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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.
Scanlon: CT fiscal guardrail reform could help address special education crisis
Comptroller Sean Scanlon said Tuesday that CT can help address a special education funding crisis and still shrink its pension debt.
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CT student test scores tick upward but remain below pre-COVID era
Students in almost every grade and demographic performed slightly better on their state assessments this year. But the improvement was small.
Ryan Fazio: All CT students should attend schools they choose
Under Ryan Fazio’s plan, CT would end lotteries and waitlists for schools. Fazio wants all students to get into the school they want.
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%.
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