Chronic absenteeism in Connecticut remains at high levels this year and is growing among students without high needs.
Education
Stories about schooling in Connecticut: Pre-Kindergarten through grade 12, higher education, education spending and child welfare.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats to Lamont: Ease fiscal restraints for CT schools’ sake
Lamont wants to keep fiscal ‘guardrails’ in place, but legislators see a way to increase education funding with savings from the revenue cap.
Posted inEducation
Measure offers ‘bill of rights’ for English language learners’ parents
CT lawmakers say they are fighting for parents who don’t speak English and struggle to participate in their children’s education.
Posted inEducation
Rep. Candelora: Killingly schools inquiry is a ‘witch hunt’
Legislation could address what CT GOP leadership said was too much scrutiny on the Killingly district’s rejection of a mental health center.
Posted inEducation
Legislators expected to focus on children’s mental health
CT lawmakers plan to focus on mental health and other issues including more support for educators and preventing sex crimes against children.
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CT lawmakers seek to ‘stabilize’ child care industry
As COVID-relief funding runs out, child care advocates call for hundreds of millions to boost wages, expand access and rebuild the industry.
Posted inEconomic Development
Tech advances leaving many in CT locked out of jobs and economy
In order to adapt to the new economy, new internet users need computers, instruction and support. In CT, libraries are part of the solution.
Posted inHealth
BEST OF 2022: Demand for nurses is urgent. CT’s colleges and universities can’t keep up.
CT needs 3,000 new nurses a year, and only 2,000 graduate — and many of them leave the state. Worsening matters is a shortage of instructors.
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Hartford announces teacher recruitment program amid shortage
Hartford has a growing Caribbean and Latin American population, and a new program aims to fill with vacancies with teachers from that region.
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Study finds CHESLA student loans effective for in-state economic growth
The study found that CT residents with a college education will earn $1.2 million more than those who graduated with a high school diploma.
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CT begins uneasy task of teaching its tribal history in schools
It seemed inevitable that a press conference on the development of a Native Studies curriculum for CT public schools would end awkwardly.
Posted inEconomic Development, Education
More students, companies are pursuing apprenticeships in CT
Technical education is gaining ground in CT as popular opinion shifts on the value of a four-year college degree. But competition is fierce.
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Killingly school board chair claims CT official lied; demands apology
Board of ed chair Norm Ferron decried ‘wild claims’ from CT officials investigating Killingly’s rejection of a school mental health clinic.
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CT will conduct formal inquiry into Killingly school board
The CT board of education unanimously approved an inquiry into school board’s denial of a mental health clinic at Killingly High School.
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Report: Killingly ‘failed’ to address students’ mental health needs
CT officials want an inquiry after the Killingly board of education rejected a proposed grant-based mental health center at the high school.