Month: September 2019

‘Quality Counts’ Education Survey Ranks Connecticut Schools Among the Best in the Nation

Norwalk’s Tracey School Community Celebrates Accolades

Mansfield Residents Fight for New Elementary School

19-Year-Old Named to Manchester School Board

Suffield Schools Spraying for Mosquitoes Amid EEE Concerns

Education in the 2020 Presidential Race

Are Schools Prepared to Respond to Sex Abuse? Latest Probe Reveals Shortcomings

Census Finds Poverty Inched Up in Connecticut in 2018

New Britain Schools Superintendent Lays Out Why ‘Every Day Matters’

Take a Peek Inside Rocky Hill’s Brand New Moser School, a 21st Century Learning Space

West Haven High School Staff Receive Way to Go Award

Four CT Schools Win National Blue Ribbon Awards From Department of Education

BOE Talks Stratfield Contamination, Concerns Of ‘Just Leaving It’

New Haven School Board Delaying Release of Superintendent’s Performance Evaluation

RI Ed Commissioner Planning $1M Teacher Recruitment Campaign

Brookfield Names New Special Ed Supervisor

This Banned Books Week, Stories With LGBTQ Themes Dominate the Most-Challenged List

Math Teachers Take a Page From English/Language Arts: Comic Books!

Did the Recession Hurt Test Scores? A New Study Says Yes. By a Lot.

Concern Over Mosquito-Borne Disease EEE Prompts Some Connecticut Schools to Change Times of Athletic Events

High School Nation Concert Rocks Westhill High in Stamford

Plymouth Could Close a School: Board Presents Potential Options to Community

Plainville’s New Assistant Superintendent of Schools Aims to Make Sure Each Student Succeeds

AI Can Disrupt Racial Inequity in Schools, or Make It Much Worse

DonorsChoose: It’s Not Just For Teachers Anymore

Growing Numbers of CT Kids Face Mental, Behavioral Health Crises

Hartford One of Five U.S. Cities Launching Language Development Program for Young Children

Fighting Housing Segregation May Cost Law Firm Its Relationship with Board of Ed

Interview With Connecticut’s Education Commissioner

Male Career and Technical H.S. Grads Have More Initial Earning Power, Study Says

New Haven’s Clinton Ave. School Makes Time for Reading

Meyer Named Ridgefield’s Teacher of the Year

Some Warn Bridgeport Schools Superintendent Search Is off Course

Money Jitters Are Never Far Below the Surface for School Leaders

‘I See It Everywhere.’ In Round Table Discussion With Sen. Blumenthal, Newington High School Students Highlight Prevalence of Vaping

State Offers New Haven 700-Seat Magnet Compromise

Foundation for West Hartford Public Schools Awards More Than $100,000 in Grants

Some Skeptical of Bridgeport’s Plan to Cut Special Education Costs

West Hartford’s Webster Hill School Holds Annual Butterfly Release

An Analysis of Achievement Gaps in Every School in America Shows That Poverty Is the Biggest Hurdle

It’s Not About Sex: Teaching Young Children Where Babies Come From (and Other Stuff)

Which States Saw a Surge in Teenage Voters in 2018?

DeVos Seeks More Civil Rights Data on Sexual Violence, Religious Harassment

At Hartford Rally, Students Speak Out Against Climate Change, Joining Millions of Others Across the World

How to Keep Teachers From Leaving the Profession

State Denies Danbury’s Emergency Funding Request After Jump in Enrollment

17% of New Teacher Hires in Stamford Are Alum of the District

Danbury, Bethel School Enrollment Exceeds Projections

Sen. Murphy Visits Meriden School to Discuss Diversity

North Stonington to Join Sandy Hook Promise’s ‘Say Something’ Initiative

Torrington School Board Candidates Call for Unity, Hard Work

Nonprofit Launched to Aid East Hartford Public Schools

Bristol Board of Education Partners With Public Works to Build 3 Community Gardens at Schools

After Years of Planning, Middletown Officials Break Ground on New Middle School

Donation Will Enable Nonnewaug Freshman Class to Visit Museum of Jewish Heritage

New Fairfield Building Projects Draw Mixed Reactions

Input Sought Regarding Hebron School Chief

Could Testing Wreck Civics Education?

CT Child Poverty Stats Conflict; $ At Stake

Watch: New Sandy Hook Promise PSA Shows Children Using School Supplies to Survive Shooting

Student Artwork Featured on Bridgeport’s Digital Billboard

Stamford’s Cloonan Middle Named School of Distinction

New Haven Schools CFO Search Picks Up

Why Do Some People Become Readers?

Districts Try ‘Grow Your Own’ Programs to Get Teaching Force to Better Mirror the Student Body

Lack of Home Internet Access Is Educational Hardship, Report Suggests

High School Coursework Falls Short in Workforce Prep, Survey Suggests

Senate Education Spending Bill Would Increase Aid for School Safety, Charters

How Caring for Students in Distress Can Take a Steep Toll on Educators

Hayes Co-Sponsors School Crime Research Bill

How We Have Failed Our Teachers

Inspired by Children’s Book, West Hartford School Teaches Students to Be Good Neighbors

As Connecticut’s Immunization Levels Decline, Gov. Ned Lamont, Legislative Leaders Vow to Repeal Religious Exemption for Vaccines

Anti-Semitic Graffiti at CT Schools a Sign Steep Learning Curve Still Exists

Hamden HS Program Empowers Students to Earn Associate Degree

Norwalk Seeks ‘Sweet Spot’ for High School Start Times

Bridgeport School Officials Thank the City Council for Bus Funds

Poll Finds Support for School Busing to Reduce Segregation, but Only Among Democrats

Early-College High School Students More Likely to Earn Postsecondary Degrees

Bernie Sanders Aims to Woo Educators With Ad About Teacher Activism

Teachers’ Word Carries Weight in Choosing EdTech Products, Survey Finds

Hamden Fights New Haven on Charging Magnet School Tuition

Hero Box Drive at Ansonia’s Emmett O’Brien to Bring Comforts to Troops Overseas

Swastikas, Star of David Drawn at Darien Middle School a Week After Swastikas Found

After Student Backlash, New Milford High School Reopens Bathrooms That Had Been Closed Due to Vaping Concerns

EEE Virus Causing a Delay to the High School Football Season in CT

New Haven Board of Education Approves Conference Attendance, Cost Unknown

When School’s a Battleground for Transgender Kids, Teachers Learn to Protect, Affirm Them

Jahana Hayes Moves to Help Students Hurt by College Closures  

Bridgeport Officially Bends Its Special Education Busing Policy  

New Campus Comes with New Programs at Woodstock Academy  

Health Commissioner to Join Call for Eliminating Religious Exemption for Vaccinating Schoolchildren

Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found at Two Connecticut High Schools  

Canterbury Voters to Decide on Plan to Pay Schools’ Overdue Bills  

The Changing Face of School Integration

Greenwich Educator Named Semifinalist for State Teacher of the Year

East Haven Schools to Hold Annual Back to School Picnic Saturday

Fields at 7 Fairfield Schools Can Reopen, but Pesticides Found

Insurgent Bridgeport BOE Candidates Have Another Shot in November

Football Down? Running Up? Six Interesting Trends in Connecticut High School Sports Participation

To Prevent School Shootings, Districts Are Surveilling Students’ Online Lives

11 Cases of Serious Lung Injury Now Linked to Vaping in Connecticut; Health Officials Urge People to Avoid E-cigarettes

‘I Am Pro Good Schools.’ Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate Charter Schools, Equity

How ESSA Could Complicate Rural Turnarounds

School Food Service, Another Divide Between Rich and Poor in Connecticut

New Haven Bus Chaos Worsens; Parents Panicked

Danbury High School Facing Overcrowding

Greenwich High School Pledges Never to Forget by Offering Food for Hungry

Evening School and Park Athletic Events Restricted in Four Southeastern Connecticut Towns Because of Mosquito Infection Worries

Ganim Democrats Appear to Advance in Bridgeport School Board Race

Ellington Kid Inventor Wins Awards for Carbon Monoxide Fan Alarm

Can Bite-Sized Lessons Make Social-Emotional Learning Easier to Teach?

CT Teachers Working Multiple Jobs to Make Ends Meet

Lawmakers Balk at Being Excluded From Decision Making in Education Partnership

U.S. Students and Teachers Spend More Time in School Than Peers in High-Performing Nations

Ransomware Attack Hits Wolcott School District Twice in 4 months

Connecticut Has Lower Rates of Chronic Absenteeism Than Most of U.S.

Is the Food at Saxe Middle School in New Canaan Up to Par?

Coventry Bus Stops Changing After Complaints

Scientific Research on How to Teach Critical Thinking Contradicts Education Trends

Parents Say They Want More School Data. Teachers Say They Need More Time to Use It

The Cost of Teaching: Teacher Spending and Supplies

SBAC Scores: See How Your School and District Did

Fairfield High Schoolers Had Fewer As, More Fs and Ds, in 2018-19

BOE Meeting on New Haven School Transportation Problems Delayed for 2 Days

Emmett O’Brien Technical High School’s Teacher of the Year Gets Statewide Honor

Positive Childhood Experiences May Buffer Against Health Effects of Adverse Ones

Bethel Public Schools Hiring for 14 Jobs

Keleher Takes Over As New Principal at Fitch High School in Groton

Milford Public Schools Hiring for Several Jobs

The Push to Get More Teachers of Color in Special Education Classrooms

Stop Vaping, CDC Warns, as Deaths and Illness Linked to E-Cigarettes Grows

New Scores on Smarter Balanced Assessment Show Strong Improvement in Math

Study Says States With Higher Teacher Salaries Have Better SAT, ACT Results

Congress Promised Public Servants a Break on Student Loans. Education Dept. Rejected 99% of Them

First Female High School Football Coach in CT Is Blazing Trails for Women

Greenwich School Board Wants More Involvement in Curriculum, Testing

Accessible Playground at Pembroke School in Danbury, Once a Dream, Now a Reality

Contamination Test Results Delayed at Fairfield School Sites

Winsted Approves Hinsdale School Renovations

New Haven BOE: Lack of CFO Harming the District

Schools Say No to Cellphones in Class. But Is It a Smart Move?

In Battle Against Bullies, Some Schools Target Parents

State Spending on School Construction Dropped Sharply Over Last Decade

Belief in the Individual Motivates New Education Commissioner Cardona

A Feast for Young Minds: ESPN Creates Buffet of Free Books for New Britain Students

Police Investigate Attempted Sherman School Data Breach

Greene-Hills Students Show Off Their Green Thumbs as School Becomes 3rd in Bristol to Plant Community Garden

Mercy Alger is Lyme-Old Lyme Schools ‘Teacher of the Year’

Waterbury Teacher of the Year Lisa Romano Lives, Works by the Motto ‘Relationships Matter’