Reactions to New School Lunches at Your School?
The new federal school lunch standards rolled out this September have drawn protests and boycotts from high-schoolers, and there are reports that children of all ages are dumping their veggies.…
Perspectives on Connecticut’s Achievement Gap: Stratford Teacher Gives Students Tools to Face Life’s Challenges
“I live the achievement gap. It’s my reality, every day.” That’s what Kristen Record, Connecticut’s 2011 Teacher of the Year, told a crowd of 100 people at the Hartford Public…
Teacher Morale Through the Roof: Exciting Progress in Bridgeport
Governor Malloy is all ears as he learns about plans and early progress being made in schools that are part of the new Commissioner’s Network — a key program enacted when…
State Funding of Local Public Schools: Change Shaping Up
The Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force yesterday reviewed a set of objectives that it will use to select a final formula or formulas to recommend to the legislature. The…
Four New Honorees Inducted into Southington High School’s Wall of Honor
“It’s called the Southington High School Wall of Honor, and it includes an incredible list of people who grew up in our town, graduated from our schools, and went on…
2013 Teacher of the Year Says Teaching Is All About the Connection
Passionate. That’s the word fellow teachers use to describe Blaise Messinger, a fifth-grade teacher at Cromwell’s Woodside Intermediate School and Connecticut’s 2013 Teacher of the Year. Educators, family, friends, and…
World Teachers’ Day Highlights Global Teacher Shortage
Countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development — 34 mostly high-income economies — average 21 students per teacher, but in the Central African Republic the ratio is…
Obama and Romney on Education
During last night’s first presidential debate President Obama and Governor Romney mentioned education 20 times. Here’s some of what they had to say. President Obama I want to hire another…
ECS Task Force Discusses Conditional Funding, Transition to a New Formula
With only three months remaining before it’s due to issue a final report, the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force met yesterday to discuss recommendations from its subcommittee examining new…
Phasing Out the Bubbles: The Rise of Computer-Based Testing
The common pre-test instruction, “take out your #2 pencils,” may soon be a thing of the past. The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) released the first results of its computer-based…