CT Ed Watch

The Wave of Teacher Activism Has Reached Los Angeles — Where Teachers Just Announced a Strike

On ‘Teachers Pay Teachers,’ Some Sellers Are Profiting From Stolen Work

Lamont Education Ideas May Include Small School District Consolidation

More Stamford Teachers Out After Being Moved to Moldy Room in City Hall

BOE Votes in Favor of Reorganization Plan for Westport Schools

Bridgeport School Board to Tour Fairchild Wheeler’s Building Flaws

26 Bridgeport Students Surprised With Bikes for Christmas

Federal School Safety Report Draws Criticism in Connecticut

Consultant for Ansonia-Derby School Merger Study Set to Go

Greenwich Narrows Search for Superintendent

Scotland Elementary in Ridgefield Names New Interim Principal

Nation’s Top Teachers Will Hold ‘Teach In’ at Child Detention Camp

Proposals for Wallingford School Consolidation Drawing Heated Reactions

Hartford Gets More Help in Truancy Fight

When Should Connecticut Schools Be Able to Seize and Search a Student’s Phone?

Top New Haven Schools Talent Jumps Ship

Good News on Timeline for Students to Return to Cos Cob School in Greenwich

Students, Employees Wear Pajamas to Support Children Battling Cancer

Blue Ribbon School Honored in West Haven

How Big Is Gap Between Have and Have-Not Schools? About 88-9

Shelton Assistant Principal Earns State Award

Canterbury Superintendent’s Contract Extended

Juuling Skyrocketed This Year. What Does It Mean for Schools?

Community Schools Give Life Lessons

Suspensions Are Down in U.S. Schools but Large Racial Gaps Remain

When Report Cards Go Out on Fridays, Child Abuse Increases on Saturdays, Study Finds

Nap Time Boosts Learning, Studies Say

Sen. Lamar Alexander, Top Capitol Hill Republican on Education, to Retire

Avon Girls Who Code Awarded $10K Grant

Nonnewaug High School Students Help Out Those In Need

What It Will Mean If Betsy Devos Rolls Back the Obama School Discipline Rule

School Nutrition Policy Implementation Slows Weight Gain in Middle School Student

‘It’s Preventable’: Sandy Hook Parents Promote App for Reporting School Threats

Stamford Student Voice Strengthens in Wake of Mold Crisis

Wilton Parents Form New Special Education Association

Another Year, Another Big School Budget Request in Bridgeport

Leak at Greenwich High School Causes Damage to Ceilings, Drywall, Gym Floor

Grammy Winner Credits New Haven Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School

Kentucky Supreme Court Strikes Down Pension Law That Sparked Teacher Protests

Civil Rights Groups Urge Congress to Tackle DeVos Oversight, School Safety Legislation

Is the Time Right to Make Education a Constitutional Right?

Stamford Westhill Students Voice Concerns to Mold Task Force After Hundreds Walk Out of Class

Actor Brings ‘Hamilton Fever’ to His Former School in Hartford

‘I Get Splitting Headaches:’ Stamford Westhill Students Say Mold in School Is Making Them Sick

Tolland School Found to Have a Crumbling Foundation

Korean Spirit Project Visits West Hartford’s Bristow Middle School

Some Call Bridgeport School Budget Forums “Bashing Sessions”

Parents Want Better Communication About Middle School Merger in Stonington

Parents Are Biased Against Even Quality ‘Urban’ Schools

Later School Start Time Pays Off for Teens

Betsy DeVos Gets Bad Reviews From Employees as Morale at Education Department Plummets, Survey Finds

Too Much Screen Time May Affect Children’s Brain Development, Early Findings Show

Project-Based Learning Is a New Rage in Education. Never Mind That It’s a Century Old.

Rollout of ESSA Report Cards Frustrates School Leaders

Stamford Westhill High School Students Stage Walkout Over Growing Mold Concerns

Sandy Hook Promise Releases Powerful Short Film on Warning Signs of Gun Violence

Bridgeport Magnet School Signoff Delayed

Guilford’s Band Director Named Among Best in U.S.

Politicking Blamed for Bridgeport BOE Officer Shake-Up

A Special Education Student Speaks: I Navigate ‘Parallel Universes’

Wallingford Auditorium Filled for Meeting Regarding Potential School Consolidation Plans

New Haven Superintendent Sets School District Goals

Making Shakespeare Approachable in Stratford

Cotto Seeks Second Term on New Haven Ed Board

The Nation’s First Charter School Strike Has Ended With a Union Victory

Federal School Safety Commission Will Call for Scrapping Obama Discipline Guidance, Report Says

Teachers Came Together to Strike. What Will Happen Next?

More Than a Quarter of Schools Could Be Flagged as in Need of Improvement Under ESSA, Experts Say

Wallingford School Board to Look at Restructuring

Closing Looms; Hamden School “Family” Presses On

Ed Department to Erase Debts of Teachers, Fix Troubled Grant Program

Ansonia and ACES Join Forces for a New Special Education Program

Torrington Students Provide Caring Closet for Classmates

Integrated Wellness Drops Bids for More New Haven School Business

Is Old High School Project a Good Idea for East Haven?

Haddam-Killingworth High School Honored at Award Ceremony

Winners of Danbury’s Westside Middle School Invention Convention Announced

Parents Wield Online Tools to Advocate for Children With Disabilities

Special Education a Growing Priority in Teacher-Training Circles

Five Top Technology Trends in Special Education

Naugatuck’s Teacher Of The Year Honored

‘That’s Not Going to Happen Overnight:’ Stamford Mold Task Force Says Westhill Needs New HVAC System

State Sets Formal Inquiry into Ansonia School Funding

Petition Against ‘Monster’ Middle School Makes Waves in Westport

Westbrook High Schoolers Lead on School ‘Climate’

Bridgeport’s Fairchild Wheeler Magnet School to Remain Three Schools

What It Takes to Make Co-Teaching Work

Staff Email Addresses Removed From District Websites to Improve Cybersecurity

State Calls for Formal Hearing Over Ansonia Funding Dispute

Parents Continue to Fight Decision to Close Haddam Elementary School

Teachers at Chicago Charter Schools Strike, in a First for Charter Movement

Best Buddies Expands to Norwalk Middle Schools

 

There’s a Reason Why Teachers Don’t Use the Software Provided by Their Districts

Westhill High School Drops Second Lip Dub Video

Playing Along in Groton

Shortage of Special Educators Adds to Classroom Pressures

School-Based Counselors Help Kids Cope With Fallout From Drug Addiction

Teachers Turn Lessons Into Instagram-Worthy Photos

West Haven High School Parents Air Health Concerns at City Hall Meeting

New Haven Ed Board Spars on Controversial Contracts

Bridgeport School Board Wants a New Bassick That Pays Homage to 1929 Design

Hartford Teacher and Rapper Expands Hip Hop for the Homeless Concerts to 8 Cities Over 11 Days

‘Learning Styles’ Aren’t a Reliable Way to Categorize Students, Study Says

Latino Growth Spurs New Haven Bilingual Ed Call

Murphy Visits Wallingford Middle School to Promote STEM Learning

Bypassed Generation: Grandparents Raising Children Born to Addicted Parents

Greenwich Teachers’ Union President to BOE: Why Is the Budget Process So Hard?

Transition Time at Branford’s Sliney School as Interim Principal Begins

When Doctors Say ‘Read,’ New Parents Listen

Businesses Say Students Aren’t Mastering Basic Workplace Skills. Are They Right?

Students Learn to Put the ‘Civil’ in Civil Discourse

Lingering Questions Remain About School Desegregation in Connecticut

Redistricting on the Table in Westport as Educators Deal With Mold-Infested School

Hamden Ed Board Approves School Closings; Parents Decry North-South Divide

Report: Trumbull High Grads Applying to More, Better Colleges

Bloomfield Students Have Christmas Ornaments Hung in Washington D.C.

Shelton Adds a Bonus to Superintendent’s Salary

Glastonbury Parents Get an App for Tracking School Buses

Shelton Schools Get a New Finance Chief

Study: Teachers Use Crowdfunding Sites to Make Up for Budget Shortfalls

Hartford Schools Get Almost $600K in State Funds to Cover Costs of Displaced Students From Puerto Rico

Youngest Children In a Class Are Most Likely to Get ADHD Diagnosis

Should Parents Be Banned From Visiting School Lunchrooms? This Connecticut Town Says Yes.

Stamford Parent Organizing Group Plans Event to Garner Support for Reading Achievement Program

Bridgeport Magnet School Policy Tweaked

The Lawsuit That’s Claiming a Constitutional Right to Education

Using Teacher-Leaders to Improve Schools

New Haven Suspensions Fall Most on Black Boys

Bridgeport’s Roosevelt School Gets Local Approval for Commissioner’s Network

To Save Money, the Hartford Public Schools Will Move Its Offices to Bulkeley High School

Bridgeport Wants a Brand New Bassick

Explained: Hamden’s Redistricting Mission

Bridgeport Schools Host Conversation on Budget

Educators Exhibiting in Group Show

What Has This Congress Actually Gotten Done on Education?

To Report Bullying and Concerning Student Behavior, Connecticut Schools Turn to Anonymous Reporting Apps

‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid’ Author Visits Manchester School

New Haven School Board Seeks Answers on Contracts

Manchester School Board Chooses First African American Chairman

After the Holiday, a New Stratford High

New Haven Moms Complain About School Lunches

Same-Race Teachers Have Big Effect on Black Children

How Election Results Will Shake Up State Education Policy

Connecticut 5th Graders Elect East Hampton’s Ella Briggs ‘Kid Governor’

School-Based Health Centers Take Leading Role in Fighting Teen Suicide in CT

Capital Prep Students Fight Plan for Grocery Store Adjacent to Their Hartford School

Bridgeport’s Roosevelt School Hoping Commissioners Network Is the Push it Needs

Turnaround Schools in New Haven Make Targeted Adjustments

Bullard Havens Technical High School Tops in Automotive Technology

Meriden Looks to Restore School Resource Officers