Bridgeport Public Schools, the largest district in the state, has faced chronic underfunding, and new cuts to the city’s education budget will only further harm students. That’s why Bridgeport students, teachers, administrators, and supporters are at the Capitol in Hartford today telling lawmakers that Bridgeport schools need state support now.
What began as a big disappointment for Bridgeport’s Read School community two days before Thanksgiving transformed into an outpouring of support that’s still blessing families for the winter holidays.
The Bridgeport Board of Education unanimously appointed Deputy School Superintendent Dr. Royce Avery as acting superintendent during a meeting last night.
Bridgeport teachers are expressing their dissatisfaction with the superintendent’s leadership in a new survey hand delivered to Board of Education members.
There have been more than 20 threats of violence levied at Connecticut public schools this school year, and today Ansonia schools are closed while Bridgeport schools opened late and subsequently decided to close early and cancel Friday classes.
Wearing black and carrying signs, educators, parents and community members rallied outside Bridgeport City Hall yesterday, calling for the superintendent and members of the Board of Education to address the crisis facing the city’s public schools.
Wearing black and carrying signs that read, “Help us help our students,” “Bridgeport students deserve more,” and “Respect teachers,” teachers, parents and community members from across the city protested outside City Hall calling for actions to elevate education in Bridgeport.
Lauding the work that Bridgeport teachers do, in very challenging circumstances, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy recently told a group of Bridgeport educators that their jobs have…
Bridgeport is Connecticut’s largest school district, serving more than 23,0000 students, but the Bridgeport Public Schools have an annual teacher attrition rate of 10-12 percent. Today Bridgeport teacher and early…
The bilingual Talented and Gifted (TAG) program at Cesar Batalla School in Bridgeport aims to engage students, give them leadership skills, and expose them to the world outside their classrooms.…