State leaders stressed their commitment to keeping schools open, despite school districts delaying students’ return to classrooms.
Adria Watson
Adria was CT Mirror's Education and Community Reporter. She grew up in Oakland, graduated from Sacramento State where she was co-news editor of the student newspaper, and worked as a part-time reporter at CalMatters. Most recently Adria interned at The Marshall Project, a national nonprofit news organization that reports on criminal justice issues. Adria was one of CT Mirror’s Report For America Corps Members.
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Best of 2021: CT educators share what is being taught in their classrooms amid growing outrage about Critical Race Theory
The accusation persists that teachers striving to help students understand racism in America are using Critical Race Theory.
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Best of 2021: Children with psychiatric needs are overwhelming hospital emergency departments in CT
Throughout the month of April, more than 30 children with psychiatric needs waited in Connecticut Children’s 48-bed emergency department on any given day. By the end of the month, that number increased to an average of 40 children.
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Persistent uptick in school COVID cases, but no plans for remote learning
State data shows 2,483 students tested positive for COVID over the last seven days — a 134% increase since Nov. 3.
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Lawmakers plan to prioritize children’s mental health next session
Connecticut lawmakers are already beginning to plan reforms that will target what experts have called a crisis.
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School-age children are seeking out mental health care more than ever
An influx of students showed up in crisis at school in recent months, and the trend continued into the school year.
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Student quarantines no longer necessary in CT after classroom COVID exposure
Gov. Ned Lamont says students exposed to COVID-19 in the classroom can be screened, not quarantined.
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Providers are scheduling COVID vaccine appointments for children ages 5 to 11. Here’s how to sign up.
In Connecticut, 277,630 children in that age bracket now qualify for the immunization.
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CT preparing strategies to roll out COVID vaccines to children
Connecticut’s Department of Public Health has reached out to 1,100 providers across the state.
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15% of community college students have non-medical vaccine exemptions
Nearly 15% of the students enrolled at Connecticut community colleges have received non-medical exemptions from the system’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a rate that administrators suggested could be brought down with efforts to educate students about the vaccine. Of the 37,116 students enrolled at the state’s community colleges this semester, 71% are fully or partially vaccinated; 5,479 […]
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Hundreds of CT school bus drivers might not show up for work on Monday
Some 227 bus drivers are refusing to get vaccinated or take the tests.
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CT educators share what is being taught in their classrooms amid growing outrage about Critical Race Theory
The accusation persists that teachers striving to help students understand racism in America are using Critical Race Theory.
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How one CT school district prepared to start the year anew, again
Teacher Courtney Haskell prepares for the upcoming school year. Different from last year, students in her class will be allowed to share books in the bookshelf in the classroom. A year ago, like many districts throughout the state, the Meriden public school system was ready to re-open its doors, weary of a pandemic that had […]
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Students who learned remotely had lower scores, report shows
Students across Connecticut lost ground academically during the pandemic, according to data released by the state Department of Education.
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Anti-mask protesters disrupt back-to-school roundtable
Gov. Ned Lamont and other state officials abruptly left a back-to-school roundtable after anti-mask protesters disrupted the speakers.