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Data: How Schools Respond to Student Hunger Over the Summer

Kids Understand More From Books Than Screens, But That’s Not Always the Case

How Schools Fare in Biden’s Proposed Budget

How Many Teachers and Principals Quit in the Pandemic? One State Has Answers 

10 Years After Newtown Shooting: Schools, Communities Forge Rituals of Remembrance

Are Most Apps Schools Use Really ‘Unsafe’ for Children? Product Safety Group Says Yes

A Fast-Growing Network of Conservative Groups Is Fueling a Surge in Book Bans

Long Hours, Second Jobs: New Federal Data Give a Snapshot of the Teaching Profession

White House Decorations Include Teacher and Student Art. Why Educators Say That’s Meaningful

Connecticut School Threats Follow National ‘Swatting’ Trend, Police Say

Connecticut Schools Reporting Four Times More COVID Cases This Year

‘Those Buildings Stay Hot’: Bridgeport Schools Face High Temperatures Without A/C

Bridgeport Scrambles to Hire Dozens of New Teachers Amid Shortage

Southington Board of Education Stands with Teachers Amid Controversy Over Gender, Race Vocabulary Sheet

Bloomfield Schools Spend Most Per Student in Hartford County. But Their Test Scores Lag Behind CT Average.

Consolidated Early Learning Academy Brings ‘Magic’ to New Fairfield School District

Immigrant Students Are Under Pressure. Four Ways Districts Can Support Them

What Are Connecticut Police Doing About Recent String of School Threats?

‘Swatting’ Calls and Lockdowns: Tips for Schools to Ease the Anxiety and Disruption

Stamford Adds School-Based Onsite Healthcare to Three More Elementary Schools. Here’s Why.

As Rhetoric Heats Up, Many Parents Fear Politicians Are Using Children As ‘Political Pawns’

Coalition Launches Campaign to Help With Public Student Loan Forgiveness

Ridgefield Middle School Students Find Comfort in Handling Dogs at School: ‘They’re Relaxing’

Cuban American Contributes to East Hartford Magnet High School

E.O. Smith in Mansfield Named National Blue Ribbon School

‘Attack on Free Speech’ Like Controversy Over Southington Vocab Handout Having Chilling Effect on Teachers, SCSU Faculty Say

Uneven Playing Field: Rich Towns Dominate CT High School Sports Amid Deep Inequalities

West Hartford High School Tests New Lockdown Alert System. Here’s How It Works.

The Big Connection Between Teachers’ Burnout and Their Principals

Gym Class Won’t Affect Future Hamden High GPAs in ‘Frustrating’ Answer to Weighting Inequity

Amity Schools to Have Armed Guards This Year

Five Things to Know About the Greenwich School’s Capital Budget as It Pursues a $130 Million Request

What Will Stop Racism in Connecticut Schools?

BOE’s Define the Gap Project Addresses Staff Shortages and Student Needs

DIY Air Filtration Systems Help Clear the Air in Connecticut Public Schools

Math and ELA SAT Scores on the Rise, Derby School District Announces

Fairfield Elementary School Aims to Prevent Violence Through the ‘Start With Hello’ Wellness Program

Trumbull’s Student-Run Bookstore Perking Up Downtown

Branford Schools to Hire More Security Officers, Run Lockdown Drills

The Number of Schools Using Armed Security Is Increasing

What Teachers of Color Say Will Actually Work to Diversify the Profession

Coventry Names Its First Teacher of the Year

Wolcott School District May Add Nurse

CT Parents, Students Call for School Anti-Racism Policies

Hamden Teacher Almost Quit Last Fall. By Spring, She Was Teacher of the Year

Region 18 Schools Could Get a $57.5 Million Upgrade

Hamden High Students Contest GPA Weighting Inequity

Bridgeport School Board Wrestles with Scope of Superintendent Search

Greenwich Student to Represent USA on National Debate Team — Realizing a Goal Set Three Years Ago

Why Teachers Are Going on Strike This Fall—and What Could Come Next

Who’s Behind the Escalating Push to Ban Books? A New Report Has Answers

Fairfield Schools Address ‘Significant Heat Concerns’ for Buildings Without AC

How Killingly’s School Board Plans to Handle Student Mental Health Without a Health Center

Food Pantry Opens at New Britain School to Help Families in Need

Four Connecticut Schools Earn 2022 National Blue Ribbon Schools Awards

Greenwich Students Left Waiting as New School Bus Company Deals with Driver Shortage, Tardy Arrivals

It Can Be Tough to Find Services for Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder, so Middlesex Health Decided to Put Them in One Place

Book Ban Efforts Surging in 2022, Library Association Says

‘Staff Shortage’ Closed Hartford School on Thursday

Threatening Social Media Post Delays School in Watertown

Hamden Students Say Summer Gym Classes Unfairly Impact GPAs

Waterbury Parents Demand Improvements to School Bus System

A Pair of Retired Military Officers Makes a Case Against Arming Teachers

New Haven Alders to Examine School Board Bid Procedures Amid Concerns

Stamford Schools Want More Job Applicants So They’ve Upped Their Online Game

What It Takes to Stay on Top of Improving School Facilities

On 25th Trip to New Haven School, Retired Judge Leads Students in ​“Constitution” Creation

Plan by Greenwich Schools to Upgrade Building Security Hits Possible Impasse at the BET

How Teacher and Other School Staff Recruitment Is Changing

Connecticut Pledges $150 Million to Upgrade School HVAC System

Bristol School Gives Students the Freedom to Explore Their Creative Side

CT High School Graduates Make Over $11,000 More Than Non-Graduates Annually, Report Says

New Haven Teacher Brings Home Lessons From Finland

Hamden Middle School Expansion Plan Approved

New Haven Schools Offer Teachers Extra Pay to Take on More Classes Amid Staffing Shortage

Diversity Rises Among Stratford Teachers, State Data Shows

Most Parents Don’t Want Their Kids to Become Teachers, Poll Finds

Police Increasing Presence at Milford Schools This Week, Superintendent Says

What’s Academic Recovery Looked Like So Far? Slow and Uneven, New Data Show

CT Educators Stretched Thin in Teacher Shortage

Parent Petition Calls for Shelton Schools to Address Class Size Spikes

CT Officials Extend Timeline for School Construction Audit

Space Camp Scholarship Fulfills Norwalk Student’s Dream

New Coordinator of Pupil Services Announced for Naugatuck Schools

West Hartford Conard Drama Wins Contest, Named Only CT School to Produce Disney’s ‘Frozen’

Districts Steer Federal Teacher-Quality Funding Into Recruitment, Retention

What Happened to Critical Race Theory? CT Republicans Ditched the Messaging After Mixed Results

Next Stress for Many Parents: First School Lunch Bills Since 2020

71 Children in Hartford Have Lead Poisoning; City Is Fourth Highest in Connecticut. What’s Being Done?

How Bus Problems Have Plagued Start of School Year in Mansfield

Schools Are Using COVID Relief Dollars to Support Immigrant Students’ Mental Health

Farmington Family Pursues Lawsuit Over Alleged LGBTQ Bullying in Town Schools

Norwalk Parent Launches Website to Create Hub for School Information

Norwich School Board Seeks to Keep $1.6 Million Budget Surplus for Emergencies

Greenwich Schools Enrollment Drops — but Beats Projections: Some Grades on Cusp of Needing to Add a Class

Cardona Back-to-School Tour to Focus on Teacher Pipeline, Academic Recovery

$57.5 Million Proposal Heads to Lyme-Old Lyme Voters

Westport Schools Try to Better Help Student Well-Being

‘Gas Odor’ Prompts Evacuation of Danbury High School, Officials Say

Social-Emotional Learning Coalition Will Fight Back Against Politically Charged Attacks

Raised with Trauma, Connecticut Sandy Hook Survivors Send Hope to Uvalde

Killingly Student Mental Health Center Advocates Push State to Move on BOE Complaint

Connecticut’s Mask Mandate Is Gone, but the Litigation Continues

Mansfield Schools Reopen After Canceling Wednesday Due to Bus Issues

Focus on Clean Air as School Starts

West Hartford Board of Education Looking to Change Public Comment Policy

High Schools Around Connecticut Converting to Mobile Ticketing for Home Football Games

GOP’s Bob Stefanowski Unveils Education Agenda ‘Returning Power’ to Parents on Masks, Vaccines, LGBTQ Issues

Mansfield Cancels School Today Due to ‘Unacceptable’ Bus Issues

Police to ‘Park, walk and Talk’ at Guilford Schools as Part of Security Measures

Bridgeport School Board Begins Search for New Superintendent

A Few Changes in Fall High School Sports: Football Adds More Divisions, No More Boys and Girls Soccer Co-Champs

Despite Rain, First Day of School Brings Smiles in Shelton

Why Elite College Admissions May Play an Outsized Role in K-12 Math Programs

Why the Los Angeles Cyberattack Is a Wake-Up Call for Every School District

New Fairfield’s Plan to Build Bus Parking Lot on School Property Sparks Opposition and Legal Fight