Private Philanthropy in Public Schools: Can Ray Dalio Make His Gift Work in Connecticut?

Stamford Schools Clean Up Mold for Spring Break

Commissioner of Education to take job at University of St. Joseph

Mansfield Set to Review School Site Plans

New Haven Alders Approve Wilcox for School Board Seat

School District Secessions Gather Speed, a New Report Shows

Study: There’s No Evidence That Hardening Schools to Make Kids Safer From Gun Violence Actually Works

New Haven BOE to Superintendent: Cut the Consultants

Bridgeport School Board Member Asks City for More Education Support

West Hartford Boy Featured in Autism Speaks Campaign

West Hartford Hosts Statewide World Language Celebration

17 New Haven Cops Trained to Respond to Trauma-Exposed Kids

Greenwich Students Among the Last to Visit Notre Dame

Stamford Student Wins Recycling Bag Design Contest

Torrington Teen to Travel to France to Study CT’s Role in WWI

Danbury Public Schools Welcomes Two New Elementary School Principals

4 Ways Schools Help or Hinder Gifted Students

Hayes Focuses on Education and Gun Control — Not Drama

Greenwich Schools Feed Half of Low-Income Population, Advocates Say It Can Do Better

Planting Seeds at Bridgeport School Gardens

New Haven BOE, Schools Chief at Odds Over Spending Priorities

Connecticut Universities to Automatically Accept AP Credits

Glitch with New Haven Schools Lottery Keeps Waitlisted Students Waiting

French Exchange Students to Visit Fairfield

New Haven Candidate for Mayor on Education: Look Local

Cursive Seemed to Go the Way of Quills and Parchment. Now It’s Coming Back.

Two Retiring State Board of Education Members Asked to Return

School Closing Now Part of Bridgeport Budget Gap Plan

Greenwich Riverside Students Showcase STEM Projects

Math Club Adds Challenges for Stellar Greenwich Students

Speakers Tell Norwich City Council to Support School, Recreation Funding

Bethel Defeats Town Budget, Passes School, Capital Plans

How Do Teachers Fund Their Classrooms? 6 Takeaways

Here’s How 7 States Are Faring in the Battle Over School Funding

Hayes, DeVos Spar Over Use of Federal Money to Arm Teachers

Safety, Support Discussed at Windham Middle School

Big Changes Coming for Middletown Middle Schoolers

In-House School Board Lawyer Sought for New Haven

Norwalk Council Passes Capital Budget Heavy on School Projects

Danbury Students Honored at State Science Fair

Thomaston: Board of Education Accepts Several Grants

Beyond Basic Reading, Kids Can Learn How to Think Like a Good Reader

DeVos Defends School Choice as Democrats Demand Answers on Arming Teachers

Achievement Gap Between Rich and Poor Is Unchanged After 50 Years, Study Says

Here’s How Well a Key Civil Rights Group Thinks States Address Equity in ESSA

Two Ways to Add ‘Computational Thinking’ to Middle School Science

Lamont Holds Firm on Teacher Pension Costs

Bridgeport to Hire Teacher Subs in May Again

‘Hands Off Our Schools’ Forms PAC to Fight Regionalization Efforts in Legislature

New Haven’s Last Remaining Alternative School Spared

Bridgeport BOE Adds Student Participation, Subtracts Meeting Time Limits

Only Bridgeport’s Barnum School Allowed to Apply to Commissioner’s Network

New Haven School Board Mulls Student Election Snafu

Bridgeport School Board Vacancy Will Go to Libertarian

Glastonbury School Board Makes More Than $979,000 in Adjustments to $108.7 Million Budget

How Schools Are Responding to Migrant Children

Democrats Seeking White House Make Teacher-Friendly Pitches

Seymour BOE Chair to Help Ansonia’s Administration, School Board Get Along

Suffield Hires Hebron School Chief as New Superintendent

West Hartford’s Aiken School Receives Grant for Sensory Playground

Longtime Bethel School Board Chairman Dies

Andover Officials Want Cheaper Plan for School Conversion

Lyme-Old Lyme School Board Announces Savings in Proposed Preschool Program

Screen Reading Worse for Comprehension, Leads to Overconfidence, New Meta-analysis Concludes

Algebra for 3rd Graders?

The Special Olympics Budget Clash: What Schools Could Have Lost

After the Donation, the $100 Million Question

Dalio Foundation Spearheads Major Investment in CT Schools

Longtime Berlin Teacher Inducted into National Hall of Fame

Bridgeport Leaders Call for More Money for City Schools

Eastern Connecticut Pipeline Program Paying Off

SCSU to Expand Partnership, Education Programs With New Haven Schools, City

Mansfield School District’s Water Woes Rise

Trumbull Schools Participate in Coding for a Cause Hackathon

Westport Set to Appoint Acting Schools Chief

 

As States Debate Arming Teachers, Opponents Detail Mishandling of Guns in Schools

Betsy DeVos’ Claim About Public Funding for ‘Education Freedom Scholarships’

Brain Science Backs Up Role of ‘Mindset’ in Motivating Students for Math

Investing in Principal Talent Pays Off in Higher Math and Reading Scores, Study Finds

Schools Are Feeding Hungry Students With Meals That Would Have Gone to Waste

Connecticut Teachers Win $3.6 Million in Summer Learning Grants

New Haven Educators, Emergency Officials Review Active School Shooter Scenario

Hamden Residents Oppose SROs in Elementary Schools

Danbury Schools Music Program Wins National Recognition

‘There’s a Problem with School Food’: Chef on Mission to Fix America’s School Lunches

Plymouth Council Agrees to Sell Main Street School

Ralph Mayo Is Happy to ‘Return Home’ to Greenwich High

Six States, D.C. Sue Over Changes to School Lunch Rules

Lack of Quorum Forces State Education Board to Cancel Meeting

New Haven Schools Chief Proposes Alternative Ed Programs in Lieu of a School

Wallingford Mayor Balks at Funding Teachers’ Pension Proposal in Town Budget

Bridgeport’s Higher Bullying Count Called ‘Real’

Western Middle School Leader Earns ‘Principal of the Year’ Honors

States, Districts Tackle the Tough Work of Making ESSA a Reality

New Haven School Layoffs Considered to Cover Budget Shortfall

Bridgeport to Lose Another Schools Superintendent

With No National Standards, Policies for Arming Teachers Are Often Left to Local School Districts

New Haven Superintendent Moves to Close City’s Last Alternative School

Lead-Tainted Water in Schools: Connecticut Gets Failing Grade

Making Classrooms More Inclusive for LGBT Youth

Hip-Hop Artist Teaches Mindfulness at West Hartford’s Norfeldt Elementary School

New Haven Schools Chief Spreads Budget Message

CT Environmental Action Day Empowers Middle Schoolers to Make Environmental Change at Home

Litchfield School Board Members’ Terms Reduced From 6 to 4 Years

Five Stamford Students Chosen as “Women Leaders of Tomorrow”

Campaign Aims to Name Southington School After Zaya A. Oshana

With No Paid Parental Leave, Many Teachers Return to Class Before They’re Ready

Education Committee Approves Lamont’s Watered-Down Regionalization Bill

Student Voices to Return to Bridgeport BOE

Brooklyn, CT Wants Every Middle Schooler to Have a Computer

Looking to End Styrofoam Use in Greenwich Schools

Bristol Central Teacher’s Book Teaches Survival, Mindset

Redding Elementary School Goes International

Greenwich’s Western Middle School Adopts New Magnet Theme

DeVos Says Special-Education Rule Has Not Been Implemented, Despite Court Order

Critics Worry New Haven Schools Sacrifice Counselors for Security Guards

Bristol’s Emergency First Responders Teach Students How to Prepare for Disasters

New Haven Parents Demand Recess for Students, not Punishment

Cinderella Project Recycles Prom Gowns to Aid Stamford students

Student Winners in the Spotlight at Greenwich Youth Film Festival

New Haven Groups Help Students Get to LGBTQ Conference

ECSU Students Pack Snacks for Windham Elementary-Schoolers

Prom Fashion on Display at Stamford High

New Lebanon Finds a Way to Shut Off the Gym Lights at Night

Ralph Mayo to Lead Greenwich High School

White House Hopeful Klobuchar’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Targets Schools

Trump Says He Is Rescinding His Proposed Cut to Special Olympics Budget Amid a Bipartisan Outcry

New London Teacher Honored With State Award for Teaching Excellence

Bridgeport School Board Draws Crowd to Recognition Ceremony

Torrington Must Take Corrective Action at 2 Alternative Education Programs

Bridgeport Gives Stipend to Administrator Doing Two Jobs

Glastonbury School Board Working on $459,000 in Reductions to its $109 Million Budget

Hamden Ed Board OKs $48.6 Million for School Renovations

Feds Spent Hundreds of Millions on Charters That Shut Down or Never Opened, Report Says

The Cult of Homework

Gov. Lamont Does Some Teacher Recruitment in Bridgeport’s Harding High

DeLauro Slams Proposed Funding Increase for Charter Schools

Griswold Schools Will Arm Security Guard Next Year

Proposed Bill Would Require School Districts to Do More for Deaf Students

After Grilling, New Haven Ed Board Nominee Advances

Pomperaug High School Students Win Awards at CT Drama Association Festival

Salaries, Special Ed, Buses Drive Stamford School Budget Hike

Norwalk School Projects Underfunded, Short on Time

New Milford Schools to Pay up to $100,000 Extra on Oil Tank

Windham Seeks Answers From School Board on Health Care Funds

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Blasted for Proposing Cuts to the Special Olympics

After Suicides of Parkland Survivors, Here’s What Educators Should Know About Supporting Students

‘Action Civics’ Enlists Students in Hands-On Democracy

The Best Defense Against Cyberattacks, From a District CTO

Are Teacher Shortages Worse Than We Thought?