Education

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says he believes most schools will be able to open in the fall, helping parents get back to work.

Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona joined Kevin Nathan to answer questions about the plan to return students to school in the fall.

Glen Mourning is a Danbury native who wanted to inspire and empower disenfranchised minority youth between 6-14 years of age. The educator said he struggled to find positive roles influences in his community during his childhood. “There was not too many positive role models in general,” said Mourning. “I met my father at 18 and most of my uncles were…

Mike Hydeck and Molly show us how to make an awesome crayon art project the whole family can try!

Connecticut students will have the opportunity to receive full-time in-person instruction to start the next school year. Guidance just released from the American Academy of Pediatrics supports that goal. “Children really need that structure, they need that routine,” said Dr. Sally Goza, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. “It’s also not only for the academic learning. It’s for...

Experts say the pandemic has created new anxieties for children and getting back in the classroom will be an important step towards helping them get back to normal.

The Supreme Court has ruled that states can’t cut religious schools out of programs that send public money to private education

The American Academy of Pediatrics made headlines for its recommendation that schools reopen to children this fall. AAP President Dr. Sally Goza explains how keeping kids out of school leads to increased social isolation and abuse, and how it also increases racial and economic disparities.

Dr. Anthony Fauci explains factors that local schools should take into consideration as they figure out how to welcome kids back to the classroom.

While state officials are pushing to have students return to classrooms this fall, some say it is just too soon.

The state release new information today about the specifics of its plans to return to students to schools in the fall.

The history of African Americans begins on the African continent where diverse empires thrived for thousands of years and traded gold, ivory and salt with people from other civilizations. But in the majority of classrooms K-12 across the U.S., students learn about the African American heritage starting with the enslavement in the U.S. colonies, a system that erased the...

School superintendents around the state today began the process of understanding the governor’s recommended return to school guidelines. On Thursday, Governor Lamont along with Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona provided recommendations. Among them, masks would be required of students and social distancing incorporated. Temperature and COVID-19 testing will not. “The initial reaction is, wow we have a lot of work...

Rep. Jahana Hayes, who is a former National Teacher of the Year, wants to know more about the state’s plan to reopen schools before it’s time to send students back to class.

A day after Gov. Ned Lamont released his plan to bring students back to school this fall, school bus companies say they will be ready.

There are still many questions about how schools can reopen safely.

The state began to release details of its plan to have students return to schools across Connecticut in the fall

The Trump administration is moving forward with a policy ordering public schools across the U.S. to share coronavirus relief funding with private schools at a higher rate than federal law typically requires

Activists celebrated outside the Christopher Columbus Family Academy in New Haven just a day after the Board of Education voted to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day and to rename the school. “I was really happy,” said John Lugo with Unidad Latina en Accion. Lugo has been among those calling for the name change for years. Now he has…

Derrell Bradford, executive vice president of the education advocacy group 50Can, explains the importance of improving education for Black children for the “Black Lives Matter” movement to succeed.