Policy & Politics

The State of CT’s Cities and Towns in Charts

DeVos Undeterred by Critics Even as Agenda Remains Stalled

Lawmakers Ask Betsy DeVos to Clamp Down on ‘Zero Tolerance’ Discipline

Connecticut Delegation in New Haven Promises Continued Commitment to DREAMers

Trump Stance on Civil Rights Is ‘Distressing and Dangerous,’ Obama Official Says

Governors Tell Congress: Early Education Just as Crucial as Health Care, Tax Reform

Ed. Dept. Official Hasn’t Read ESSA Carefully, Sen. Alexander Says

Betsy DeVos Speaks to Charter School Advocates: What to Watch For

Landmark CT Desegregation Case Heads Back to Court

Democratic Senators Tag-Team Betsy DeVos Over Ethics Concerns

Trump’s School Choice Plan Could Quickly Stall in Washington, Analysts Say

States Struggle to Define ‘Ineffective Teachers’ Under ESSA

Trump’s Budget Slashes Education But Cites One CT Program as a Model

DeVos to Testify on Trump’s Budget, Her First Time Before Congress Since Rocky Confirmation Hearing

Trump’s Education Budget Takes Aim at the Working Class

DeVos: It Would Be a ‘Terrible Mistake’ for States Not to Expand School Choice

Five Key Questions About Trump’s Education Budget

Trump’s First Full Education Budget: Deep Cuts to Public School Programs in Pursuit of School Choice

The Highs and Lows of Betsy DeVos’ First 100 Days

Voucher Proposals Expose Rift in School Choice Movement

Revised Malloy Budget Would Shift More Money From Wealthy to Poor School Districts

How Trump’s Altered the Landscape for Education Advocates

DeVos Compares School Choice to Switching Phone Carriers

ESSA, School Choice Firing Up State Legislatures

DeVos Commencement Speech Draws Protests

Trump Orders Hard Look at Federal Reach on K-12 Policy

What’s Betsy DeVos’ Record on Teacher and Workforce Issues?

Malloy: Legislature’s School-Funding Proposals Not Aggressive Enough

Trump Administration Relaxes Nutrition Standards for School Lunches

Legislators Struggle to Revise Education Funding After Rejecting Malloy Plan

Budget Deal for 2017 Includes Increases for Title I, Special Education

What a New Study on Vouchers Means for Trump’s Agenda

Legislative Committee Rejects Malloy Plans on Teacher Pensions, Education Cost Sharing

DeVos Tells Fox News: ‘There Isn’t Really Any Common Core Any More’

Trump’s First 100 Days: How Does He Stack Up to Obama, Bush on K-12?

Advocacy Groups Urge DeVos to Rethink Approach to Civil Rights

Groton Officials Discuss Major Budget Cuts to Schools

The Vital Role of Home-Visiting Programs

Unionization of Charter Schools: Where the Movement Stands Now

Voices in the Field: Education Researchers Join D.C. March for Science

She’ll ‘Educate’ Betsy DeVos as AFT Kicks off Campaign

Key Takeaways: State ESSA Plans

Conn. Senate Leader Readies Bill to Overhaul School Funding

Long Rated by Test Scores, Schools May Soon Be Judged on Student Abenteeism Too

New Milford School Board Chairman Laments Budget Cuts

Calif. Shooting Redoubles Attention to School Security Protocols

Here We Go Again? How a Government Shutdown Could Impact Schools

Schools Will Soon Have to Put in Writing if They ‘Lunch Shame’

Rhode Island to Dump PARCC, Use Massachusetts Test Instead

Top Dem. Senators Ask for Federal Study of Tax-Credit School Choice Programs

DeVos Announces Education Department Hires

School Funding on Trial: High Court Rejects Speeding Up Appeal

A New Plan to Channel Local Funds to Charters

Gorsuch Confirmed to High Court; At Least One Education Case Awaits Him

States May Get to Run Competitions for ESSA Block Grant Money

Sheff v. O’Neill: A “Courant” Look at a 20-Year-Old Ruling

Wilton Legislators Grilled on Education, State’s Future

Could Betsy DeVos Reject a State’s ESSA Plan for Not Embracing Choice? No.

Trump’s Education Department Nixes Obama-Era Grant Program for School Diversity

Trump Wants $3B Cut to Education This Fiscal Year

Conn. Schools Get Reprieve on Graduation Rules

Trump Signs Bills Overturning Obama-Era Education Regulations

Malloy: State’s Desegregation Efforts Depriving Children of Quality Education

Betsy DeVos: States Should Decide How Much Testing Is ‘Actually Necessary’

Unanimous Supreme Court Expands Scope of Special Education Rights

Legislature’s Education Committee Delays Decision on Education Funding Reform

Connecticut Governor Calls for Shake-Up in Public-Education Funding

School Choice Fight in Iowa May Preview the One Facing Trump

Momentum Builds Among Legislators for Education Cost Study

Democrats Want to Scrap Malloy Plan to Revise Education Formula

What Education Programs Could Still Be Vulnerable in Trump’s Budget?

How Could Trump’s Budget Use $1 Billion in Title I Aid to Boost School Choice?

DeVos’ Lips Sealed on School Choice Program

How Betsy DeVos Could End the School-Integration Comeback

Trump Budget Would Make Massive Cuts to Ed. Dept., But Boost School Choice

Towns Make Legal Case Against Malloy’s Teacher Pension Plan

Parents Plea for Ansonia Education Funds

Michelle Obama’s Healthy School Lunch program in Jeopardy?

New Trump Executive Order Could Lead to a Smaller Education Department

Did Betsy DeVos Just Ask States to Ignore Part of Federal Education Law?

Here’s What You Should Know About That Federal Voucher Bill From Rep. Steve King

DeVos Promotes School Choice, Local Control

Small Towns Want Teachers’ Pension Bills ‘Off the Table’

Senate Scraps Obama Regulations on School Accountability

NEA Criticizes Supreme Court Nominee’s Judicial Record on Special Education

‘We Are Angry’: Families of Transgender Children Meet With Betsy DeVos

Senate Votes to Block Obama Teacher-Preparation Rules

Trump Education Adviser Wants ‘Robust Portfolio of Options’ for K-12 Students

What’s at Stake for Schools in the Debate Over the Affordable Care Act

Federal Budget Knife Could Slash Into K-12 Programs

Key Question for Legislators: How to Count High-Need Students?

Congressional Republicans Poised to Overturn Obama-Era Education Regulations

Supreme Court’s Decision to Pass on Transgender Bathroom Case Leaves Schools, Parents Without Answers

Supreme Court Won’t Decide Transgender Teen’s Challenge to Bathroom Policy

What Happens to Education Spending if the Federal Budget Stays in a Holding Pattern

Connecticut Lawmakers Grapple With Education Funding Plan

States Wrangle Over K-12 Funding Formulas

How President Trump’s Federal Budget Would Hinder Poor Students

Two Possible Paths for a Tax-Credit School Choice Plan in Congress

Trump Calls Education ‘Civil Rights Issue of Our Time,’ Pushes Choice

Hartford Schools Fear $6.6M in Cuts Under Malloy Budget Proposal

Trump Invited a Student to His Joint Address: Her Story Says a Lot About His Views on Education Reform

School District Leaders Weigh How—and Whether—to Engage DeVos

Groups Press DeVos on Civil Rights

What Could Trump’s Broad Budget Plans Mean for Education?

How Much Can Schools Protect Undocumented Students?

Attention Turns to Courts in Battle Over Transgender-Student Rights

Malloy Rebukes Trump on Rollback of Transgender Protections

Betsy DeVos: ‘Education Establishment’ Has Blocked Efforts to Fix Schools

Outside US, Trans Kids’ Toilets Often Not a Federal Issue

Officials, Parents, Students Plead for More State Education Aid

Malloy Issues Memo to Superintendents About New Federal Immigration Policies

CT School-Level Immunization Data Could Be Released Under Proposal

Fight Erupts in Trump Administration Over Transgender Students’ Rights

Trump Considers Tax Credit to Channel Public Money to Private Schools

White House: Transgender-Student Rights Not a Federal Issue; New Guidance Coming

Without Regulations for a Key ESSA Spending Rule, Here’s What Could Happen

Rough First Week Gives Betsy DeVos a Glimpse of the Fight Ahead

DeVos and Trump Don’t Have a Long History Together. Does That Matter?

Feds’ Disability Education Website: Still Down, Still no Response from DeVos

RTI May Fall Short in Flagging Certain Students

Gorsuch Backed Minimum Standard for Disabled Kids

Parents of Transgender Students Appeal to Trump on Bathrooms

Area School Districts Hit With Big Funding Cuts