The General Assembly is considering a statewide bell-to-bell cellphone ban amid rising concerns about the adverse effects phones have on kids.
Theo Peck-Suzuki
Theo is CT Mirror's education reporter. Born in New York and raised in southeast Ohio, Theo earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Brown University and a master's from the University of Chicago. He served for two years in an AmeriCorps program at Rural Action, a community development organization based near his hometown, before returning to school to study journalism at Ohio University. He has previously covered children and poverty for WOUB Public Media in Athens, Ohio.
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CT high school students argue for increase in ECS funding formula
Students from across CT urged lawmakers to act on two bills that would increase the Education Cost Sharing grant formula that funds schools.
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Antisemitism working group legislation draws backlash
CT lawmakers were poised to pass legislation Thursday that would establish a working group to “address antisemitism in public schools.”
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CT wants to expand reading interventions. It won’t be easy
SB 220 would require that schools adopt an individual reading plan for every student in grades 4-9 who doesn’t meet annual reading standards.
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At public hearing, strong support for universal free breakfast in CT schools
The legislature’s Education Committee heard testimony Monday on a bill to provide free breakfast for all CT public school students.
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Magnet school leaders say legislation could curb services, force closures
Officials from CT’s regional magnet schools told lawmakers that proposed legislation would threaten their ability to operate.
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CT school leaders on Lamont’s K-12 budget: ‘A trainwreck for education’
Districts say they’re near a breaking point after years without state baseline funding adjustments. Many say costs fall to local taxpayers.
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Advocates call to end school suspensions for nonviolent behavior
The proposed legislation would define violent behavior in CT law and limit the use of out-of-school suspensions to such cases.
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CT’s first ‘course in a box’ focuses on music history
CT officials said if the course, An American History of Rock and Soul, is well received, more state-designed courses “in a box” could follow.
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Lamont kicks off universal breakfast push at West Hartford school
Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget would allocate $12 million toward a universal school breakfast program; it’s his second time pushing for the effort.
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Lamont’s education budget diverges from Dems, backfills federal cuts
Lamont’s proposed budget diverged from some Democrats’ key priorities. It also included backfill for federal cuts to student loan programs.
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CT Education Committee to take up school funding, cellphone bans
Lawmakers haven’t adjusted per-pupil state funding for public education in 13 years. This year, they could raise it—and tie it to inflation.
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Lamont, lawmakers to extend CT fund to counter federal cutbacks
CT still has $330 million to supplement programs affected by Washington’s cuts to human services. The money will be available until July.
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Report: Federal cuts deepening food insecurity in Connecticut
CT plans to spend roughly $27.6 million more on food insecurity through FY27, but federal spending could drop $180 million over that time.
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Report: Problems persist in CT special ed system despite federal compliance
The report was commissioned amid concerns CT wasn’t doing enough to support students with disabilities. Its findings affirmed those concerns.