A landmark lawsuit challenging the adequacy and fairness of the way Connecticut funds its schools will go to trial at the beginning of next year — three months later than its last scheduled start date.
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No more long days in New Haven, but more time for teachers
Brennan-Rogers School in New Haven provides a look at a teacher collaboration experiment that is showing early promise ––and a case study for urban districts across the country looking for the best way to use extra time in school.
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Scandal called ‘important moment’ in charter movement
An inquiry into the state’s oversight of charter schools, once celebrated as laboratories of urban educational achievement and innovation, comes as they increasingly face a backlash from teachers’ unions and political figures ranging from the mayor of New York City to a third-party candidate for governor of Connecticut.
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Malloy offers ‘Connecticut Core’ as Common Core fix
With cover from the state’s two largest teachers’ unions, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Thursday kicked off “Connecticut Core,” the administration’s latest effort to quell the political and policy clamor over how Common Core curriculum standards should be implemented.
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60 years after Brown vs. Board of Education: Still separate in Connecticut
It was 60 years ago this Saturday that the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision outlawing segregation in the nation’s schools. But in many large Connecticut cities, racial isolation in schools is as bad as ever.
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Education’s Revolving Door
In some of the nation’s most troubled schools, new teachers are leaving their jobs at alarming rates — disrupting classrooms and sparking a debate on how to keep the best young teachers on the job.
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Common Core an issue in Wilson, Kennedy race for Senate
The national debate over Common Core has come to the race for the open 12th State Senate seat, with Republican candidate Bruce H. Wilson, Jr. calling for the state to reconsider its plan to require all school districts to adopt new academic standards along with new standardized tests.
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CT never looked for teacher’s pension beneficiary owed $192K
The state hasn’t looked for five years for a teacher’s pension beneficiary owed $192,000, the state auditors reported Thursday. In a letter to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Auditors Robert M. Ward and John C. Geragosian also wrote they fear other beneficiaries have not received funds because of one agency’s longstanding failure to collect sufficient contact information.
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Duncan touts ‘middle college’ as way to reduce student costs
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, the nation’s top education official, visited Connecticut on Monday to highlight one innovative approach to reducing the cost of higher education: “middle colleges.”
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Op-Ed: Don’t include chocolate milk in school lunch sodium bill
I am writing in regard to the recent House Bill No. 5566 that proposes to prohibit added sodium in drinks offered in Connecticut Schools. Chocolate milk will be eliminated from all Connecticut schools menus because there is no chocolate milk formulation in place without added sodium. As president of the Connecticut Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, […]
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Feds will give states a break on implementing teacher evaluations
The U.S. Department of Education will give some states more time to implement teacher evaluation systems that are linked to student performance.
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State aid: How much is your city or town getting?
The interactive map has the answers. You can sort by types of aid programs, such PILOT, education and transportation.
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Connecticut’s looming deficit threatens next year’s tax breaks
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy tried to stay upbeat Thursday about a legislative session that began with the promise of tax cuts, but ended with this relief being postponed in the face of a projected budget deficit.
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$522 M heading for school construction
The bill includes language that requires school construction projects to reflect the safety guidelines approved after the Sandy Hook shootings.
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UConn Poll: 38% of Northeast residents familiar with Common Core back it
When it comes to the effect of Common Core on education, Northeast residents were split on whether its impact would be positive, negative or have no impact.