Parents of students with disabilities spend hours preparing for meetings with school leaders. Still, they say, they’re often belittled and ignored.
Education
Stories about schooling in Connecticut: Pre-Kindergarten through grade 12, higher education, education spending and child welfare.
CT passes K-12 education bills aimed at improving teaching environment
Educators hope the passage of two education bills will push schools a few steps closer to a more sustainable teaching environment.
CT child care trust fund has 23 advisory members — but $0 to work with
A bill that sought $100 million to boost child care has cut all state money from the plan, instead asking businesses and foundations to pay.
CT bills on teacher certification, mandated reporting pass House
The bills aim to make becoming a teacher easier, examine how unfunded education mandates affect towns and shift mandated reporter laws.
Yale clash over divestment continues after Gaza protests, arrests
Pro-Palestine organizers formed an encampment, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and for Yale to divest from military weapon manufacturers.
As ESSER funding expires, CT superintendents worry about cuts
Many CT superintendents are worrying about student mental health needs, the rising costs of special education and more as funding ends.
Despite FAFSA trouble, Miguel Cardona points to CT successes
Shaking off FAFSA criticisms, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona voiced support for a program that expands education for the incarcerated.
CT advocates ask lawmakers to fund approved charter schools
Advocates demanded funding for two charter schools that were approved by the state but lack the legislature’s sign-off on financial support.
With CT school suspensions and expulsions rising, bill aims to help
A CT bill would require that suspended students receive ‘trauma-informed’ services and limit some out-of-school suspensions to two days.
CT lawmakers want $100 million for child care ‘trust fund’
The proposed fund, modeled after a New Mexico initiative, would allow CT to ‘actually do things’ in a Blue Ribbon Panel child care plan.
CT bills would fight teacher shortage by changing pay, certification
The bills would increase CT starting salaries for teachers and paraeducators, as well as simplify the path for teacher certification.
CT students, university staff clash over proposed textbook fee
A plan to charge a textbook fee at CT state universities led to questions about whether it would be more harmful or beneficial to students.
CT employee raises could hinder aid for higher education
CT higher ed officials say raises for state employees could complicate their already uphill climb to close deficits and preserve programs.
CT proposal to limit school safety drills fails
An effort to reduce the number of safety drills in CT schools was stripped from an education bill after criticism from Newtown stakeholders.
Legacy admissions ban among CT bills to make it out of committee
The committee moved forward some pieces of CT legislation that may encourage more diversity in post-secondary education.