Month: August 2019

House Minority Leader Hits Pause on Dalio Partnership Organization

Thursday Brings Another Round of First Days of School in Connecticut

Religious Exemptions to Vaccines Rose by 25 Percent in Connecticut This Past Year

New Haven Schools Open; Transportation Problems Not Solved

FBI Investigating Computer Hacking at Wolcott Public Schools

Bridgeport Looks to New School Improvements as It Closes in on New Bassick High Site

Hamden Schools Forum Targets Diversity, Inclusion

Back to School: Starting Class at Later Time

Bridgeport Scrambles to Restore Busing on the Eve of a New School Year

First Day of School: Stamford Students Return to Classes

East Haven Schools Staff Learn to ‘Stop the Bleed,’ Talk Student Safety

Colchester Students Greeted by Messages of Kindness

Enfield Students Return to School

2 New Principals Hired in Guilford as New School Year Begins

Back to School: Teachers Paying Out of Pocket for Supplies

CREC Schools Aim to Increase Number of Certified Minority Educators With Teacher Residency Program  

Ransomware Attack Locks Out Wolcott School District for 3 Months

East Lyme Elementary Students Welcomed Back to Newly Renovated Schools

Parents Praise Plymouth Schools on Students’ First Day Back

Windham Students Get Back on the Bus

Gov. Ned Lamont Pledges to Release School-by-School Immunization Rates

Connecticut School Wrongly Requested Immigration Status of Family

Greenwich High Teacher Honored for Excellence in Economics

Contaminant Testing Timeline Addressed by Fairfield School Board

Pete Buttigieg on DeVos, Charter Schools, and the Federal Role in Education

Connecticut Students, Teachers Head Back to School Wednesday

New Britain High School Senior Speaks at Standing-Room-Only Convocation, Tells Teachers ‘There Are Students in This City That Need You’

Educators Dressed as Superheroes and the Community Came Together at Plainville High School to Celebrate the New School Year

Emails Show New Haven Mayor Harp Role in School COO Hiring

Teachers Nationwide Now Have Access to Open-Source Science Curriculum

Lamont Shifts Education Focus Away From Regionalization

Girls Keep on Giving Back in Southington With School Backpack Giveaway

Bridgeport School Staff Told to Focus on Every Kid, Every Day

Ansonia-Derby School Regionalization Group Gets First Look at Scenarios

Ridgefield Schools Open With Optimistic Outlook

Ransomware Attack Hits Wolcott School Computers, District Prepared to Pay a Ransom

New Practices, Including Extended Day, Await Middletown Students

How One New Haven School’s Kids Tackled Math

Coventry Teachers Ready to Welcome Kids

Torrington High School Welcomes Freshmen for Orientation

New Norwich Superintendent Outlines Plan for the New School Year

Public Health Commissioner Won’t Release School-by-School Vaccination Data

New Haven Schools Chief Promises Academic Year to Focus on ‘The Core’

Inmates and Their Children Gather at First Family Dance in New Program at Willard-Cybulski Correctional Institution

Bridgeport School Board Reverses Course on Walking Distances

Middletown High School Students Hosting Mayoral Candidates Debate

Region 12’s First Day of School Delayed

Interim School Chief Ready in Hebron

New Haven Schools to Appeal State Magnet Ruling

A Rousing Welcome for New Milner Middle Marks First Day of School in Hartford

Connecticut High School Sports Participation Drops for the First Time in Over a Decade, Mirroring National Trend

New Haven Schools Take New Teachers for a Walk, to Neighborhoods

The Scientific Debate Over Teens, Screens And Mental Health

College Board Drops Its ‘Adversity Score’ For Each Student After Backlash

Researchers Can Detect When Students Aren’t Trying on Computerized Tests

Flipped Classrooms May Exacerbate Student Achievement Gaps. Here’s How

The Student Vaping Crisis: How Schools Are Fighting Back

Unified Sports in Connecticut Rapidly Growing, Looking to Expand in Middle Schools

New Milford School Board to Pay $350,000 to Teachers in Suit

Farmington Schools Open for the Year, Among Earliest in the State  

Back to School: What Danbury-area Parents Need to Know

After Mass Shootings in El Paso, Dayton, Back-to-School Time Brings Added Concerns About Guns, Security

Cheshire High School Best Buddies Program Recognized at National Conference

Students Get Free Backpacks, Supplies in Bridgeport as School Year Approaches

News 8’s Annual Back to School Drive

Peek Inside Hartford’s New Weaver High School, Reopening After a $133 Million Renovation  

Alum Takes Over at Plainfield High

Stratford Schools to Offer Free Meals to All Students

Manchester School Board Chair Talks About Progress and Goals for the New School Year and His Role as the Board’s First African American Leader

Naugatuck Public Schools Welcomes New Staff

Greenwich High Health Teacher Kim Gillick Dies at 59

Ridgefield Teams Take Proactive Approach to Prevent Hazing

Donated Backpacks, Supplies to Help Norwalk Students Begin School Year

Reminder to Parents: Back-to-School Dental Health Requirement

Connecticut Shoppers Gear up for Back-to-School During Sales Tax Free Week

Some FAQs for Educators on Children’s Trauma

With New Anti-Plagiarism Tool, Google Enters Familiar Debates About Teaching Writing

Cardona Urges Superintendents to Avoid ‘Normalization of Failure’

CT Estimates Tens of Thousands of Children Could Lose Health Insurance, Free Meals Under Trump Immigration Change

In Hartford’s Youth Leadership Academy, Teens From the North End Offer Stories, Solutions to Urban Gun Violence

Among CT Schools, Shooter Preparedness a Sobering Reality

Haddam-Killingworth School District Appoints New Middle School Principal

New Milford Hires New Schaghticoke Assistant Principal

Greenwich Administrator for Gifted Students Earns National Award

$1,500-A-Day New Haven Early Childhood Education Consultant Questioned

Windham County School That Serves Students With Special Needs to Open

‘Nobody Learns It in a Day’: Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools

Why Slavery Is Mistaught — and Worse — in American Schools

What If You Could Change Your Child’s Future In One Hour Every Week?

How to Help Your Child Study

Online Simulation Preps Schools for Emotional Toll of Disasters

The State’s New Education Commissioner: Collaborator, Listener, Hard Worker

In His Own Words: Commissioner Miguel Cardona on Five Issues  

Feds Tell Ed-Tech Companies to Turn Over Data-Collection Details  

Doctors Advise Parents on Dealing with Back-to-School Anxiety in Children  

EASTCONN Names New Principal  

Hartford Youth from “the 06120” Offer Stories, Solutions to Urban Gun Violence  

At Dunkin’ Donuts Park Celebration, the Hartford Public Schools Helped to Prepare Families for Next Week’s First Day of School

Stamford Sees Spike in Students Registering for Free, Reduced Lunch

In Drive to Increase Manufacturing Workforce, Sikorsky and Teamsters Partner to Reach High School Students

Board of Ed Panel Grills Superintendent on Problems With New Haven Schools Curriculum Audit

Social Justice Inspires Hamden Woman’s School Board Quest

A Glastonbury High Grad Has Talent and Artistic Passion. Now He’s Headed to a Prestigious Art School Thanks to the Local Community

West Hartford Teen Publishes Second Novel

States Increasingly Extend Charter-like Flexibility to District Schools

How Do We Teach With Primary Sources When So Many Voices Are Missing?

Connecticut’s New Education Commissioner Focuses on Students

CT Teachers’ Perspectives on Common Core

Norwich History Teacher a Finalist for National Award

New Haven Magnets Seek $2,250 Tuition From Suburbs

Bridgeport Mayor Pushes Budget Transfer to Restore School Busing Cuts

New Haven Officials: Schools Deficit Decreasing, Budgeting Improving

The Hartford’s Back-to-School Giving Program Stuffs Over 1,000 Backpacks for Hartford-Area Youth

Keeler Tavern & History Center Honors Ridgefield Teacher

Region 10 Names New Superintendent of Schools

New Studies Challenge the Claim That Black Students Are Sent to Special Ed Too Much

NBC Connecticut Surveys Teachers About Classroom Spending  

Foundation Issues Prompt Change in Start of School Year for Tolland  

The Data Are In: Teenage Voting Hit ‘Historic’ High in 2018 Midterms  

Push for Ethnic Studies in Schools Faces a Dilemma: Whose Stories to Tell  

Academy Aims to Equip New and Future Principals with Real-World Skills  

BBB Touts Tips, Tax-Free Week for Back-to-School Shoppers  

Back-to-School Boost from Hartford Block Party  

WFSB Eyewitness News Features Back-to-School Tips from Teachers  

Tolland Council Weighs ECS Split Between Town, Schools, Leaving Less Money for Teaching Positions  

New Member Named to Ansonia School Regionalization Panel  

Gun Store Advertises Assault Rifles in Back-to-School Promotion  

‘Secret’ Payment for New Haven Curriculum Audit, Other Expenditures in Question  

Connecticut Students Awarded Dunkin’ Scholarships  

Haddam-Killingworth Seeks Public Input in Search for Superintendent  

‘Clear the List’ Movement Helps Teachers Procure Classroom Supplies  

Norwalk Group Aims to Add 100 to Mentoring Program  

The Rise of Ransomware in Public Schools  

High School Coaches Seek to Change Connecticut’s Off-Season Rule  

Armed School Security Officer Approved in Ellington  

Education Group: Repeal the Religious Exemption from Vaccination  

Connecticut Students Explore Plastic Consumption Project  

Connecticut Students Getting a Jump Start On STEM

What’s on School Menus This Fall? Trade Mitigation  

Wilton Student’s Food Box Unveiled at Mall Celebration  

Stratford Schedules Back-to-School Immunization Clinics, Physicals  

Close Friends More Influential on Student Behavior Than Popular Kids, Study Shows  

Manchester Students Will Return to ‘Like New,’ Bigger Elementary School  

Several Norwich Schools Could Consolidate as City Looks to Save Money  

New Guide Advises Schools on How to Respond to ICE Raids  

Fundraiser to Revive JV Sports in East Windsor Brings in More Than $10,700  

‘Growth Mindset’ Boosts Students’ Grades, Willingness to Challenge Themselves  

Sharp Disparities and Top-10 Scores for Lyme-Old Lyme Schools in Latest Figures  

Pearson Student Data Breach: More Than 13,000 Schools Impacted  

Federal Office of Civil Rights to Investigate Connecticut’s High School Transgender Athlete Policy