Month: January 2020

CT Schools Receive Report Cards From State

Stamford Residents Deride Plan to Move Toquam School  

Board of Estimate & Taxation Stresses Need for Independent Study of Special Education in Greenwich

Stamford’s School Privatization Idea Gains Traction Amid Angst

Nonnewaug Students Donate 200 Goodie Bags

Howell Cheney Technical School’s All-Female Tech Team Wins App Design Challenge

Board of Education to Review New Norwalk High School Plans

DeVos Taps Haley Barbour, Ex-Governor and RNC Boss, to Oversee ‘Nation’s Report Card’

TikTok’s ‘Outlet Challenge’ Is Latest Social Media Nightmare for School Leaders

Fed-up Bridgeport School Board Triples Its Budget Increase

Federal Lawsuit Challenging CT School Racial Quotas Is Withdrawn

Hartford Parents, Teachers Criticize Plan to Move Adult Education Into School Building With PreK-8th Grade Students

Harvard Researchers Find Parent Choice Is Furthering School Segregation

Homelessness Can Traumatize a Young Child for Life; CT Collaborative Seeks to End the Costly Consequences

Education Is the Darling of Wealthy Philanthropists, But K-12 Is Losing Its Luster

Coronavirus Cases in the U.S. Are Few, But Some Schools Aren’t Taking Any Chances

Connecticut Tribe Takes Issue With Schools’ Indian Names

Outspoken Norwalk Resident Confronts Duff Over Norwalk High Promise

Somers School Chief Seeks 3.81% Budget Hike

Waterbury School Committee Will Wait for State’s Black, Latino Course

Norwich Free Academy Board of Trustees Approves $37.8 Million 2020-21 Budget, 3% Tuition Hike

Stratford Superintendent Requests $6 Million Budget Increase

East Windsor High School Hires East Hartford Administrator as New Principal

RHAM Superintendent Proposes 2.88% Increase in School Spending

Flexible Seating: Collaboration Catalyst or Classroom Disaster?

Community Schools, Focused on Addressing Child Poverty, Succeed in Key Metrics, Study Finds

No ‘Secret Agenda,’ Mayor Says After Emails Circulate About New Norwalk High Project

Hamden Schools: Fried Seagull Won’t Prevent Cyber-Recovery

Students at New Lebanon School in Greenwich Get Active With Zumba Lesson

Greenwich High Student Advances to Regeneron Science Talent Search Finals

Columbia OKs High School Contracts

Ledyard Approves $125,000 in Funding for High School Agri-Science Purchases

New Haven School Board Changes Leadership

Waterford’s New Softball Field Finally Rounds the Bases

Students Displaced by Puerto Rico Earthquakes Begin to Arrive in Connecticut

Greenwich Parents Express Concern Over Impartiality of Special Education Study

New Haven’s Elementary Science Kits Stuck in Storage

Why Are Danbury-Area School Budgets Rising?

Greenwich’s Parkway School Receives Grant to Compost, Grow a Garden

New Haven Youth BOE Members Propose New Student Senate

Lamont, Other CT Officials Vow to Take on Housing Segregation

Stamford High Juniors Achieve Perfect ACT Scores

Wolcott Resident Named Ridgefield’s Superintendent of Schools

Six Designs Presented for Farmington High School Renovation Cost Ranges From $46 to $117 Million

Mental Health in Schools: Black and Hispanic Students Say They Have Less Support

Social Media Is ‘Tearing Us Apart’, Middle and High School Students Say

As Esports Take Off, High School Leagues Get in the Game

Unaccompanied Minors Are Moving to CT in Record Numbers

CT Schools Ranked Third in Nation on Chance-for-Success Index

Stamford Students Surpass Half-Million Mark in Bottle Cap Challenge

Read a Bridgeport 6th-Grade Student’s Winning MLK Essay

Ray O’Connell, ‘Superman’ of Stratford Schools, Dead at 75

Bethel Superintendent to Propose Budget

Nearly 40% of Young Children Missing Out on Vision Screenings

Students’ ‘Dream Jobs’ Out of Sync With Emerging Economy

Stamford Reps Want More Data on School Privatization Plan

Students Present Senior Projects at Second Annual ‘Washington Gives’ Event on MLK Day

New Norwich School Residency Officer Has Busy First Two Months

Housatonic Valley Regional High School Receives Grants to Send Students to the Galapagos Islands

Teens Care What Parents Think About Drinking

New Haven School Gets Nearly $100K in Work Without BOE Approval

Funding for New Norwalk High May Not Be Guaranteed

Trump Team Plans to Relax School Lunch Rules. Opponents Warn of ‘Junk Food Loophole’

Making Yellow School Buses a Little More Green

Parents, Teachers Push for Testing Hartford Schools for Toxic PCBs

New Research Shows Pollution and Heat Impair Learning

Hartford Mayor to State: Stop With the Segregation

New Haven Board of Ed President: “Money Matters”

West Hartford Fifth Grader Inaugurated as 2020 Kid Governor

New Haven School-Shoppers Told: See for Yourself

West Hartford Teens’ Club Aims to Brighten Future for Classmates With Autism

Grant Allows Hill-Stead Museum to Provide Free Field Trips to Students East of the River

LGBTQ Teachers Await Decision on Discrimination Protections

Long History Underlies Fight Over Religious-School Funding

CT Lawmakers Will Consider Banning Native American Mascots as 19 Public Schools Continue to Use Them

Hamden School District Still Offline in Wake of Cyberattack

Bridgeport BOE Told District Needs a $14.5 Million Increase for 2020-21

New London Firefighters and Students Bond Over Lunch

New Leader for Interdistrict School for Arts and Communication in New London

School Officials Will Take Complaints of Underfunded Vo-Ag Programs to Hartford

Local Journalism Is in Crisis. That’s a Big Problem for Education

What Do Teachers Want Most for Their Classrooms?

Here’s What Gen Z Teachers Around the World Want in Their Jobs

What Trump’s Action on School Prayer Means (and Doesn’t Mean) for Students and Educators

New Haven School Officials See Possible Benefit in CT Segregation Settlement

Hamden Public Schools Computer Network Attacked by Malware

Fairfield BOE Combs Through Budget

Torrington School Budget Frozen After Influx of Special Education Students, Costs

Manchester School Superintendent Seeks $3.3 Million Budget Hike

Among Black and White Young Adults, High School Completions Are on Par, Study Finds

Poll Points to Education as Key 2020 Issue, Especially for Democrats. But Hang On

Danbury’s $62 Million for Schools, Other Projects Could Go to Voters in Spring

Controversial Extended School Day and Year Gain Momentum at Norwalk’s Kendall School

Five High School Students From Greenwich Recognized as Top Science Scholars

Norwich School Board Approves Adding Griswold High School as a Choice

Parents Weigh in on Proposed Norwalk School Budget

Wolcott School Board Approves Cyber Security Contract

Region 6 School Board Approves Moving 6th Graders From Elementary Schools to Wamogo Regional High School

Newtown School Budget Would Cut Five Jobs

3.57 Percent Budget Increase Sought by Milford’s Schools Chief

What Does Big Tech Want From Schools? (Spoiler Alert: It’s Not Money)

Black and Hispanic Students Are Succeeding in Hard Courses. So What’s Keeping Many of Them Out?

Spanish Dominates Dual-Language Programs, But Schools Offer Diverse Options

CT Schools Helping Students Impacted by Puerto Rican Earthquakes

Washer/Dryers Eyed for Fair Haven School

Avon High Student Raises Nearly $10,000 for Pediatric Cancer Charity

Meetings This Week About Greenwich High Field Remediation, Stadium

Western Middle School Principal and Staff to Share Magnet/AVID Information at Greenwich Elementary Schools

The Questions Sex-Ed Students Always Ask

When Teachers Get Sick, Taking Leave Can Be Tough

Sheff Agreement Adds 1,000 Magnet School Seats to Ease Racial Isolation of Hartford Students

Vaping Incidents Decrease in Stamford Schools, but Problem Remains

Improv Returns to Wilton High School

Greenwich’s Eastern Middle School Overcrowding Problem Goes Back Years

Firefighters Battle CT School Bus Fires in Bethel

Norwalk Mom on Mission to Make Sure All Students Eat Lunch

Fairfield Public School Enrollment Projected to Decline

Glastonbury School Board Cuts Proposed Budget Increase by $300,000

Why the Feds Still Fall Short on Special Education Funding

What to Say to Kids When the News Is Scary

Why a High-Performing District Has Adopted Competency-Based Learning

A Quarter of Kids With Autism May Go Undiagnosed, Study Finds

This Flu Season May Be Among the Worst of Past Decade and It’s Not Peaked Yet

‘At-Promise’? Can a New Term for ‘At-Risk’ Change a Student’s Trajectory?

Wonder How Districts’ Decisions on Curriculum and Instruction Change Over Time? We’ll Soon Have Answers

New Haven Schools Accepting Puerto Rican Students Displaced by Earthquakes

CT Charter School Advocacy Group Rebrands Amid Declining Support for Charters

New Haven Schools Pay $6.4K for Video on School Choice; Critics Wonder Why

Hall High Students Fundraising for The Thirst Project

Bloomfield High School Launches Pilot Program to Help Parents Navigate High School Troubles With Their Kids

Another Hamden School Needs a New Roof

Sherman School Enrollment Continues to Decline

Danbury’s $62 Million Plan for School, Downtown

Cheshire Superintendent Seeks $76.33 Million Schools Budget

Naugatuck Names Next Superintendent of Schools

Region 4 Debates Equity, Funding, for AP and IB Testing

Proposed Stonington School Budget Shows 3.46 Percent Increase

Early Budget Projection Puts Possible Norwich Free Academy Tuition Increase at 3%

How Many English-Learners Do Districts Serve? Data Are Inconsistent

Elicker Report: Declare 2020 the ‘Year of the Whole Child’ in New Haven

Killingly BOE Votes to Restore ‘Redmen’ Mascot Previously Rejected as Racist Symbol

Bridgeport BOE Leaders: Superintendent Pick Wasn’t Planned

Officials Outline Process for Replacing Hebron School’s Pipes

Proposed $47.1 Million Brookfield School Budget Goes to Public Forum

The Game That Can Spot Preschoolers at Risk for Reading Deficits

Good Sleep Habits Are Better Than a Good Night’s Sleep for Test Performance, Study Finds

New Haven Schools Rethink Job Training, for Dalio Proposal

Secretary of State and the State Department of Education Will Distribute Display on Women’s Suffrage to Each of the State’s Towns

Simsbury High Student Makes ‘Leather’ Out of Kombucha

Children Learn, Play at New Danbury Early Education Center