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Schools Brace for Wave of Parents Seeking Opt-Outs After Supreme Court Ruling

July 14, 2025 Lesia Day 0

Schools Brace for Wave of Parents Seeking Opt-Outs After Supreme Court Ruling

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Trump Administration Revokes Early Education Access for Undocumented Children

July 14, 2025 Lesia Day 0

Trump Administration Revokes Early Education Access for Undocumented Children

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Four Norwalk Schools Were Impending Racial Imbalance Last Year, CT Report Says

July 14, 2025 Lesia Day 0

Four Norwalk Schools Were Impending Racial Imbalance Last Year, CT Report Says

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‘Topping-Off’ Ceremony Planned At New Central Middle School Site in Greenwich

July 14, 2025 Lesia Day 0

‘Topping-Off’ Ceremony Planned At New Central Middle School Site in Greenwich

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Milford Schools Seek Teachers, Staff To Fill Open Roles

July 14, 2025 Lesia Day 0

Milford Schools Seek Teachers, Staff To Fill Open Roles

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Stamford Teachers Report Classrooms Are ‘Roasting;’ Officials Say AC Will Be Standard in New Schools

August 31, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Minor Problems with Buses, But Teacher Shortage Cited in Waterbury

August 31, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Greater Bridgeport Students Return to School Amid Influx of New Teachers

August 31, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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State Funding to Help Schools Transition Away from Pandemic Free Meal Program

August 31, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Greenwich Public Schools Hires Special Education Program Coordinator from Trumbull Day Program

August 31, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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New Look for Thomaston Schools

August 31, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Danbury Elementary School Expands in Time for First Day of School

August 31, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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New Haven School Year Fell Short by One Day

August 31, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Superintendent’s Convocation Message: Windham Schools Have Come a Long Way

August 31, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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How Bad Is the Teacher Shortage? Depends Where You Live

August 30, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Preston Students Return to School Without COVID-19 Restrictions

August 30, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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School Year Starts with Rebound Hopes

August 30, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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2,000 Stamford Students to Get Three Free Books Each—Here’s Why

August 30, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Greenwich School Board Seeks $1.4 Million for Security Cameras, Campus Monitors, Police Patrols

August 30, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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‘Calling All Brothers’ Welcomes Hartford Students Back to School

August 30, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Plunging Graduation Rates Signal Long Recovery

August 30, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Suburban Schools Saw Huge Drops in White Enrollment During the Pandemic

August 30, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Region 16 Returns to School with Masks Optional

August 30, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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At New Haven Public Schools Convocation, Teachers Matter

August 30, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Amid Hiring Surge, Norwalk Increases Police Presence at Schools

August 30, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Back to School in COVID-19′s ‘New Normal’ in Connecticut. Here’s What You Need to Know.

August 29, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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An Uptick in COVID-19 Cases Likely as CT Kids Return to School; Officials Urge Vaccination

August 29, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Ventilation Is Key to Limiting COVID In Schools. So Why Haven’t More CT Districts Taken Action?

August 29, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Columbus Teachers’ Union Returning to Class After Approving Contract with 4% Annual Raises

August 29, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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School Districts Move to Ease Teacher Stress, Burnout

August 29, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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4 Ways Schools Can Ease Students’ Separation Anxiety

August 29, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Norwalk Schools Reach Tentative Deal with Teachers’ Union

August 29, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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School Staff Shortages in New Haven-Area Districts Most Acute for Special Education

August 29, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Greenwich Public Schools Welcome 79 New Teachers: ‘We Know That You Can Make That Difference’

August 29, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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‘Anything and Everything Kids Will Need.’ Branford CDR Gives Out Back-To-School Backpacks

August 29, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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1 in 3 Greenwich Students Tested Positive for COVID-19 During Last School Year, Analysis Shows

August 29, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Take a Look Inside Norwalk’s Refurbished-As-New Elementary School

August 29, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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‘Never Seen It This Bad’: America Faces Catastrophic Teacher Shortage

August 8, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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‘Kids Count’ Report: CT Ranks 7th in the Nation for Childhood Well-Being

August 8, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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More and More Connecticut Towns Are Beefing Up School Security. But Will That Really Keep Kids Safe?

August 8, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Allie-Brennan to Hold Online Anti-Bullying School Climate Forum

August 8, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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EPA Releases Funding for School Districts to Replace Diesel Buses

August 8, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Getting Ready for Back to School

August 8, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Why Do Teens Run Away? These Connecticut Youth Journalists Looked Into It

August 8, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Staffing Dominates Federal COVID Funding for Schools

July 22, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Looking Ahead to Coming School Year Amid Evolving COVID-19 Landscape, Experts Push Vaccination for Kids

July 22, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Want to Support English-Learners? Prioritize SEL, New Study Finds

July 22, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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In a School Emergency, Special Educators Feel the ‘Weight of the World’

July 22, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Protecting Students with Disabilities in an Emergency: 5 Key Strategies

July 22, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Attendance Targeted in Coming School Year in Meriden

July 22, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Enfield Hires Two New Assistant Principals

July 22, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Why Putting the ‘Science of Reading’ Into Practice Is So Challenging

July 22, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Westport Back-to-School Supply Drive Underway

July 22, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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New Bridgeport Deputy Superintendent Faced Controversy in Ridgefield

July 22, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Long-Serving Brooklyn Superintendent Who Helped Create QVCC, Dies

July 22, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Jill Biden, Education Chief Miguel Cardona to Kick Off Summer Learning Tour in Connecticut

July 19, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Officials Urge Parents to Vaccinate Children as School Year Approaches

July 19, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Academic Recovery from the Pandemic Will Outlast Funding by Years

July 19, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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What Time Should School Start?

July 19, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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More Norwalk Teachers Leaving Due to COVID, Frustration and Exhaustion, Surveys Show

July 19, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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AFT Head Randi Weingarten: Stop Politicizing Education and Let Teachers Teach

July 19, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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US Agencies Temporarily Barred from Enforcing LGBTQ Guidance

July 19, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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What a Photo of Students Reveals About Climate in Middletown Schools

July 19, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Stamford Students at Westhill High Design Concept for App to Show Your Snack’s Impact on Environment

July 19, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Senate Passes Bipartisan Gun Violence Bill, Marking Breakthrough

June 24, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Schools Prefer Cheaper Ventilation Options to Curb COVID: Why They Should Consider Upgrading

June 24, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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‘The World Feels Less Stable’: Educators’ Sense of School Safety Right Now

June 24, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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LGBTQ Students Would Get Explicit Protection Under Title IX Proposals

June 24, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Are Children Getting to Bed on Time? Here’s What New Data Show

June 24, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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East Hartford Targets APRA Funds for Kids’ Summer Enrichment Program; Here’s Why

June 24, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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School Meal Waivers Expire in 9 Days; After Axing Them, Congress May Try to Save Them

June 23, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Senate Gun Bill: What It Would Mean for Students’ Mental Health, School Safety

June 23, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Greenwich Schools Appoints New Coordinator of K-8 English and Language Arts; Vows to ‘Enhance Literacy Instruction’

June 23, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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East Haven Students Raise Awareness of Drunk Driving Danger

June 23, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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State Policies Set Up Incarcerated Students to Fail

June 23, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Move to Hinsdale School Has Begun

June 23, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Trip to Iceland an ‘Eye-Opening’ Experience for Norwalk Students

June 23, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Nearly Half of Educators Say Climate Change Is Affecting Their Schools—or Will Soon

May 24, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Group Aims to Aggregate Feedback for Next Wolcott Superintendent

May 24, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Torrington School Project Partnership Ready to Start Building

May 24, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Norwalk Schools Give Away 40,000 Books to Students and Families

May 24, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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School Gardens Are Changing Education for Connecticut’s Urban Youth

May 24, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Greenwich Schools See 113 New Cases As COVID; Total Cases for This School Year Is Quadruple the Year Before

May 11, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Stamford Schools to Get More State Aid, Including $200M for New Westhill High: ‘A Game Changer’

May 11, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Building a Moving Prosthetic Hand Is One Thing Danbury Students May Learn at Career Academy

May 11, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Milford Schools Address $400,000 Overrun in Heating Expenses

May 11, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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East Haven Public Schools to Adopt New Crisis Response Training

May 11, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Vaccine Requirements Lifted for Students Attending Prom at Public Schools

May 11, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Somers Schools Set to Destroy Records

May 11, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Branford High School New Phone Police Begins Monday

May 11, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Norwich High School Students Connect with Panama Business Owner

May 11, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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City Finalizing Property Acquisition for South Norwalk School

May 11, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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What America Spends on K-12: The Latest Federal Snapshot

May 11, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Shepaug Valley School in Washington to Showcase Its Growing Agriscience Academy

May 11, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Norwalk High School Alumni to Recognize Wall of Honor Recipients

May 11, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Stratford School Community Calls for More Funding

May 10, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Stratford Teachers, Parents Protest Town’s Proposed School Budget

May 10, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Enfield’s Henry Barnard Students Back in Class

May 10, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Where Is the Future Home of Greenwich Public Schools? Central, Havemeyer Both Look Unlikely

May 10, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Tuxedos, Gowns, and COVID-Sniffing Dogs: A Pandemic Prom

May 10, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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School Officials Aim to Sell Region 20 Merger Idea to Litchfield County Residents

May 10, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Parents, Teachers’ Pleas to Kent Board of Finance Over Budget Priorities Fall on Deaf Ears

May 10, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Former Teacher Jahana Hayes Seeks Third Congressional Term

May 10, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Hartford, Farmington Receive Added Funds from State Budget After Miscalculations in School Construction Reimbursement Rates

May 10, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Ridgefield’s Teacher of the Year Recognized As ‘Caring,’ ‘Creative’ Educator

May 10, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Fed $ Boosts Pathway to Teacher Ranks

May 10, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Windham Tech Teacher Wins State Award

May 10, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Groton Parks & Recreation Announces Youth Meal Program, Open House

May 10, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Nailed It: Pomperaug Students Learn Ins and Outs of Construction Industry

May 10, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Stratford Teachers Plan Rally, Warn of Possible School Closure

May 9, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Chronic Absenteeism Rose 80% In Connecticut During the Pandemic. See How a Few Districts Are Getting Kids Back to School

May 9, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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State Provides Grant for School Project Addressing Crumbling Foundation Concern

May 9, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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State Presses Fairfield to Address Racial Imbalance in Schools

May 9, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Norwalk Students Use COVID Funds to Focus on Mental Health

May 9, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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CT Provides $50 Million More to Fully Fund Norwalk High Project

May 9, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Torrington School Music Programs Recognized for 22nd Year in a Row

May 9, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Windham High School, Hartford HealthCare Kick Off Partnership

May 9, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Gridiron Star Fires Up Hill Central

May 9, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Enfield School Closed Thursday, Friday as Dozens of Staff Out Sick with COVID

May 6, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Greenwich School Community Honors Six Distinguished Educators for Solving ‘The Puzzle That Is Teaching’

May 6, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Stamford School Board Pushes Back on $2M Budget Cut from City, Saying ‘It Does Affect The Children’

May 6, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Some States Back Away from a Major Student Well-Being Survey—Why, and What It Could Mean

May 6, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Hartford School Opens Pantry Inside Building to Help Students

May 6, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Legislature OKs Medicaid for Undocumented Children 12 and Younger

May 6, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Region 12 Superintendent to Resign at End of School Year

May 6, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Hamden Students Make Art Come Alive on School Field

May 6, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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CT Lawmakers Set to Pass Reforms to Troubled School Construction Program

May 5, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Citing Job Vacancies, Hartford Schools to Offer Bonuses to Staff and Teachers

May 5, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Why These Aspiring Teachers Are Eager to Enter a Beleaguered Profession

May 5, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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From Expelled Student to Stamford’s Teacher of the Year, Jon Ringel’s Secret Is Being ‘Just Himself’

May 5, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Voters Approve E.O. Smith Budget

May 5, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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On National Teacher Appreciation Week and All Year Long, Student-Athletes Should Lead the Way

May 5, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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South Side School Student’s Invention to a National Convention

May 5, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Only One High School Girls Lacrosse Team in Connecticut Wears Helmets. Is It Time to Mandate Them?

May 5, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Enfield Elementary School Closes with More Than 30 COVID Cases

May 3, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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As Demand for Open Choice Seats Again Exceeds Supply, See How Much Greater Hartford Towns Participate

May 3, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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The Fields Were Closed at Greenwich’s Western Middle School Years Ago; Consultants Hope Work Can Begin Soon

May 3, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Should School Sports Prioritize Participation Over Competition? What a New Report Says

May 3, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Two Years Later, Barack Obama School’s Official Ribbon Cut

May 3, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Norwalk Awarded Grant to Create Technology Labs at Three Middle Schools

May 3, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Local Music Store Legacy Lives on In Shelton Schools

May 3, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Where Are All the Kids? 4 Things to Know About the Current Absenteeism Crisis

April 12, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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‘I Have No Choice’: Teachers Sound Off on Side Hustles

April 12, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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New Haven Schools to Keep Mask Mandate

April 12, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Nearly Half of Connecticut Children — Including 72% Of Black and 67% of Hispanic Children — Experienced Financial Hardship as of 2019, New Report Shows

April 12, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Danbury Aims to Team Up with Parents to Make Schools More Welcoming

April 12, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Shepaug Valley School to Change Up Schedule Yet Again

April 12, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Chicago Public Schools Asked to Repay $87 Million It Got from ‘Coding Error’

April 12, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Demolish Historic Part of Farmington High School? Here’s Why That’s a Question

April 12, 2022 Lesia Day 0
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Vernon Student Creates New Word Honored by the New York Times

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