Hartford Public Schools Will Pay Incoming Ninth-Graders to Attend New Summer School Program  

Manchester High School Considers Changing Mascot  

Social Studies Teacher Chosen as Southington’s 2019-2020 Teacher of the Year  

Accuracy of Districts’ Reports Questioned as More Than a Third of CT Schools Report Zero Restraints, Seclusions 

Child Welfare: CT Ranks High in Education, Lower in Economic Well-Being

New Haven School Deficit Review Committee Seeks Cuts

A Grow-Your-Own Teaching Program in Bridgeport Still Germinating

Stamford Westhill High School Group Launches Political App  

Stonington Schools Offering New Courses

Funding Approved for Two Montessori classrooms in Norwalk

Search for Interim Bridgeport Schools Superintendent Creates Drama

Hamden Fifth-Grader’s Wearable Straw Invention Earned National Award

Tolland Council Mulls Over How to Use $568,966 in Unanticipated State Aid

Cheney Technical High School Grads Head for Real World of Work, More Learning

Graduates Look Back and Ahead: Somers High Students Urged to Stay True to Themselves

East Hartford High School Seniors Graduate as ‘the Smartest Class in the Past 10 Years’

Bolton Grads Focus on Power of Spreading Happiness

Windsor High School Graduates 269 to ‘Do Good in This World and Do Well’

West Hartford Conard Grads Told to Seek Outrage, Laughter

Southington High School’s Class of 2019 Celebrates Their ‘Knighting Day’

South Windsor High School’s 311 Graduates Accrued a Long List of Achievements

Community Encourages Plainville High School’s Class of 2019 to Find Their Happiness

Bill and Melinda Gates Launch Lobbying Shop

Hartford School Board Extends Superintendent Torres-Rodriguez’s Contract Through 2022

Hebron School Board Chairwoman Resigns at Time of Change for District

Amy Klobuchar Would Focus Heavily on Education Civil Rights in First 100 Days of Presidency

CT Bullying Law Flawed, Review of Records Shows

Hartford Promise Scholarship Program to Receive New England Higher Education Excellence Award

Berlin High School Seniors Reflect on Past, Look Toward Bright Future  

Bloomfield Teacher Retired 21 Years Ago, but Returned to Classroom Three Months Later; She’s Still at It

CT International Baccalaureate Academy Grads Urged to Stay True to Themselves

Outpouring of Gratitude for Interim Greenwich Superintendent

Tolland Creates Scholarship in Name of 2016 Grad Who Died in Crash

Vernon Grads Shaped by Inclusiveness, Ability to Adapt

Greenwich Scholarship Association Presents $500,000 to 122 Students, Minus the Fanfare

Schools’ Racial Makeup Can Sway Disability Diagnoses

Debate Not Over on Sharing Teacher Pension Costs with Towns

CT Joins College Board’s Nationwide Scholarship Program

Former New Haven Hillhouse Teacher U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes Addresses Graduates

Wilbur Cross High School Graduates 388 in New Haven

Simsbury High an ‘Extraordinary Stepping Stone’ for 2019 Graduates

Wethersfield Board of Education Makes Final Budget Cuts

After 19 Years and 15 Superintendents, Kim Eves Celebrated at Greenwich BOE

Change for Mill Hill Plan Approved by Fairfield School Board

Hebron Selectmen OK Adding Police at Both Elementary Schools

Former Torrington Schools Superintendent Up for Interim Superintendent Position in Bridgeport

New Haven Ed Board Eats Out — & Opens Up

Districts Could Get $14 Billion More This Fall. Here Are Five Ways They Might Spend It

List of Racially Unbalanced Schools Released by State

Saving CT Children From Cycle of Trauma

New Haven Board of Ed Convenes Committee to Mitigate Deficit

West Hartford’s Hall High School Honors 2019 Graduates With ‘a Joyous Occasion’

Education Bill Could Give New Haven Magnet Schools Two Years Relief

East Lyme Education Board Follows Through on Cuts, Eliminates Middle School Basketball

Bridgeport Superintendent to Take Job at University of Bridgeport

Cromwell Picks Macri as School Superintendent

Why Unpaid School Meal Bills Cause Heartburn for Administrators

Manchester Board of Education to Vote on Whether to Change ‘Indian’ Mascot

Glastonbury School Board Adds a Kindergarten Teacher at Hopewell Elementary School Due to High Enrollment

Several Eastern CT Students Participate in National Invention Convention

New Haven Teachers Union Pitches Buyouts

Groton Board of Education to Vote on Closing Another School

Digital Surveillance and School Safety: 5 Things Administrators Need to Know

Homeless Students’ Struggles Come Into Sharper Focus Under ESSA

Hamden Special Ed Parents Decry Uncertainty

Classical Magnet High School Graduation Celebration a Mix of Laughter and Calls to Action

Coach: Bridgeport School Sports Hurt by Board Donation to Youth League

A Sixth Finalist Invited to Vie for Bridgeport Interim Schools Chief

Politicians: Branford Schools Fare Well Under State Budget

Few Student Board Members Can Vote. Should That Change?

Money, Data, Security: The Biggest Challenges Facing K-12 Tech Leaders

New Haven School Board Stops Teacher Transfers

Norwalk Students Help Promote Plastic Bag Ban

Groton Teachers Awarded Grants to Travel Abroad

Democrats Once Proposed Tripling Charter Schools. Here’s What’s Changed

How Do You Teach Kids About Texting? Bring in the Teenagers

Is the Nation’s Rising Graduation Rate Real?

‘Homework Gap’ Shows Millions of Students, Including Those in Hartford’s North End, Lack Home Internet

Better Schools Won’t Fix America

What Education-Related Bills Did Connecticut Lawmakers Pass?

Holly Shurtleff Named as Stonington Schools Educator of the Year

Research Shows Lower Test Scores for Fourth Graders Who Use Tablets in Schools

More Money for Teacher Salaries, School Construction, and Low-Income Students Does Make a Difference

Schools Reckon With Social Stress: ‘I’m on My Phone So Much’

Milford High School Students Publish Books of Short Stories