CT Ed Watch

Connecticut Lawmakers Vote to Require Holocaust Education

Arts Program Helps Students ‘Break a Leg’ in Bridgeport

Connecticut Schools Work With Tight Budgets to Implement Safety Plans

School Trains Teachers in the Science Behind Trauma and Leaves the Rest Up to Them

State Funding for Hurricane Evacuees Will Come Down to Bipartisan Budget

East Lyme Middle School Principal Honored as ‘Outstanding First-Year Principal’

Kristy Zaleta Named Next Danbury Rogers Park Middle School Principal

Malloy to Launch Annual Summer Reading Challenge

The Teachers Are Winning. What Does It Mean for the Profession?

South Windsor High Students Launch Fundraiser for Girls Golf Team

Should School Bus Drivers Be Able to Administer Epinephrine When Needed?

Kennedy School Wins Goodwill Challenge

Higganum School Named CAS Elementary School of the Year

Connecticut Schools Work with Tight Budgets to Implement Safety Plans

National Group Rates Southington School Highly for Music Ed

Top Chefs Coming to New London for School Lunch Competition

Educators, Presidential Medal Winners Join Putnam High’s Wall of Honor

Killingly High Musicians Take Home Busload of Trophies from Pennsylvania Festival

Are We Investing In Our Teachers?

Child Advocate Says Connecticut Home Schooling Needs Oversight

Middletown Superintendent’s Plan Focuses On Math Scores, Achievement Gap

More Than 30 Mishaps From Armed Adults at Schools Since 2014, Review Finds

‘Juuling’ Craze: Schools Scramble to Deal With Student Vaping

Will Harding High Get a New Name When It Moves?

Student Apprenticeship Programs Open Doors to Manufacturing Jobs

Students Tackle Societal Issues With Inventions

Across the Country, Measures to Arm Teachers in Schools Stall

Trumbull’s Hillcrest MS Named School of the Year

Ansonia Board of Ed Gives City Ultimatum on $600k

Arizona Teachers End Walkout but Vow to Keep Fighting: ‘Now We Must Win the War’

This Program Is Proven to Help Moms and Babies—So Why Aren’t We Investing in It More?

Brookfield Sends $67.4 Million Budget Proposal to Referendum

Educators Battle Fortnite for Students’ Attention

Two Fairfield County Charter Schools Put on Probation

House Tells Governor to Save Money Without Cutting School Aid

Batchelder Parents Ask State to Move Forward on Complaint About Hartford School Board

Lyme-Old Lyme Students Learn to Bake Bread for Those in Need

Cloonan Social Studies Teacher Named “Stamford Teacher of the Year”

Student Visions of a Better Norwalk

Is Curiosity as Good at Predicting Children’s Reading, Math Success as Self-Control? Study Says Yes

Teacher Pay Is So Low in Some U.S. School Districts That They’re Recruiting Overseas

Norwich School Facilities Committee to Go on Tour

Teacher of the Year Wears Women’s March, Trans Rights Badges During Trump Meeting

There Are Wild Swings in School Desegregation Data. The Feds Can’t Explain Why

A Conspiracy Video Teaches Kids a Lesson About Fake News

Bridgeport BOE Told to Leave Sports Out of Budget Cuts

New Haven Teachers Seek Inclusion for Special Ed Kids

Norwalk BOE to Revamp Vaping Policy

The Nation’s Top Teachers Met With Betsy DeVos, and Not All of Them Were Thrilled With What She Had to Say

Ability to Learn Languages Stays Strong Until Late Teens, New Study Finds

Museums Are Dabbling in Teacher Training, and the Results Are Promising

Over 50 Teachers Receive Non-Renewal Notices in Stratford

Bridgeport Teachers Decry Plan to Not Hire Substitutes in May

Two Connecticut Charter Schools Recommended for Probation

Westport Agreement Will Avoid Most Teacher Layoffs, Save $1M

Final Presentation on West Hartford School Start Time Research Expected Tuesday

What’s Right With Schools: Unified Sports

Ridgefield’s Initiative to Change School Start Times Faces Challenges

New Milford Says Graduation Rate Higher Than Reported, Officials Say

On Social Media, Principals Fight Losing Battle to Keep Up With Students

A Year Ago the Supreme Court Raised the Bar for Special Ed. What’s Happened Since?

New State Evaluation Guide for Special Ed Services Draws Scrutiny

Puerto Rican Evacuees Become College Mentors at Hartford’s Bulkeley High

Schools Fret as Teens Take to Vaping, Even in Classrooms

DeLauro Congratulates Local Students for Completing Reading Program

Spring Lambs Brighten Trumbull Agriscience Program

Across the Country, Teachers Are Sharing Lessons on How to Strike

What ‘A Nation At Risk’ Got Wrong, and Right, About U.S. Schools

Betsy DeVos Was Asked, Again, About Visiting Struggling Schools. A Staffer Interjected.

Most Teachers Report High Levels of Stress, Study Finds

States Give Short Shrift to School Choice Option in ESSA Plans

Across the Country, Teachers Are Sharing Lessons on How to Strike

More Than Money: School Vouchers Also Irk Arizona Teachers

NPR/Ipsos Poll: Most Americans Support Teachers’ Right to Strike

Thousands of teachers in Arizona, Colorado to Protest

New Haven Ed Board to State: One More Year of Magnet School, Please

Teacher Walkouts: A State by State Guide

Hundreds of Connecticut Children Home Schooled in Households Where Abuse, Neglect Suspected

The Value of Failing

Study: Colleges That Ditch the SAT and ACT Can Enhance Diversity

Bethel Sends Town, Capital Budgets to Second Referendum

New Milford School Board Cautious About Budget

Newtown Voters Approve $117 Million Budget

Is Preschool ‘Fade Out’ Inevitable? Two Studies Zero In on the Issue

Ridgefield School Board Scales Back Budget Proposal

Preston Budgets to Go to Public Hearing Unchanged

Bridgeport School Community Pleads With City Council for Help

Westport Sends Out Pink Slips to 160 Teachers

Bridgeport BOE Walks Back From Across the Board Budget Cut

For Autism Awareness Month, Enfield School Board Member Encourages Wallingford Students to Be Bold

New Textbooks Approved in Bridgeport for African American Studies and Latin American Studies Courses

Discipline Disparities Grow for Students of Color, New Federal Data Show

Elementary School Teachers Can Improve Students’ Mental Health, Study Finds

Liana Jorgensen Named Principal at Windsor’s Sage Park Middle School

See How Your State’s Average Teacher Salary Compares

Newtown Residents to Vote on Proposed $117 Million Budget

Students of Color Face Persistent Disparities in Access to Advanced STEM Courses

U.S. 4th Graders Surprise on New Exam of Online Reading

At This Hartford School, Welcoming Puerto Rican Evacuees Is Personal

School Closures Are Coming to New Haven

States Are Favoring School Choice at a Steep Cost to Public Education

Branford BOE Admits School District Failed to Conduct Regular Fire Drills

Stratford BOE Considers Returning Magnet Students to Neighborhood Schools to Save Money

Which States Are the New Winners and Losers for Federal Title I & II Aid?

Nationwide Teacher Strikes Echo Bridgeport 1978

Poll: Amid Strikes, Americans Back Teacher Raises

Connecticut Students Participate in National School Walkout

Groton Food Service Workers Raising Money to Pay off Student Lunch Debt

Stamford Students Prepare for Space Experiment

Norwich Group, High Schools Working Together to Prevent Suicides

What #MeToo Means to Teenagers

An Interview With DeVos’ New Special Ed. Chief

‘Realistic’ Sterling Budgets Could Mean Small Mill Rate Bump

Teachers Share Anger, Frustration Over Grants Turned Into Loans

Region 12’s $22 Million Budget Heads to Residents

Connecticut Students Participate in Second National Walkout Protest Against Gun Violence

Live Updates: Connecticut School Walkouts

Costly Pension Plans Are Fanning the Flames of Teacher Unrest

After Parkland, New Haven Schools Beef Up Security

Why More Than a Million Teachers Can’t Use Social Security

Greenwich Kids Tune Into Music

New Text Picked for Bridgeport’s African American Studies Requirement

National Teachers Union Cuts Ties With Wells Fargo Over Bank’s Ties To NRA, Guns

Meet the Connecticut Students Who Dreamed Up Friday’s National School Walkout

City of West Haven Making Deep Budget Cuts

National School Walkout: Everything to Know About the Upcoming Event to End Gun Violence

Pearson Embedded a ‘Social-Psychological’ Experiment in Students’ Educational Software

More Children Enrolled in Pre-K, But Few States Meet All Benchmarks, Report Says

School Principals Overwhelmingly Concerned About Children’s Screen Time

After Last Month’s Gun Control Protests, Students Hope to Maintain Momentum With Walkout Friday

Across the District, Budget ‘Haircut’ Explored for Bridgeport Schools

Killingly Officials Consider Enrollment Boosting Plan

Ledyard High School Students to Compete in Colorado in 21st Annual National Ocean Sciences Competition

State, Local Officials Tussle Over Who’s in Charge Under ESSA

What Principals Really Think About Tech

State Lawmakers to City of Bridgeport: Chip in More Toward Schools

Teachers Are at a Breaking Point. And It’s Not Just About Pay

Hartford Clergy Say No to Sen. Fonfara’s Effort to Keep Batchelder School Open

The Carpenters’ Last Stand

Teachers Take to Social Media to Show Their Poor Classroom Conditions

Waterbury School Officials Seek to Develop Plan for Students With Asthma

Great Adventure for Great Neck, Waterford Teacher

Seymour High School Looks to Prevent Distracted Driving

Could Schools Be Doing More With Title I Money?

Betsy DeVos Has Been Scarce on Capitol Hill; Why Is That?

25-Year-Old Textbooks and Holes in the Ceiling: Inside America’s Public Schools

Another Bridgeport School to Join Turnaround Arts

‘I Just Have to Do It.’ Teachers Struggle With Second Jobs

Students Raise Enough Money to Form First Girls’ Varsity Golf Team at South Windsor High School

Student Volunteers Plant Beach Grasses at Niantic Bay Beach