CT Ed Watch

Think Tank’s 2020 Platform: President Should Push to Sever School Funding From Property Taxes

Funding Concerns Continue for Schools, Regardless of Census Citizenship Question

 

Racial Segregation Overlooked at State’s Privately Managed Charter Schools

 

Preschoolers Who Practice Phonics Show Stronger Math Skills, Study Finds

 

Brookfield Selectmen Approve Funds for New Kindergarten Teacher

Greenwich Schools Respond to Parent Concerns Over Screen Time

Job Fair Encourages Skilled Workers to Consider Career in Teaching at Technical Schools

Seymour Schools to Hire More Armed Security

After 40 Years in the Classroom, This West Haven Special Education Teacher Prepares for the Rhythms of Retirement

Torrington High School Science Club Develops “Green” Mobile Phone Case

Little Interest in New Haven Teacher Buyout Plan

Enfield’s Teacher of the Year Happiest Working with Children

Bridgeport Acting Schools Superintendent Role OK’d by State

Groton Education Foundation Awards Local Grants

Enfield Board Gives Glowing Evaluation to School Superintendent

How Arts Teachers Are Strengthening Students’ Social-Emotional Muscles

State Board Names Education Bureau Chief as New Interim Commissioner

Learning the Ropes at Bridgeport Magnet’s STEM Camp

West Hartford Smith School Students Launch Mini Sailboat Off to Sea

Norwalk Special Education Makes Progress on Parent Communication

Griswold Teacher to Ride the Rails With NEH Fellowship

Killingly School Board to Allow Local Tribe to Determine ‘Redmen’ Mascot’s Fate

Manchester High School Gets $500,000 Grant to Widen Learning Opportunities

Students Take Prize in National History Day

A Day of Giving Back: Tolland Students Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity Project

Part of Stamford’s Strawberry Hill School to Close Next Year

Frank Pepe to Lead Southington High School

Brookfield Schools Seek Money for 9th Kindergarten Teacher

Teens Are Probably Drinking Too Much Caffeine

‘We Can Change Something’: These 13-Year-Olds Found Mold in Their Schools and Did Something About It

Elevating the Community: How Black Teachers in Segregated Districts Teach Civics

Second Interim CT Education Commissioner to Be Named

Wealthy Donation to State Raises Concerns About Transparency

Report: New Haven School Board May Terminate Superintendent Birks’ Contract

Mansfield School Counselor to Be New Enfield High Dean of Students

Brookfield Names New Special Education Director

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Clash Over Busing, Segregated Schools in Democratic Debate

Tolland Superintendent Earns High Marks From School Board, Which Cites His Leadership, Dedication

Dalio’s Partnership Taps Teacher of the Year and State BOE Member

New Haven Board of Ed Ponders Equity, Cost of Magnet Schools

Groton Students Learn About STEM at New Summer Academy

New Milford Makes School Budget Cuts, but Preserves Popular Programs

Southington Paraeducator of the Year Announced

Locations Limited for Free Summer Meals for Greenwich Students in Need

Snow Days Become School Days Under South Windsor Pilot Program

Manchester Board of Ed Considers Allowing Hats, Do-Rags at High School

Torrington School Board Hires Architect Group to Study Possible High School Renovation

Advanced Placement Joins in Pathbreaking Push for High School Research Papers

New Firm Selected to Oversee Design of Second Renovation Attempt at Farmington High School

How 3 States Are Digging In on Civics Education

Call Them Red Hawks: Board OKs Manchester High Mascot Change from Indians

Griswold Teacher of the Year Makes History a Detective Story

Outgoing Bridgeport Schools Chief Hands Out One More Superintendent’s Scholarship

New Milford School Board Can’t Avoid $600,000 in Cuts

West Hartford High School Acting Students Assume Fictional Characters for a Day

Bridgeport’s Newly Appointed Superintendent to Be Acting, Not Interim

Conn. Democrats Already Preparing to Take on Child Vaccination Laws in 2020

New Haven Board of Ed Chair Files for Reelection to Board

Groton’s Mary Morrisson Elementary School to Close in July 2021

New Hartford School Board to Appoint New Subcommittee to Get Public Input on Educational Goals

Democrats Abandon Charter Schools as ‘Reform’ Agenda Falls From Favor

A District Knew It Was Failing Some Students. How It’s Using Parents to Help

The ‘New Realms’ of Digital Writing: 3 Classroom Examples From ISTE

Diane Ravitch Wants Philanthropy to Support Rebirth of Public Schools

53 New Haven Teacher Positions Will Not Be Eliminated

A Split School Board Picks Adult Education Director as Interim Bridgeport Schools Chief

Local Organization Wants Parents to Know About Free Summer Meal Programs

New Haven School Chief’s Future in Doubt

New Haven Public Schools Deputy Superintendent Resigns

New Haven Student Wins National History Prize

East Windsor Voters Approve Up to $260,000 to Close School Board Deficit

Enfield School Board Taps Hartford Assistant Principal for Eli Whitney

Tentative Pact Between Gilbert School, Winchester Public Schools in Danger

Helping Teenagers Feel ‘Connected’ to School Yields Benefits 20 Years Later

Schools Are Rethinking Classroom Design to Encourage Collaboration, Creativity

Young Teachers May Be ‘Digital Natives’ But Need Support in Using Tech, Studies Find

Your Guide to Education in the Democratic Debate: Charter Schools, Teacher Pay, and Betsy DeVos

Biden’s Segregation Comments Resurrect His Anti-Busing History

See Where Teachers Got Pay Raises This Year

Amid Racial Divisions, Mayor’s Plan to Scrap NYC Elite School Exam Fails

 

Alexa, Tell Us What You Think of Voice-Activated K-12 Learning

 

Griswold Elementary School 8-Year-Old Writes, Illustrates Novel

 

Alternatives Floated to New Haven Teacher Cuts

West Hartford Middle School Teacher Awarded Frank McCourt Teaching Prize

 

Sensory Hallway Offers Griswold Students an Energy Outlet

Mansfield Teacher’s Passion for Iditarod Garners Honor

Hebron Students Use Lathes, Milling Machines in Manufacturing Class

PTO at Southington School Has Been Hard at Work Trying to Win the 2019 Colgate & ShopRite Recycled Playground Challenge

Proposed Stamford Teaching Chief Uses Data to Boost Student Performance

Norwalk Board Appoints Two Principals, Director of School Improvement

Stamford Principal Expected to Receive Big Promotion

Teaching in the U.S. Should Be More ‘Intellectually Attractive,’ Global Expert Says

Suicide Rate Among Adolescents at Highest Point Since 2000

Barack Obama Says Education Reform Isn’t a ‘Cure-All.’ Is That a Flip-Flop?

International Survey Highlights Teachers’ Joys, Challenges

 

As Connecticut’s High School Athletics Transgender Policy Comes Under Scrutiny, Here’s What You Need to Know

 

Hartford Public Schools Will Pay Incoming Ninth-Graders to Attend New Summer School Program

 

Manchester High School Considers Changing Mascot

 

Social Studies Teacher Chosen as Southington’s 2019-2020 Teacher of the Year

 

Accuracy of Districts’ Reports Questioned as More Than a Third of CT Schools Report Zero Restraints, Seclusions 

Child Welfare: CT Ranks High in Education, Lower in Economic Well-Being

New Haven School Deficit Review Committee Seeks Cuts

A Grow-Your-Own Teaching Program in Bridgeport Still Germinating

Stamford Westhill High School Group Launches Political App

 

Stonington Schools Offering New Courses

Funding Approved for Two Montessori classrooms in Norwalk

Search for Interim Bridgeport Schools Superintendent Creates Drama

Hamden Fifth-Grader’s Wearable Straw Invention Earned National Award

Tolland Council Mulls Over How to Use $568,966 in Unanticipated State Aid

Cheney Technical High School Grads Head for Real World of Work, More Learning

Graduates Look Back and Ahead: Somers High Students Urged to Stay True to Themselves

East Hartford High School Seniors Graduate as ‘the Smartest Class in the Past 10 Years’

Bolton Grads Focus on Power of Spreading Happiness

Windsor High School Graduates 269 to ‘Do Good in This World and Do Well’

West Hartford Conard Grads Told to Seek Outrage, Laughter

Southington High School’s Class of 2019 Celebrates Their ‘Knighting Day’

South Windsor High School’s 311 Graduates Accrued a Long List of Achievements

Community Encourages Plainville High School’s Class of 2019 to Find Their Happiness

Bill and Melinda Gates Launch Lobbying Shop

Hartford School Board Extends Superintendent Torres-Rodriguez’s Contract Through 2022

Hebron School Board Chairwoman Resigns at Time of Change for District

Amy Klobuchar Would Focus Heavily on Education Civil Rights in First 100 Days of Presidency

CT Bullying Law Flawed, Review of Records Shows

Hartford Promise Scholarship Program to Receive New England Higher Education Excellence Award

Berlin High School Seniors Reflect on Past, Look Toward Bright Future

 

Bloomfield Teacher Retired 21 Years Ago, but Returned to Classroom Three Months Later; She’s Still at It

CT International Baccalaureate Academy Grads Urged to Stay True to Themselves

Outpouring of Gratitude for Interim Greenwich Superintendent

Tolland Creates Scholarship in Name of 2016 Grad Who Died in Crash

Vernon Grads Shaped by Inclusiveness, Ability to Adapt

Greenwich Scholarship Association Presents $500,000 to 122 Students, Minus the Fanfare

Schools’ Racial Makeup Can Sway Disability Diagnoses

Debate Not Over on Sharing Teacher Pension Costs with Towns

CT Joins College Board’s Nationwide Scholarship Program

Former New Haven Hillhouse Teacher U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes Addresses Graduates

Wilbur Cross High School Graduates 388 in New Haven

Simsbury High an ‘Extraordinary Stepping Stone’ for 2019 Graduates

Wethersfield Board of Education Makes Final Budget Cuts

After 19 Years and 15 Superintendents, Kim Eves Celebrated at Greenwich BOE

Change for Mill Hill Plan Approved by Fairfield School Board

Hebron Selectmen OK Adding Police at Both Elementary Schools

Former Torrington Schools Superintendent Up for Interim Superintendent Position in Bridgeport

New Haven Ed Board Eats Out — & Opens Up

Districts Could Get $14 Billion More This Fall. Here Are Five Ways They Might Spend It

List of Racially Unbalanced Schools Released by State

Saving CT Children From Cycle of Trauma

New Haven Board of Ed Convenes Committee to Mitigate Deficit

West Hartford’s Hall High School Honors 2019 Graduates With ‘a Joyous Occasion’

Education Bill Could Give New Haven Magnet Schools Two Years Relief

East Lyme Education Board Follows Through on Cuts, Eliminates Middle School Basketball