CT Teachers Explain How Standardized Testing Causes Stress for Students

New Haven Parents Explore “Breaking Up” With Standardized Tests

Hartford High School Clinic to Be Named for Former Hartford Administrator Leah O’Neill Fichtner, Who Championed School-Based Health Services

Grant to Danbury Science Teacher to Jumpstart Student Projects

Connecticut Lawmakers Want to Eliminate the State’s Religious Exemption to Vaccines. Here’s How That Would Work.

New Haven School-Funding Road Show Rolls Into Westville

Connecticut Invited to Workshop to Help High School Students Earn College Credentials

Middletown Holds Community Conversation After Black History Month Assembly Controversy

New Haven Schools Land State Grant to Keep Running After-School Program for At-Risk Youth

School Board Approves Draft Plans for New Norwalk High

Food Fight: How 2 Trump Proposals Could Bite Into School Lunch

The Nation’s English-Learner Population Has Surged: 3 Things to Know

Teachers Weigh in on How Technology Helps, Hurts in the Classroom

Greenwich Board to Hear More About Low Teacher Morale

New Students Mean More Special Education Costs for Danbury Area

Bridgeport Superintendent Warns of High-Impact School Cuts

Connecticut Bill Prohibits Discipline for Unpaid Lunch Bills

State Teachers Union Calls for Change in School Lockdown and Active Shooter Drills

‘A Major Shift’: New Camp Helps Greenwich Hamilton Avenue Students Meet Common Core Demands

Salary Battle Prompts New Questions About Privacy Rules for Education Partnership

Helicopter Rescues, Robots, Chicken Embryos — Bridgeport Science Expo Has It All

Monroe First-Graders Raise Money to Help Build New Playground in Town

Westport Parent’s Petition Against Later School Start Times Picks Up Steam

Brookfield Needs $989,000 for New Special Education Costs

16 Connecticut Schools Awarded RecycleCT School Grants

Parish Hill Now a School of Choice for Canterbury

Schools Are the Main Source of Student Mental Health Care. Are They Ready?

Principals Say They Need Help to Support Students With Disabilities

Air Filters: A Potential Tool to Boost Learning

Black Inventors Get Their Due at New Haven School

‘Dire Situation’ Drives Up Proposed Danbury School Budget

Naugatuck Students Celebrate 100th Day in School

North Branford Teacher Is Ambassador for ‘Love Teaching’ Campaign, Which Kicks Off Friday

How Play Is Making a Comeback in Kindergarten

Opening Doors and Minds: Hartford Nonprofit Inspires Girls to Pursue Careers in Tech

$108 Million New London High School Construction Project Nears Start

Lyme-Old Lyme School Board Approves Budget That Shows Small Decrease

$5M Approved for School Upgrades in Milford

With Students’ Media Illiteracy in Mind, State Legislatures Taking Action

Q&A With Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer: ‘Trump Doesn’t Believe in Education’

New Haven Students Help Schools Adapt to Changing Demographics

Bridgeport Sets School Budget Forums

Magnet Desks Open for New Haveners

Flu Season Keeps Shelton School District on Alert

Shelton BOE Sends Off School Budget with 2.98% Hike

IT Security Investigation Affects Vernon Schools, Departments

More Teens Coming Out as LGBQ, but Suicide Attempts Still High: BU Study

Cases of Lead-Poisoned Children Drop 17% in CT

6 Districts Invested in Principals and Saw Dramatic Gains. Dozens More Will Try to Do the Same

Interest in Civics Education ‘Will Not Last Forever,’ an Insider Warns

Fewer Math Teachers Equals More Challenges for CT

2 Big Teachers Unions Call for Rethinking Student Involvement in Lockdown Drills

Some Bridgeport Schools Overcrowded, Others Underutilized

CT, New Haven See Late Uptick in Puerto Rican Students Following Quakes

Danbury Schools to Host Information Session for Future Teachers

Newtown Students Leading Gun Safety Summit

Lawmakers Consider Banning Unvaccinated Children From CT Schools

Westport School Board Approves Later Start Times

Treasurer Wooden Calls on Connecticut Kids to Dream Big

Dual Language School Says East Hartford Location Not an Option

North Stonington Pitches Its High School as a Choice for Preston Students

West Hartford Student Wins Trinity ‘Brain Bee’

New Haven BOE in No Rush to Launch Search for New Superintendent

New Fairfield School Board Adopts $44 Million Budget

The Invisible Burden Some Bilingual Teachers Face

What Do Teachers Need? Nearly 2 Million DonorsChoose Requests Shed Some Light

Trump Seeks to Slash Education Budget, Combine 29 Programs Into Block Grant

Trump Admin. Unveils School Safety ‘Clearinghouse.’ Here’s What You Need to Know

State Aid: See How Your Town Fares in the Governor’s Budget

CT Places Charter Schools on Probation

Students: Amistad Faked Suspension Stats

New London Area Municipalities Examine What State Budget Proposal Brings Home

New Haven Education Officials Take School Funding Presentation on the Road

BOE Approves Lowering Grade Threshold for Graduating Watertown High School Students

Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer’s Education Plan: Triple Title I, Tackle Dropout Rate

Graduation Ultimatum: Learn Economics and Personal Finance, More States Say

‘Government Schools’ or Public Schools? Trump, DeVos, and the Language of School Choice

White Parents Say They Value Integrated Schools. Their Actions Speak Differently

Governor Touts Education Aid. But Will It Be Used to Improve Schools or Close Deficits?

Students from Technical Schools Compete on Auto Skills

College Scholarship Program Available for CT High School Freshmen

Connecticut’s Top Youth Volunteers of 2020 Selected by National Program

Facial Recognition Moves Into a New Front: Schools

Trump’s Imminent Education Budget and How Washington Sows Confusion Over School Spending

Trump Pushes Controversial Proposal That Would Direct Billions of Tax Dollars to Private and Religious Schools

Four New Members Appointed to Connecticut Board of Education

NFA Budget Will Add High Costs to Norwich City School Budget

Willington Will Establish School Building Committee

Thomaston Schools Prepare to Upgrade Security Systems

Stratford School Board Wants to Do Away With Term Limits

New Haven Board of Education Budget Proposal Seeks $10.8 Million Increase

Teachers’ Union Issues Coronavirus Recommendations for Schools, Calls on Feds to Do More

Identifying Gifted and Talented English-Learners: Six Steps for District Leaders

The Iowa Caucuses: a Political Mess, but a Teaching Opportunity?

Hartford Schools Welcome 50 New Students After Earthquakes Ravage Puerto Rico, With More Expected

Under Federal Oversight, DCF Makes Strides in Lowering Social Workers’ Caseloads

Yogurt, Salad Bars Become Part of Menu in Bridgeport Elementary Schools

Fair Haven Students Learn It’s Never Too Early to Start Thinking About College

New Milford Students Propose Idea for Reducing Lunchtime Utensil Waste

Winsted’s Gilbert School Receives AP Course Diversity Award

Bethel Teachers Receive $15,000 in Grants

Number of Shepaug Valley Students Taking AP Courses Went Up in 2019

New Haven School Choice Expo Draws 2,700

Number of Homeless Students Rises to New High, Report Says

How Education Has Fared in Election-Year State of the Union Speeches

When Teachers Are Tough Graders, Students Learn More, Study Says

More CT School Funding Is on the Way for Norwalk — but Is It Enough?

Education Dept. Unveils Fix for Student Loan Program’s ‘Bureaucratic Nightmare’ for Teachers

Shoreline Schools Show Jump in English Language Learner Enrollment

With Region 16 Schools Shrinking, Superintendent Proposes Adding Out-of-Town Students

CT School Board Association Against ‘Forced Regionalization,’ Tentative About Partnership for Connecticut

Facing Declining Enrollment, Shepaug Valley Lures Students With Experimental Agriculture Program

More Students Are Learning on Laptops and Tablets in Class. Some Parents Want to Hit the Off Switch.

Who Could Be the Next Secretary of Education After the 2020 Election?

Teacher Praise Helps Students Focus, Behave Better, Study Says

Building Better Special Education Leaders One State at a Time

CT Schools Receive Report Cards From State

Stamford Residents Deride Plan to Move Toquam School

 

Board of Estimate & Taxation Stresses Need for Independent Study of Special Education in Greenwich

Stamford’s School Privatization Idea Gains Traction Amid Angst

Nonnewaug Students Donate 200 Goodie Bags

Howell Cheney Technical School’s All-Female Tech Team Wins App Design Challenge

Board of Education to Review New Norwalk High School Plans

DeVos Taps Haley Barbour, Ex-Governor and RNC Boss, to Oversee ‘Nation’s Report Card’

TikTok’s ‘Outlet Challenge’ Is Latest Social Media Nightmare for School Leaders

Fed-up Bridgeport School Board Triples Its Budget Increase

Federal Lawsuit Challenging CT School Racial Quotas Is Withdrawn

Hartford Parents, Teachers Criticize Plan to Move Adult Education Into School Building With PreK-8th Grade Students

Harvard Researchers Find Parent Choice Is Furthering School Segregation

Homelessness Can Traumatize a Young Child for Life; CT Collaborative Seeks to End the Costly Consequences

Education Is the Darling of Wealthy Philanthropists, But K-12 Is Losing Its Luster

Coronavirus Cases in the U.S. Are Few, But Some Schools Aren’t Taking Any Chances

Connecticut Tribe Takes Issue With Schools’ Indian Names

Outspoken Norwalk Resident Confronts Duff Over Norwalk High Promise

Somers School Chief Seeks 3.81% Budget Hike

Waterbury School Committee Will Wait for State’s Black, Latino Course

Norwich Free Academy Board of Trustees Approves $37.8 Million 2020-21 Budget, 3% Tuition Hike

Stratford Superintendent Requests $6 Million Budget Increase

East Windsor High School Hires East Hartford Administrator as New Principal

RHAM Superintendent Proposes 2.88% Increase in School Spending

Flexible Seating: Collaboration Catalyst or Classroom Disaster?

Community Schools, Focused on Addressing Child Poverty, Succeed in Key Metrics, Study Finds

No ‘Secret Agenda,’ Mayor Says After Emails Circulate About New Norwalk High Project

Hamden Schools: Fried Seagull Won’t Prevent Cyber-Recovery

Students at New Lebanon School in Greenwich Get Active With Zumba Lesson

Greenwich High Student Advances to Regeneron Science Talent Search Finals

Columbia OKs High School Contracts

Ledyard Approves $125,000 in Funding for High School Agri-Science Purchases

New Haven School Board Changes Leadership

Waterford’s New Softball Field Finally Rounds the Bases