After Storms, Some Connecticut Schools Say They Can't Make The 180 Day...
Over the last nine months, Connecticut's weather has wreaked havoc on school schedules, especially those in the western part of the state that got hit by the recent tornado. So some districts leaders...
View ArticleLawmakers, Governor Urge Towns To Help Each Other Teach Students From Puerto...
Governor Dannel Malloy signed a bill on Tuesday that allows school districts to work together to help teach students from Puerto Rico who were displaced by Hurricane Maria.
View ArticleTeaching Kids That Connecticut History Goes Beyond White Guys
In Connecticut, third- and fourth-graders study the history of their state. In many schools, students choose to research one person or event from an approved list. The people on that list have been...
View ArticleWhat's Next For Connecticut's Community Colleges?
The Board of Regents for the Connecticut State College and University system has unanimously approved a new plan to consolidate the state’s community colleges. This comes after an accrediting body...
View ArticleAdvocates Urge Lawmakers Not To Override Governor's Veto Of School Safety Bill
It's a scene that many teachers are familiar with -- a student acts out, or even becomes violent, and it's unclear what to do.
View ArticleNew Haven School Board Rescinds Layoffs Of Hundreds Of Employees
The New Haven Board of Education says it will direct the superintendent to reverse the layoff of hundreds of part-time employees, which was announced last week in an effort to cover a budget deficit.
View ArticleReport Shows Connecticut's Early Childcare System Is 'Woefully Underfunded'
Ingrid Henlon has been working in Hartford as an early childhood teacher for 27 years, but she said she hasn't gotten a raise in a decade. "I'm a single person, and every year, you know, everything...
View ArticleWillimantic Charter School To Close, State Seeks Alternative Option For Students
A Willimantic charter school that's been embroiled in a controversy over its operations has decided to voluntarily close.
View ArticleReport Says Connecticut At Risk Of Having Unprepared Future Workforce
Connecticut's education policymakers have a lot of work to do, if they want to improve access to higher education and ensure poor students are upwardly mobile, according to a recent state-by-state...
View Article37 New Haven Educators Get Layoff Notices
Layoff notices went out Wednesday to 37 New Haven school staff members in the face of a budget deficit. Most of the pink slips went to guidance counselors. Also laid off were several classroom...
View ArticleKids 'Learn To Play' At Simsbury STEAM Fair
The Ethel Walker School in Simsbury recently hosted a fair showcasing its STEAM summer program. The program gives kids in pre-K through fifth grade from Hartford Public Schools an opportunity to...
View ArticleAspiring Teachers In Connecticut Face Rigorous Tests For Teaching Reading Skills
Connecticut teachers are among the most prepared in the country to teach children how to read, according to a new report by the National Council on Teacher Quality. Reading is considered the foundation...
View ArticleConnecticut Schools To Receive Federal Money For Evacuee Students
School districts in Connecticut that took in evacuees in the wake of Hurricane Maria will receive $10.6 million in federal aid from the United States Department of Education. The money is the...
View ArticleReport: Students Experienced Sexual Assault At The Hotchkiss School For 23 Years
The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville is the latest Connecticut boarding school that’s had to acknowledge reports of sexual abuse of students. The findings of an independent investigation conducted by the...
View ArticleWoman Deals With Long-Term Impact Of Sex Abuse At The Hotchkiss School
An investigation has found that seven former faculty members at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville sexually abused students over a 23-year period.
View ArticleCalif. School For Computer Engineering To Open Conn. Campus
A San Francisco-based software engineering school is opening a new location in Connecticut.
View ArticleOff To Prep School: Hartford Students Get Scholarships After Learning Sport...
Julissa Mota can recall the exact moment when squash — the preppy racquet sport — entered her consciousness. Visitors had stopped by Julissa's fifth-grade class at M.D. Fox School, a neighborhood...
View ArticleFor A Teen With Autism, Being Different Was Seen As Being Dangerous
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View ArticleAs Puerto Rico Closes Schools, Communities Trying To Revive Shuttered Buildings
This used to be Gamaliel Laboy Andino’s school. But he doesn’t go here anymore. No one does -- not since the government closed it more than a year ago. It saddened him, he said, because there are...
View ArticleColumbus Day? In West Hartford, Schools To Honor Indigenous Peoples' Day
Instead of honoring explorer Christopher Columbus, the second Monday of October will soon be called Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the school calendar in West Hartford.
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