A Syllabus for the Next Democratic Debates: School Police, Race, and Teacher Pay

 

More Schools Reporting Serious Violence and Hiring Police

 

Federal Officials Plan School Safety Clearinghouse After Push from Parkland Parents

 

Schools Take Serious Look at Child’s Play

 

New York Expands Anti-Discrimination Law to Public Schools

 

Bristol, Southington Elementary Schools Win Recycling Competition, Playscapes

 

Killingly Latest Connecticut School District to Drop Native American Mascot

 

Students Are Playing Games in New Haven (and Educators Are Delighted)

Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Bridgeport Magnet School Tuition Lawsuit

State’s Head Teacher Started With 20 Inner City Kids

Norwalk Names Paraeducator of the Year

How Segregation Keeps Poor Students of Color Out of Whiter, Richer Nearby Districts

Acting Bridgeport Superintendent’s Central Office to Be Streamlined

Girls Report More Harassment Amid Rise in US Cyberbullying

In the ‘Juul Room’: E-Cigarettes Spawn a Form of Teen Addiction That Worries Doctors, Parents and Schools

What Every Educator Needs to Know About Artificial Intelligence

Federal Officials Plan School Safety Clearinghouse After Push From Parkland Parents

How Different Racial Groups Think Schools Should Prepare Students for the Future of Work

New Haven Public Schools Hit by Ransomware Attack

More Schools Are Reporting Serious Violence and Hiring Police

E-Reading, Screen Time for Young Children Draw Scrutiny

State Finds Norwalk Schools Violated Federal Special Education Law

Norwalk High Science Teacher Glenn Couture Wins District Teacher of the Year

This Supreme Court Case Made School District Lines a Tool for Segregation

East Haven Schools Chief Gets Contract Extension

6 Back-to-School Tips Every Parent of Kids With Allergies Should Know

Personalized Learning Can Be a Tool for Equity or a Barrier to It

Beto O’Rourke’s Education Plan: A Surge in Federal Funds, With Equity Strings Attached

‘Nation’s Report Card’ to Get Trimmed, Four Subjects Dropped

Should Blue Light Glasses Be on Your Back-to-School Shopping List?

Thousands of CT Children Could Lose Free School Meals Under Trump’s Proposed Changes to SNAP

Report: New Haven School Official Claims Superintendent Creates Hostile Work Environment

Teacher in New Haven Summer Enrichment Program Wins Award

Wolcott Tech Students Shine in Statewide Engineering Competition

Amid a Debate Over Culture and Respect, Manchester Agrees to Allow High School Students to Wear Hats, Durags in School

Gilbert School Corp. Votes to Accept Winsted Students Despite Contract Impasse

Inside One School’s Efforts to Train Teachers on Culturally Responsive Practices

Civil Rights Panel: Disabled Students of Color Punished More

Hartford, Tolland Get Extra Help in School Construction Bill

New Haven School Official Resigns, Continuing Central Office Staff Exodus

Recent Bridgeport High School Grads Win Adversity to Prosperity Scholarships

Solar Panels to Be Installed on New Canaan’s South School Roof This Summer

Connecticut Families: Why Hosting an International Student Is Beneficial for the Whole Family

AXA Investment Managers Volunteer at Stamford High School

Six Keys to Safer 21st Century Schools

School Construction Advances While Bond Package Stalls

New Haven Summer Reading Challenge Launched

As a Unique $300 Million Partnership Between Connecticut and Hedge Fund Billionaire Ray Dalio Takes Shape, Questions About Transparency Remain

Atkinson Named Shelton’s Top Teacher

Planetarium Might Not Be in the Stars for New Bridgeport High School

New Milford’s New Superintendent Looks to Build Relationships

Acting Bridgeport School Chief Contract Approved Amid Controversy

Here’s What Superintendents Should Include, and Avoid, in the Dreaded Back-to-School Letter

Cory Booker’s Brother, a Failed Charter School, and the Presidential Race

Influential Reading Group Makes It Clear: Students Need Systematic, Explicit Phonics

As Commissioner, Cardona Pledges ‘Positive Impact’ on Graduation Rate, Achievement Gap, Access to Opportunity

Suburban “Pushback” Feared on New Haven Magnets

Seven to Be Inducted in Shelton High School Hall of Fame Oct. 20

Glastonbury Woman Puts Retirement on Hold to Head Hebron Schools

State’s Childcare Subsidy Program Receives Long Awaited Funding Increase

Southington BOE Chairman Not Seeking Re-Election

Norwich Republicans Nominate Council, School Board, Treasurer Candidates

FCC Changes Its Rules, Puts Educational Spectrum Up for Open Auction

State Board to Vote Thursday on New Education Commissioner

Avon Among the Growing Number of Technology-Rich School Systems across the Country Targeted by Cyberattacks

Teachers Support Social-Emotional Learning, but Say Students in Distress Strain Their Skills

Haddam-Killingworth School Chief Resigns to Head Burlington-Harwinton System

Thompson School Security Grant Heads to Town Meeting

Educators Don’t Agree on What Whole Child Education Means. Here’s Why It Matters.

School Day Adjustments Made in Manchester to Improve Transportation

Betsy DeVos Approves Testing Flexibility Under ESSA for Two More States

Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, a Voice for Student Rights, Dies at 99

Connecticut Changes Course on State Education Commissioner

Denied Loan Forgiveness Promised to Them, Teachers Sue U.S. Department of Education

 

New Canaan Explores Later School Start Times

 

High Kindergarten Enrollment Sparks Study in Brookfield

 

Kindergarten Behavior Predicts Adult Earning Power

Most Students of Color Have White Teachers. Here’s Pete Buttigieg’s Plan to Change That

New Haven Mayoral Candidates Blast Magnet Lottery

Supporting Our Schools Drive to Help Local Students and Teachers

Torrington Middle School Students Visit Northwestern CT Community College

New Haven School Budget Mitigation Committee Makes Personnel Recommendations

Coventry Doles Out $11,989 Worth of Innovative Grants for Educators

Norwich City Council Debates, Then Makes Board of Education Appointment

Kids Are Increasingly Entering Foster Care Because of Parental Drug Use

More Students Are Being Bullied Online, Federal Report Says

The White Suburbs That Fought Busing Aren’t So White Anymore

Where’s the Senate’s Education Spending Bill? Will the Holdup Affect Schools?

New Haven Schools High-Level Administrator Resigns

New Haven Parents Say Magnet Lottery Rigged for Suburbanites

Clean Out the Attic: Vernon’s Rockville High Is Celebrating Its 150th Anniversary

CT’s Hands Off Our Schools Amasses $25,000

33 States, Including CT, Expand Access to K-12 Computer Science Education in 2019

Are Old School Print Books Better Than E-Books?

Meet Milford’s 4 New School Principals

The FCC Just Made It Tougher for Schools to Address the ‘Homework Gap’, Ed-Tech Leaders Say

Michelle Obama Wants Teachers to Make Sure Every Student Is Registered to Vote

Comptroller Urges Dalio Public-Private Partnership to Follow All Disclosure, Ethics Rules

Project-Based Learning, Trusting Student Voice Lead to Big Graduation Rate Gains at New Haven School

‘I Do Not Have 2-3 Months Off’: Teachers on Summer Break Are Working, a Lot

Hamden Student Rep Tapped for Statewide Role

Connecticut Science Center: Where Learning Is Fun and Serious Business, Too

Powerful Koch Network Taking on School Choice With New Group

Two Firms Offer to Help Bridgeport Find a More Permanent Schools Chief

Does Lunch Have to Be 45 Minutes? Rethinking School Schedules to Support Innovation

New Haven Magnet School Tuition Back on Table

Enfield’s New STEAM Play Lab for Pre-K Students Gets High Marks From Congressman Courtney

Settlement With Feds Restores Parental Input on Insulin Dosage for School Kids With Diabetes

Shelton Students Bring Virtual Reality to Life

Broken Promises: Teachers Sue U.S. Over Student Loans That Weren’t Forgiven

New Haven Schools’ Decision-Makers at Odds Over Who Is in Charge

Report: West Hartford Schools Are Moving Closer to Racial Balance, but 5 Aren’t There Yet

Why You Should Do Your Back to School Shopping on Prime Day

Manchester Seeking Donations of New School Supplies

Norwalk High Graduate Named Fulbright Scholar, Heading to Malaysia

Educator Challenges New Haven School Board President

Stratford: Mayor Launches Summer Reading Challenge

Tolland Council to Consider Resolution to Reduce Scope of Primary School Project

New Haven’s Common Ground Names New Executive Director

Manchester Board Gives School Superintendent Good Review, Raise

South Windsor High School Accreditation OKd

The 10 Presidential Candidates Who Support Busing

Most Attackers in Shootings Last Year Made Prior Threats, Report Finds

State Education Board Expected to Recommend Bloomfield Superintendent as Next Commissioner

Lawmakers Waived Appointments to Secure Dalio Funds for CT Schools

Construction at Vernon School Designed to Thwart Congestion

Milford Public Schools Hiring for Dozens of Jobs

Greenwich Board of Education Reinstates Busing for Independent School

Stocking Up for School Can Be Eco-Friendly – and Economical

Getting Ready for High School: Gear and Strategies

High School LGBTQ Clubs Have Made Life Easier for Queer Youth

Teaching Global Warming in a Charged Political Climate

More Cities Take On ‘Period Poverty’ As a Way to Keep Kids in School

Schools’ Top Priority for Flexible ESSA Grants Is Safer, Healthier Students

Teachers Push for Books With More Diversity, Fewer Stereotypes

Stratford Principal Takes a Job One Town Over

New Haven Superintendent’s Supporters Fire Back at BOE Meeting

Grants Will Let New Britain Continue Its After-School Programs for Youngsters

Bridgeport Schools Hiring for More Than 100 Jobs

Elementary Education Has Gone Terribly Wrong

Democratic Presidential Candidates Make Their Pitches to Teachers’ Union Leaders

CT Schoolkids Going Hungry in the Summer – It Doesn’t Have to Happen

Windham High English Teacher Wins School District’s Top Honor

As New Haven School Budget Committee Seeks Answers, City Seeks Uniformity

Tolland Superintendent Wants to Increase Mental Health Services for Students, Community

New Haven School Finance Panel Passes Testing Practice Contract to Board

New Britain Schools Hosting Workshop on New Education Laws, $12.3 Million in Extra Aid

Biden, Harris Join Warren to Promise Teacher as Ed Secretary

Beto O’Rourke Pushes Student Loan Forgiveness for Public School Teachers

Urban Charter Schools Are Facing a Reckoning