Connecticut Schools

Prison Guard's Help Needed Back At School

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Student Behavior, New Haven Independent, Video, Wexler/Grant School, Connecticut Schools, School Behavior, Floyd Lesane, Manson Youth Correctional Institution, New Haven, New Haven Connecticut, New Haven Schools, Student Conduct, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. "Mr. LeSane, Jason needs you!" the assistant principal called out across the cafeteria. ...

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Future Principal Tackles Hallway Hangouts

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: New Haven Independent, Student Behavior, Jenny Clarino, Achievement First Charter Schools, Connecticut Schools, Principals, Davis Street Arts and Academics Magnet School, New Haven, School Principals, New Haven Connecticut, New Haven Schools, Video, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. The problem: middle-schoolers are hanging out in the halls, coming late to class. The sol...

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Parents To Help Pick New Principals

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: New Haven Independent, Hill Regional Career High School, Parents in Schools, Edgewood Magnet School, Connecticut Schools, Parents Help Pick Principal, Parent Trigger, East Rock Community Magnet School, School Principals, School Planning Management Team, New Haven Schools, Video, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. In what may become a universal practice, parents from Edgewood Magnet School will have a ...

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Breakfast In The Classroom Changing Student Performance

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Video, School Meals, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Connecticut Schools, Wexler/Grant School, School Lunches, Student Performance, Childhood Nutrition, School Breakfast Program, School Lunch, New Haven Connecticut, New Haven Schools, School Breakfasts, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. In the first month of a new experiment inside a Dixwell school, the number of kids eating...

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Schools Find Time For Art Amid Test Prep, Education Reform

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Youth Art, Video, Connecticut Schools, Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy, Science Park, New Haven, School Art, Education Reform, New Haven Schools, Arts Education, New Haven Connecticut, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. Arts leaders who fear that testing is squeezing out creative learning may find some hope ...

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'Hunger Games' Becomes Part Of School Curriculum

AP | LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Field Trips, Tuslaw Middle School, Video, Connecticut Schools, HUnger Games, Greenwich High School, School Field Trip, Ohio Schools, New York Schools, Movies in School, The Hunger Games, New Rochelle High School, School Trips, Education News

NEW YORK — For some school kids around the country, the odds have been ever (and awesomely!) in their favor as they've scored the ultimate field...

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School Targets Achievement Gap Through Methods Of Socrates

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Learning Techniques, Video, Education, Socratic Techniques, Paideia Method, Connecticut Schools, Curriculum, Ross/Woodward Classical Studies Interdistrict Magnet School, Education Reform, Year of Education Reform, Socratic Learning Techniques, Dannel Malloy, New Haven Schools, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. Should the rich fix failing schools by donating more money? Should moms keep better tabs ...

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State, City At Odds On Parent-Teacher 'School Governance Council' Mandate

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: School Planning and Management Teams, New Haven Independent, Low-Performing Schools, Connecticut Schools, New Haven, Parent Trigger, Parent-Teacher Relationships, School Policy, Education Reform, Reggie Mayo, New Haven Schools, School Governance Councils, Video, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. In a dispute that will determine whether New Haven must overhaul the way it engages paren...

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Connecticut School Faces Mounting Pressure As High-Stakes Test Near

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: New Haven Independent, Video, Wexler/Grant School, Connecticut Schools, Standardized Tests, Dixwell Connecticut, High-Stakes Testing, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, State-Mandated Testing, State-Mandated Exams, Connecticut Mastery Test, New Haven Schools, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. As anxiety rippled through the hallways in anticipation of the high-stakes Connecticut Ma...

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Homeless Mother Pleads Guilty To Enrolling Son In Wrong School District

AP | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Tanya Mcdowell, Connecticut Schools, Norwalk Connecticut, Norwalk Schools, School Zoning, Public School Zoning, School Districting, Public School Districting, Education News

NORWALK, Conn. (Associated Press) -- A Connecticut woman who was homeless has pleaded guilty to fraudulently enrolling her son in the wrong school dis...

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Star TFA Teacher Hits Stride, But May Leave Town

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Kaitlyn Shorrock, Tfa, Connecticut Schools, Wexler/Grant School, Tfa Teachers, Teach for America Teachers, New Haven, Teachers, Teach for America, Education Reform, New Haven Schools, Teach for America Corps Members, Video, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. A year and a half after students welcomed the Teach For America recruit with a flash floo...

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Conn. Legislative Session Opens: Public Schools Overhaul Means More Programs, Funding

AP | By SUSAN HAIGH | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: School Performance, Education Budget State Budget, Early Childhood Education, Connecticut Schools, Connecticut, Teacher Tenure, Education Reform, Dannel Malloy, Connecticut Legislature, Connecticut Education Funding, Education Funding, Connecticut Education Reform, Education News

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy called on state lawmakers Wednesday to help him create an economic revival in Connecticut, creating more jobs...

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Homeless Mother To Plead Guilty In School Residency Case

AP | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: School Zoning, Public Schools, Norwalk-School-District, Connecticut Schools, Tanya Mcdowell, School Districting, School Residency, Education News

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The lawyer for a Connecticut woman charged with enrolling her son in the wrong school district says she will be pleading guilty. ...

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Huge Achievement, Cultural Gaps Plague Schools And Latino Students

AP | By MICHAEL MELIA | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Latino Families, Latino Achievement Gap, Connecticut Schools, Achievement Gap, Hispanic Parents, Dannel Malloy, Windham Connecticut, Latino Students, New England Schools, Hispanic Students, Video, Education News

WINDHAM, Conn. -- As a parent liaison in a school district with a fast-growing Hispanic majority, Ana Lozada navigates a deep cultural divide: Parents...

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State Graduation Rate Improves, 20% Still Fail To Finish In 4 Years

AP | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Suburban Schools, High School Graduation, Connecticut Schools, Graduation Rates, Stefan Pryor, Connecticut High Schools, Connecticut Department of Education, Connecticut Public Schools, Low-Income Students, High School Graduation Rates, Education News

HARTFORD, Conn. — State education officials say Connecticut's high school graduation rate improved in 2010, but nearly 1 in 5 students failed to...

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From Geometry To Gym Classes, Writing Infiltrates Every High School Course

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Connecticut Schools, Art Class, High School Literacy, Writing, Student Literacy, New Haven Schools, Writing Class, Education, Video, Literacy, Geometry Class, Writing Classes, High School Writing, School Writing, James Hillhouse High School, Writing in Schools, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. Writing ... again? groaned Fred Redeaux's honors geometry class. "Let me give you a ne...

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Connecticut Technical School Task Force Seeks Public Feedback

AP | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Education, Technical Schools, Technical High Schools, Connecticut Schools, High Schools, Connecticut Technical High Schools, Connecticut High Schools, Education Reform, Hartford Connecticut, Hartford, Education News

HARTFORD, Conn. — A task force studying the future of Connecticut's 16 state-run technical high schools is asking for the public's opinions. Th...

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JFK's Famous Speech May Have Been Inspired By School Headmaster

AP | MICHAEL MELIA | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Ask Not, Jfk Speech, John F. Kennedy Speech, Connecticut Schools, George St. John, John F. Kennedy, Connecticut, Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You, Choate School Headmaster, Dean Lebaron Briggs, Harvard University, Jfk, Choate School, Education News

HARTFORD, Conn. — A document discovered at the Connecticut prep school attended by John F. Kennedy bolsters a theory that a former headmaster pr...

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First Punishments In Atlanta Cheating Scandal To Be Issued

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Atlanta Teachers Punished, Standardized Test Cheating, Video, Atlanta Public Schools, Atlanta Teachers Cheating, Atlanta Cheating Scandal, Atlanta Public Schools Cheating, Connecticut Schools, Cheating Teachers Punished, Erasures, Standardized Tests, Standardized Testing, Erroll Davis, Atlanta, Teachers, Connecticut Teachers Cheating, Teachers Cheating, Atlanta Teachers, Education News

About a dozen Atlanta educators implicated in the district's cheating scandal find out Thursday whether Georgia education officials will strip them of...

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Cheating Teachers In Connecticut Lose Some Pay As Punishment

Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Standardized Test Cheating, Education, Video, Connecticut Schools, Connecticut, Waterbury Elementary School, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Connecticut Teachers Cheating, Teachers Cheating, Education News

Twelve teachers who were involved in a Connecticut test tampering scandal are losing 20 days pay and must serve 25 hours of community service by tutor...

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New Evaluation System Forces Out 34 Teachers

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: New Haven Teachers, Teacher Tenure, Teacher Evaluations, Connecticut Schools, Teacher Evaluation System, John DeStefano, New Haven, Teachers, Teacher Scores, New Haven Schools, Reggie Mayo, New Haven Connecticut, Grading Teachers, Video, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. New Haven, CT -- New Haven's new method of grading teachers spurred low performers to imp...

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Education Chief: Make Teachers Pay For Cheating

Connecticut Post | Linda Conner Lambeck | Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: Testing Irregularities, Connecticut Schools, George Coleman, Connecticut, Standardized Tests, Standardized Testing, Test Irregularities, Education Reform, Teachers Cheating, Education News

HARTFORD -- School employees found helping students cheat on state standardized test shouldn't only lose their jobs, they should pay to clean up the m...

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In-State Tuition For Illegal Immigrants Begins

AP | STEPHEN DOCKERY | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Illegal Immigrant Tuition, Education, In-State Tuition, Immigrant in-State Tuition, Immigrant Tuition, Connecticut Schools, College, Illegal Immigrants, Connecticut, High School, Illegal Immigrant Education, Education News

HARTFORD, Conn. — This will be the first year that illegal immigrant Maria Praeli can consider going to college fulltime. She and her family ha...

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Tracking Students No Longer In Stamford Schools

New York Times | WINNIE HU | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stamford School System, Schools, Stamford Connecticut, Stamford, Connecticut Schools, New York, Stamford Schools, Connecticut, New York News

STAMFORD, Conn. -- The school system is experimenting with mixed-ability classes that have so far reported fewer behavior problems and better grades f...

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