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The Connecticut Mirror provides comprehensive coverage of the state’s K-12 school system, institutions of higher education and child welfare issues. Find all of our stories on those topics here.
For a deeper look at inequality in Connecticut’s public schools, read Jacqueline Rabe Thomas’ acclaimed seven-part series, “Troubled Schools on Trial.”
Educators have been making cuts and putting off hiring as the school year approaches. Now they are wondering how deep the cuts eventually will be, how they will impact their schools and whether they have any alternatives to them. Continue Reading →
With no state budget in place for the current fiscal year – and the school year quickly approaching – uncertainty had surrounded whether the state would provide the money it promised district leaders when they expanded or opened new preschool classrooms over the last two school years. Continue Reading →
State aid to municipalities largely has been spared cuts over the last decade – and has even been increased in some years – even though the state has regularly faced budget deficits. Now it’s time for some municipalities to share in the pain, the Malloy administration maintains. As the debate rages, here, in graphical form, are some key indicators of the fiscal condition of the state’s 169 cities and towns and how they are spending their money. Continue Reading →
With no state budget and school beginning in less than a month, many Connecticut districts may have to cut back on recently expanded mental health services or make room for them in their own budgets. Continue Reading →
Twenty-one years after the Connecticut Supreme Court ordered the state to integrate Hartford’s schools, the Superior Court judge overseeing compliance with the order is troubled the state has no plan to integrate city schools that remain segregated. Continue Reading →
Frustrated that hundreds of teaching positions go unfilled each year because school districts can’t find qualified candidates, the state education department is planning to propose changes in how someone earns a teaching certificate – a move that is sure to rile those at the state’s teacher-preparation colleges and officials of teachers unions. Continue Reading →
Use this tool to see how your district performed on the SAT in 2016-17, and how that compares with 2015-16 performance, the first year in which all juniors were required to take the test. Continue Reading →
The test scores were a slight increase over the previous year’s results, but minorities and students from low-income families were far behind state averages. See the results from your city or town. Continue Reading →
With the first day of school quickly approaching, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday he will use his executive authority to shift state school aid from more affluent towns to better shield poor districts from cuts. Continue Reading →
One in 14 Connecticut students understand so little English, they are considered English learners, and the state has the largest gap in achievement in the country between its English learners and its English-speaking peers. As part of its recent exploration of issues surrounding English-language learners, the Mirror wanted to hear what these students feel is helping them. Here is what some of them had to say. Continue Reading →
After calling for a temporary ban on new charter schools last year, the NAACP has revealed what it would take to get the civil rights group to support the privately run, publicly funded sector. Continue Reading →
As Connecticut begins its second month without a state budget next week, the cost to cities and towns will take a big leap, topping $100 million. Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON — House appropriators rejected many of President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to education, but trimmed some programs and eliminated others – including one that provides the state and local school districts with $25 million in teacher training grants each year. House appropriators also failed to adjust this year’s Pell grant awards for inflation, a move state officials say will cost Connecticut students $6 million in college financial aid next year. Continue Reading →
“I have every reason to hope, certainly from the tenor of the phone call, that we’re going to be OK,” said Deputy Education Commissioner Ellen Cohn said. “That’s very different from how we perceived it at the beginning.” Continue Reading →
The state Board of Education voted 6-2 Wednesday to add 504 more charter school seats, about a 5.5 percent increase. Currently, there are about 9,600 seats in the state’s 24 charter schools. Continue Reading →