Westport School Board to Hold Off Redistricting

 

Local Schools, Community Members Support Arctic Splash to Send Vernon Kids To Camp

 

East Haven Board of Education Honors District’s Teacher of the Year

 

Screens in the Classroom: Tool or Temptation?

 

Most Principals Have No Say in Choosing Police for Their Schools

 

Schools Allege Negligence, Fraud and Breach of Contract in Mold Crisis Lawsuit

 

Killingly Community Torn on Name of High School Mascot

 

Sandy Hook Families to Get Day in Court Against Gunmaker

 

Bridgeport School Volunteers: Their Last Stand?

 

What the Youth Vaping Epidemic Costs Schools

 

Connecticut Grads Have Highest Average Student Loan Debt; Meet Those Affected and Legislators Hoping to Help

Amity Regional Public Schools Hiring for Several Jobs

 

Andover School Board Discusses Regionalization, Class Size Limits

 

As Newtown Students Grow Up, Some Turn to Activism

Untold Black & Latinx History Surfaces in New Haven

Are GreatSchools Ratings Making Segregation Worse?

ICE Detained a New Haven Student. His Teachers Tried to Send Him Homework So He Wouldn’t Fall Behind

IMTI Offers Construction Career Training Programs in Waterbury Schools

Accidental Shootings Raise Questions About Arming Teachers

Screens in the Classroom: Tool or Temptation?

Teaching in 2020 vs. 2010: A Look Back at the Decade

Stamford Teachers’ Voices Left Out of Schedule Overhaul

New Union Prez Vows New Day for New Haven Teacher’s Aides

Building a New Norwalk High School: 5 Things to Know

Stamford’s Dolan Middle School Open Today After Water Leak

Greenwich School Board Seeks a Way to Pay for Cleanup of Western’s Field

In US Schools, Resource Officers Woven into Daily Life

Poor-Quality Materials Abound on Lesson-Sharing Websites, Report Says

ESSA Voices: The Every Student Succeeds Act, Four Years Later

Trump Says He’s Fighting for the ‘Forgotten Child,’ Touts Education Choice Bill

Tunxis Hosts Technology Program for Hartford High School Students

Chris Soto Accepts Job With State Department of Education

One in three U.S. high schools have no athletic trainers

Pro-Charter Billionaire Gives Yale School of Management $100M to Train Public School Leaders

Three CT School Districts Receive Grant to Address Students’ Trauma and Mental Health Needs

Columbia School Finds Math Solution

Amity Middle School Teacher in Space Initiative

Norwalk’s Ponus School Project Nears Completion

Cheshire High School Students, Staff Face off in Supermarket Challenge

Does ‘the Achievement Gap’ Evoke a Negative Stereotype? What the Research Says

Partisan Politics or Efficiency? Lamont’s Plans for School Building Program Spark Debate

Norwich Free Academy Students Ask, ‘What’s Next for Me?’

Federal Judge to Hear Arguments Thursday in School Racial Quota Case

A Dreaded Part of Teachers’ Jobs: Restraining and Secluding Students

Norwich Education Foundation Awards Grants

‘Genius Hour’ Lets Kids Take Charge: Would Einstein Have Liked This?

CT Treasurer Roles Out Policy to Stop Investing Pension Money in Gun Manufacturers

Enrollment in Teacher-Preparation Programs Is Declining Fast

CT Lawmakers Slam Trump Administration’s Food Stamp Cuts

U.S. Students Gain Ground Against Global Peers. But That’s Not Saying Much

States Gear Up to Overhaul K-12 Funding in 2020

Black, Latino Children Do Better With Evidence-Based Therapy Than Talk Therapy

In Killingly, a Debate Over the High School Mascot Leads to a Political Reckoning

Hamden Eyes School Dress Code Changes to Be More Equitable Regarding Gender, Race

Hamden’s West Woods School Construction Project Still on the Table

Pointillism in 1st Grade? Teachers Use Unfamiliar Lessons to Mine for Giftedness

New Study Says Connecticut Grads Have the Highest Average Student Loan Debt

 

Education, Other Advocacy Groups Chime In on Gun Case in Supreme Court

 

MacArthur Fellow Explores Brain Creativity with True Artists: Preschoolers

 

Griswold Art Students Connect with Children in Pakistan

 

Hillhouse JROTC Cadets Show Thanks

 

Norwich Crossing Guard Has Been Protecting Children for Almost 50 Years

 

Norwalk Schools Reaching ‘Tipping Point’ for Immigrant Students

Connecticut “Kid Governor” to Be Inaugurated in December

Inspired by Greta Thunberg, Norwalk High School Student on Front Lines for Climate Change

This Teacher Is Suing Her District Over Working for Free, Buying School Supplies

Active Shooter Drills May Not Stop a School Shooting — But This Method Could

Math: The Most Powerful Civics Lesson You’ve Never Had

New Haven Students Seek Out Recycling Solutions for Schools

New Haven BOE Shifts Blame for Deficit

Chocolate Milk Back in New Haven High Schools, for Now

Amity Student Wins Second Place in Statewide Essay Contest

Parish Hill Middle/High School Honored by National PTA

Windham Acting Schools Chief Settles into Her New Role

$50K for Sherman School Designs Will Go to Town Vote

As Thanksgiving Approaches, ‘Unlearning’ History Continues

Up to 3.6 Million Students Should Be Labeled Gifted, but Aren’t

What Teenagers Think About the First Amendment

Debate to Eliminate Religious Exemption Begins With Airing From Both Sides

At Career Day, Plainville Students Ponder Work as Chefs, Nurses, Sports Commentators or Landscapers

In Connecticut and Across the Country, Minority Students Generally Taught by White Educators

Ganim Criticized for Second Look at Bridgeport Schools After Previous Input Ignored

Getting Kids Off The Vape: Blumenthal Says Trump ‘Succumbing to Industry Pressure’

Nazi Symbols and Racist Memes: Combating School Intolerance

In TV Interview, Connecticut Teachers Discuss Results of Eye-Opening Survey

 

Connecticut Teachers Spend Hundreds of Their Own Money on Supplies

 

High Stakes for Schools If 2020 Census Undercounts Latino Families

New Haven Students Demonstrate Outside Classmate’s Deportation Hearing

 

Hamden Considers Free Meals for All Students

 

Hartford Students on a Mission to Feed the Hungry

 

Documentarian Ken Burns Launches Site with Free Resources for Middle, High School Teachers

 

New Milford Tackles Vaping in Schools

 

Naugatuck Public Schools Have Plans for Alliance Grant Increase

 

Connecticut High School Instructor Roxanne Amiot Named 2019 SEMA-NACAT Award Winner

 

Connecticut’s Next Kid Governor Elected

CT Teachers Say More Support Needed When It Comes to Mental Health

Stamford School Board Questions Viability of Facilities Plan

New Britain Coalition Targets Teen Alcohol Use, Drug Abuse and More

New Haven Students Head to Boston to Support Classmate Detained by ICE

Second-Graders Get Hands-on Science Experience

New Norwalk School Board Leader Calls for Civility Amid Turmoil

High School Students Learn About Unions by Forming One

More Than $1 Billion in K-12 Ed-Tech Licensing Fees Go to Waste

CT Teachers Concerned About Their Students’ and Their Own Safety

 

In Connecticut, Fewer Education Reporters, More Missed Stories

Alternative High School in Danbury Preps Free Thanksgiving Feast

Bridgeport Education Advocates Want More Than Promises From a Re-Elected Ganim

New Haven Interim Superintendent Tackles Schools’ Central Office

Farmington Educator Named State Superintendent of the Year

Greenwich Board of Education to vote on Cardinal Stadium

Students Are Really, Really Bad at Spotting Fake News, Misleading Websites

Connecticut Teachers Share What’s Happening in Schools in New Survey

Moving the Needle on Reading in Greenwich

Immigration Spurs ‘Dramatic’ Enrollment Increase in Stamford Schools

Proposal to Shift a New Haven High School to ‘No Zero’ Grade Policy Stirs Internal Controversy

The New Britain School System Has Struggled for Years With Students Missing School. But a New Program Is Helping Them Show Up.

College-Acceptance Rate Highest Among Greenwich High AVID Students

Alumni Host Career Day for Thompson Students

Simsbury’s Tariffville Elementary School Would Close Under Proposed Renovation Plans

Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren on Charter Schools

The Teacher Strikes That Could Hit Presidential Swing States in 2020

Should Older and Younger Kids Be Grouped Together?

The Real Story: Teachers Say Schools Are Making Them, And Their Students, Ill

 

 

Hundreds Brainstorm for a Better City

 

Should Schools Be Able to Detect Every Would-Be Shooter?

 

Officials Weigh Massive Changes in Juvenile Justice System

 

TikTok: Powerful Teaching Tool or Classroom Management Nightmare?

 

Alumni Host Career Day for Thompson Students

 

Glastonbury High Drama Club, From Dream to Stage

Wilton Kids Send Their Drones Flying

‘Real Kids Wear Pink’ at Aiken Elementary School in West Hartford

 

Saxe Middle School in New Canaan Hosting Talk on Technology and Teens

The ‘Zero-Waste Classroom’: Teachers Share Tips for Going Green

Deval Patrick, Obama Education Ally, Announces Presidential Run

Danbury Technology Education Teacher Chosen for Statewide Honor

Norwalk High’s Culinary Lab Opening Offers Alternative Career Path for Students

New Haven Latina Student: What About Our History?

A Canton Elementary School’s Water Supply Is Being Tested After It Could Have Been Contaminated by Chemical Firefighting Foam

Hebron Official Pushes to Remove Lead in School’s Water

State Kills Hamden’s West Woods School Rebuilding Project

CT High Achieving Schools, High Stress Students

Too Few Parents Talk to Their Kids About Race and Identity, Report Finds

Greenwich Teachers Make the World their Classroom

Waterbury Area Schools to Offer Courses with African-American, Latino Focus

Stamford’s Westover Repairs Face ‘Unforeseen Condition’ — More Mold

Greenwich High Students Turning to Uber and Lyft for Rides

Norwich Schools Staff Take the Stage in Fundraiser Talent Show

Educators Will Soon Be Able to Sell Their Materials on Amazon

Teaching Young Children About Racism and Slavery Can Help Shrink Connecticut’s Achievement Gap

CT Public Schools Mark Demographic Shift