Education News

Easton, Redding, R9 School Districts Name New Superintendent

Race and Schools Are at the Core of Trump’s ‘Suburban Lifestyle Dream’

New Report Finds High Closure Rates For Charter Schools Over Time

New Haven Students Win First Step Towards More Climate Education

Plymouth Superintendent Leaves Role, Accepts Same One in Trumbull

What Educators Really Need to Know About TikTok

Education Dept.’s Civil Rights Chief Steps Down Amid Controversy

Dismantle Racism? Start in the Classroom, Teachers Say

New Britain Elementary Students Highlight Books About Children of Color

Which Connecticut High Schools Have Retained Native American Mascots? Here’s an Updated List

Litchfield Approves Plan to Install Solar Panels at Schools

Torrington BOE Approves 2020-21 School Calendar

Siblings Raising Money To Put Children’s Books With Black Characters In All New Britain Schools

Anti-Racism Group Seeking Changes In Suffield Schools

How Districts Can Show They Are Committed to Building a More Racially Diverse Workforce

Glastonbury Schools Pushes Forward a Measure to Move Away From Tomahawk Logo, Nickname

State Will Appeal Federal Court Decision to Educate Special Ed Students Up to Age 22

New Canaan Schools Work to Be More Inclusive About Diversity

Stamford Charter School Allowed to Add Grade but Not Increase Enrollment

New Principal, Asst. Principals Appointed in New Haven

If In-Person School Happens, Bridgeport High School Students Will Get to Build a Plane

How Joe Biden’s Policy Proposals Would Impact the Education Industry

Watertown High Senior’s Inspirational Video Wins PBS Competition

New Haven School System Gets Grants to Tackle Diversity, Bias

Future Teachers Mistake Black Students as ‘Angry’ More Than White Students, Study Shows

Coalition Asks Schools to Broaden Approach to African American Studies

Middletown Will Vote on Naming New Middle School After a Family of Prominent Black Abolitionists, but Alumni Are Pushing to Keep the Woodrow Wilson Name

How Charter Schools Double Dip

As Fiscal Year Resets, Superintendent Reflects on First Year Leading Darien Schools

Killingly to Expand School Meals Program Next Year

Joe Biden: I Will Have a ‘Teacher-Oriented Department of Education’

New Bassick High School to Be Located at University of Bridgeport

Teachers Pay Teachers Has a New Anti-Racist Initiative. But There’s Still Racist Content on the Site

Bridgeport Selects Location for New Bassick High, but Where?

Waterbury School District to Distribute Thousands of Culturally Relevant Books to Students

Several Connecticut High Schools Are Beginning to Move Away From Native American Mascots

Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Teachers: Why It Matters, Ways to Do It

Supreme Court Rules That State Aid to Private Schools Must Include Religious Schools

Derby Mayor Suggests Vouchering Students, Exploring Regionalization with Shelton

More School Districts Sever Ties With Police. Will Others Follow?

Watertown School District’s Teacher of the Year

Region 15 Elementary School Book Bowl for 2020

Newington Public Schools to Change Mascot From Indians

Bridgeport School Board to Explore Changing the Name of Columbus School

3 Principals Named As New Haven Superintendent Assembles Executive Team

Grassroots Momentum Builds for Anti-Racist K-12 Instruction

Do School Police Make Black Students Feel More or Less Safe?

Torrington Superintendent Proposes Distance Learning in Lieu of Snow Days

Why There’s a Push to Get Police Out of Schools

Ledyard School Paraprofessionals Vote to Unionize

New Haven Ed Board Bids Good-bye to Columbus, Too

‘The Time to Do It Is Now’: Former Newington BOE Chair Wants Indians Nickname Changed

Connecticut Lawmakers Condemn Department of Education Decision That CIAC Policy on Transgender Athletes Violates Title IX

Bridgeport Students Could Build a Plane This Fall

Torrington School Board Members Raise Concerns Over Proposed $159.8M High School Project

Schools or Police: In Some Cities, a Reckoning on Spending Priorities

AFT Calls on Schools to Handle Security and Safety Without Police

A Federal Agency Says Connecticut Must Keep Trans Students From Girls’ Sports. The State Disagrees.

Sen. Chris Murphy On Racial Justice And Desegregating Our Schools

Are America’s Schools Ready for Tough Talk on Racism?

For Black Candidates and Women, It Takes Longer to Be Promoted to Principal

Bridgeport Schools could head into new school year with a balanced budget

Stafford Names Teacher, Paraeducator of Year

New Haven Schools Consider Booting Cops

Putnam Schools Outsourcing Custodians, Bus Drivers

Attention School Leaders: Students Are Demanding Anti-Racist Curriculum and Instruction

School Desegregation Is Crucial at This Moment, Says Senator Murphy

Prekindergarten Moves in Greenwich Upset Parents

Brookfield Approves Later School Start Times

Over 100 High School Students in Stamford Earn Seal of Biliteracy

CT and Dalio Philanthropies to Formally Dissolve Education Partnership on Friday

Minneapolis Board of Education Votes to Kick Police out of Public Schools Over George Floyd’s Death

How We Talk About the Achievement Gap Could Worsen Public Racial Biases Against Black Students

Preschool Teacher Tabbed as Monroe’s Best

US: Transgender Sports Inclusion Violates Others’ Rights; CIAC Stands Firm, Citing State Law

Proponents of Bill Ending Connecticut’s Religious Exemption to Vaccines Eye Special Session for Vote

East Haven School Board Approves Auditorium Lighting Purchase for High School

Bridgeport Finally Strikes a Deal With its School Bus Company

Educator at Winsted’s Pearson School Named Principal of Year

Bridgeport Moves Forward on Site Acquisition for a New Bassick High School

Archaeology Expert Sought for Mansfield School Site

Greenwich High Student Honored as Presidential Scholar

Thomaston Educator Hired as Principal of Judson Elementary School in Watertown

Bethel School Lunch Prices to Increase by 5 Cents

Greenwich School Board to Vote on Turf vs. Grass at Western Middle School

Torrington School Board to Pitch High School Renovation Project

Stamford High School Student Among Palace Playwright Winners

Raptor Is New RHAM Mascot

Derby Schools Will Have to Wait to Review Budget With Tax Board

Are Math Coaches the Answer to Lagging Achievement?

Waterbury Teacher of the Year Has Led a Revival of Elementary School’s Music Program

Here Are the 31 Teachers of the Year for Each School in the Waterbury District

Next Step for Ansonia-Derby Study: Which Grades May Be Regionalized

Easton, Redding, Region 9 Superintendent to Retire

Region 14 Plans in-Person Voting for BOE Candidates

Region 7 Board of Education Feeling Pressure to Reduce Expenditures

Brookfield Residents Call for More Schools Money

Winsted Schools, Selectmen Presenting 2020-21 Budgets Thursday Night

Norwich School Board to Discuss $5 Million Budget Hole Next Week

Greenwich High Student Advances to National Science Competition With Clean Water Project

Teachers Make Their Pitch to Upgrade Housatonic Valley Regional High School’s Agriculture Education Wing

Danbury Approves Borrowing $62M for Schools, Other Projects

Brookfield School Board Braces for $1.6M in Budget Cuts

What School Reopening Looks Like Around the World

Torrington School Board Member Warns Finance Board Not to Under-Fund Schools

Region 14 School Board OKs $36.8M Spending Plan

Stamford Superintendent Offers $3M in Cuts; Finance Board Wants $17.5M

Who’s Afraid of Math? Turns Out, Lots of Students

New Assistant Headmaster Appointed at Greenwich High

Torrington School Board’s Message: Keep Reinvesting in the School System

Torrington School Board to Present Tighter Budget to Finance Board Next Week

Right-to-Education Ruling Jolts Education-Advocacy World

Bridgeport Community Wants School Funding to Match $4.5M OKed for Amphitheater

Greenwich High Students Use Math to Attack Climate Change

Massachusetts Gets Green Light to Pilot Innovative Science Assessment

U.S. Appeals Court Recognizes a Federal Right of Access to Literacy

Greenwich Recognizes Distinguished Teachers for the School Year

8th Graders Don’t Know Much About History, National Exam Shows

Mansfield School Project Still on Course

Stonington Schools Expect to Save at Least $350,000 in Current Budget

Norwich Council, School Officials Debate Proposed Education Budget

New Fairfield to Vote on Land Acquisition for High School