Month: December 2019

Hartford Teachers Demand Testing for PCBs

Stamford School Laborers Protest Building Privatization

Composting Comes to Greenwich Public Schools

PJ Day for Children’s Hospital Aided Greatly by Enfield Schools

Wilton High School Student Wins Congressional App Challenge

Andover Official Sees Large Increase in RHAM Spending Ahead

Greenwich School Board Takes on Nearly $200M Budget Plan

About Half of CT Students Reach Grade Level or Better on New Science Test

School Security Guard Out to Warm Bridgeport Youth

Stamford Academy, the City’s Charter High School, Set to Close

Middletown to Dedicate Performing Arts Center to Beloved Music Teacher This Weekend

Elm City Charter in New Haven Consolidates

Students and Alumni Start Petition to Remove Native American Mascot Logo at Valley Regional High School

CT High School Girls Encouraged to Participate in Cybersecurity Competition

South Windsor School District Considering Home Learning to Make Up for Snow Days

North Haven Schools Asking for $2 Million in Security Upgrades

South Windsor 10-Year Schools Plan Includes Proposals for Preschool Program, New Elementary School

When Schools Try to Tweak Winter Break, Families Fight Back

“Kids Who Have Less, Need More”: The Fight Over School Funding

Special Education: Definition, Statistics, and Trends

Low-Income Districts Find Ways to Help Students Make Music

The School Shootings of 2019: What’s Behind the Numbers

Number of High School Seniors ‘Hooked’ on Vaping More Than Doubled in the Last Year

2010 to Now: A Turbulent Decade for Schools

Congress Mostly Snubs DeVos Agenda in Deal Increasing Education Spending

Parents’ Erratic Work Schedules Put Children at Risk

Several Norwich Schools to Switch to Metal Forks and Spoons

Court Delay Keeps New Haven Student in ICE Lockup

Architect Picked for New Fairfield School Construction

Education Partnership Discusses Budget, Hires and Plans — All in Open Session

Westhill Marching Band Brings Home Gold

New Norwalk High Could Become ‘Model for Other Communities’

Stonington to Study Changing School Start Times

In the Halls: Immigrants Experience Thanksgiving at Stamford High

Key Takeaways from Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Public Education Forum  

Stamford Eyes Long-term Goal: New School in the South End  

New Schools Already Have Repair Backlog  

Open Enrollment Has Drained One District; It’s Looking to Dissolve  

School PJ Day Raises Funds for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center  

Court Delay Keeps Connecticut Student in ICE Lockup  

Should Schools Still Play Dodgeball?  

Is Phonics Boring? These Teachers Say It Doesn’t Have to Be  

Westport School Board to Hold Off Redistricting  

Local Schools, Community Members Support Arctic Splash to Send Vernon Kids To Camp  

East Haven Board of Education Honors District’s Teacher of the Year  

Screens in the Classroom: Tool or Temptation?  

Most Principals Have No Say in Choosing Police for Their Schools  

Schools Allege Negligence, Fraud and Breach of Contract in Mold Crisis Lawsuit  

Killingly Community Torn on Name of High School Mascot  

Sandy Hook Families to Get Day in Court Against Gunmaker  

Bridgeport School Volunteers: Their Last Stand?  

What the Youth Vaping Epidemic Costs Schools  

Connecticut Grads Have Highest Average Student Loan Debt; Meet Those Affected and Legislators Hoping to Help

Amity Regional Public Schools Hiring for Several Jobs  

Andover School Board Discusses Regionalization, Class Size Limits  

As Newtown Students Grow Up, Some Turn to Activism

Untold Black & Latinx History Surfaces in New Haven

Are GreatSchools Ratings Making Segregation Worse?

ICE Detained a New Haven Student. His Teachers Tried to Send Him Homework So He Wouldn’t Fall Behind

IMTI Offers Construction Career Training Programs in Waterbury Schools

Accidental Shootings Raise Questions About Arming Teachers

Screens in the Classroom: Tool or Temptation?

Teaching in 2020 vs. 2010: A Look Back at the Decade

Stamford Teachers’ Voices Left Out of Schedule Overhaul

New Union Prez Vows New Day for New Haven Teacher’s Aides

Building a New Norwalk High School: 5 Things to Know

Stamford’s Dolan Middle School Open Today After Water Leak

Greenwich School Board Seeks a Way to Pay for Cleanup of Western’s Field

In US Schools, Resource Officers Woven into Daily Life

Poor-Quality Materials Abound on Lesson-Sharing Websites, Report Says

ESSA Voices: The Every Student Succeeds Act, Four Years Later

Trump Says He’s Fighting for the ‘Forgotten Child,’ Touts Education Choice Bill

Tunxis Hosts Technology Program for Hartford High School Students

Chris Soto Accepts Job With State Department of Education

One in three U.S. high schools have no athletic trainers

Pro-Charter Billionaire Gives Yale School of Management $100M to Train Public School Leaders

Three CT School Districts Receive Grant to Address Students’ Trauma and Mental Health Needs

Columbia School Finds Math Solution

Amity Middle School Teacher in Space Initiative

Norwalk’s Ponus School Project Nears Completion

Cheshire High School Students, Staff Face off in Supermarket Challenge

Does ‘the Achievement Gap’ Evoke a Negative Stereotype? What the Research Says

Partisan Politics or Efficiency? Lamont’s Plans for School Building Program Spark Debate

Norwich Free Academy Students Ask, ‘What’s Next for Me?’

Federal Judge to Hear Arguments Thursday in School Racial Quota Case

A Dreaded Part of Teachers’ Jobs: Restraining and Secluding Students

Norwich Education Foundation Awards Grants

‘Genius Hour’ Lets Kids Take Charge: Would Einstein Have Liked This?

CT Treasurer Roles Out Policy to Stop Investing Pension Money in Gun Manufacturers

Enrollment in Teacher-Preparation Programs Is Declining Fast

CT Lawmakers Slam Trump Administration’s Food Stamp Cuts

U.S. Students Gain Ground Against Global Peers. But That’s Not Saying Much

States Gear Up to Overhaul K-12 Funding in 2020

Black, Latino Children Do Better With Evidence-Based Therapy Than Talk Therapy

In Killingly, a Debate Over the High School Mascot Leads to a Political Reckoning

Hamden Eyes School Dress Code Changes to Be More Equitable Regarding Gender, Race

Hamden’s West Woods School Construction Project Still on the Table

Pointillism in 1st Grade? Teachers Use Unfamiliar Lessons to Mine for Giftedness

New Study Says Connecticut Grads Have the Highest Average Student Loan Debt  

Education, Other Advocacy Groups Chime In on Gun Case in Supreme Court  

MacArthur Fellow Explores Brain Creativity with True Artists: Preschoolers  

Griswold Art Students Connect with Children in Pakistan  

Hillhouse JROTC Cadets Show Thanks  

Norwich Crossing Guard Has Been Protecting Children for Almost 50 Years