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Stories about schooling in Connecticut: The K-12 achievement gap, education funding, curriculum, mental health, school safety, inequities in education and higher education institutions.
Trump pushes to remove tax exemption for private colleges with DEI policies
Trump administration seeks to strip private schools and colleges of tax-exempt status if they provide targeted help to students based on race.
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CT awarded $10 million federal grant to improve K-3 literacy
It’s the latest in a string of recent investments CT has made in improving literacy outcomes, set in motion by the Right to Read law in 2021.
Friction emerges as K-12 school funding commission weighs solutions
CT’s Blue Ribbon Commission on K-12 Education Funding must report recommendations by January. An expert presentation Thursday drew pushback.
$10M in grant funding will expand in-district special education in CT
Funds from CT’s High-Quality Special Education Incentives Grant Program will largely go toward hiring more specialists in several districts.
School attendance has bounced back in CT. Leaders hail LEAP program
In 2021-2022, chronic absenteeism in CT reached 23.7%, nearly double what it was pre-COVID. This past school year, it dropped to 16.4%.
Schools spend billions on AI, but struggle to figure out what’s worth buying
As school districts weigh which tools are safe and worth spending money on, some officials are feeling overwhelmed by the array of choices.
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