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Educators and municipalities came together Thursday to call on state legislators to fund improvements to school ventilation systems.

School officials are sounding the alarm about a new Tik Tok trend that has teens damaging school property.

School leaders in Connecticut are reporting vandalism that they say is tied to a viral social media challenge encouraging students to either destroy or steal school property.

NBC Connecticut’s Mike Hydeck spoke with Director of School Construction & Grants Kosta Diamantis about the logistics behind who pays for school ventilation upgrades and how those upgrades happen.

New test scores indicate students who had in-person learning for more than 75% of their school days during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic fared better academically than those who spent more time behind a computer screen, Connecticut education officials announced Tuesday. “What we learned, and it’s been affirmed in many different ways, is that across all grades, across most…

The U.S. Department of Education has approved the Gov. Ned Lamont administration’s plan for using $110 million the state is receiving from the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, according to the governor’s office.

The U.S. Department of Education has approved the Gov. Ned Lamont administration’s plan for using $110 million the state is receiving from the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, according to the governor’s office. “I applaud the many teachers and educational staff who have been working throughout this pandemic to engage...

From bus drivers to special education teachers and substitutes, superintendents across Connecticut are having trouble filling all of their positions in time for the first day of school.

There are still lots of questions about what this next school year will look like. One concern is whether there will be enough bus drivers to get students to and from school.

About a third of school districts in Connecticut sent students home early on Monday due to the high heat index.

“This might be the second time in my career that I’ve worn shorts on-site,” Hatton Elementary School Principal Robert Garry said. Garry dismissed his more than 300 students for the day as temperatures started to climb above 90 degrees. “We started planning last week, there were discussions down with our central office about the heat and the factor that it…

Several schools across the state are dismissing students early on Monday because of hot temperatures.

A judge has upheld Connecticut’s requirement that children wear masks in schools, rejecting a challenge by some parents who said mask wearing can be harmful and education officials exceeded their authority. The ruling released Monday affirms the legitimacy of mask requirements in schools this academic year but does not address any guidance on masks that may be issued for...

Rocker Steven Van Zandt made a special appearance during a news conference in Connecticut on Tuesday afternoon to announce the launch in Connecticut of TeachRock, an “arts integration curriculum” created by the Rock ‘n Roll Forever Foundation, which Van Zandt founded.

Connecticut officials say the impact of the pandemic on students and their families could lead to long-term changes in how the school day and school year look in the state. Gov. Ned Lamont was joined Thursday by federal and state political leaders along with local and state education officials in a roundtable to discuss the future of education and how…

Officials say reports to the DCF child abuse and neglect care line went down more than 20% when schools closed or went remote. Now as schools reopen, reports are back up.

To help her students keep up with school this year, counselor Nadia Pearce has tried it all. She reminds them of goals they had before the pandemic, for college or a career. She calls parents and goes over how their children are supposed to log in for distance learning. She begs. She pleads. She practices tough love. “I really have…

We may soon see decreased social distancing in classrooms. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the federal agency is looking to update its guidance from staying 6 to 3 three feet apart in schools. It’s a move a Connecticut school district had already decided to make. Fifth through 12th graders in Manchester are expected to…

Ever since white Americans used cheap debt to move out of cities and into the suburbs, school segregation has accelerated in the U.S. And in recent decades, the problem has gotten worse rather than better. Mike Magee, the CEO of Chiefs for Change, explains why racial disparities in education are getting worse and what can be done about it.