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As Test Scores Drop, Connecticut Still Remains Above National Average
National Assessment of Educational Progress data is showing a decline in testing numbers across the country. “You can’t be out of the classroom and not have scores that drop,” said composer, arranger and educator Roger Emerson. That’s the sentiment felt by many educators as schools continue to rebound from the pandemic. “It wasn’t a surprise to me that the...
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Data Shows Student Scores Decline After Pandemic Remote Learning
New national data shows students test scores across the country have declined in math and reading since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Why Some CT Schools Had Remote Learning Instead of a Snow Day
While many students and families have become accustomed to remote learning during the pandemic, the rules and requirements for remote learning have changed in Connecticut. In a letter to superintendents at the end of 2021, the state’s commissioner of education explained that COVID-19 health and safety concerns, “may dictate very limited exceptions” for remote learning, but it is generally not…
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Some School Districts Chose Remote Learning Instead of Snow Day Thursday
Some school districts, such as Coventry, chose to require students to participate in remote learning Thursday rather than calling for a full snow day.
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Students Can Still Retain Lectures From Sped-Up Videos, UCLA Study Suggests
A new study from psychologists at UCLA suggests that while sped-up videos did not improve student learning comprehension, they did not put them far behind, either.
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A Digital Divide Haunts Schools Adapting to Virus Hurdles
Philanthropy, federal relief funding and other community driven efforts to close the digital divide in a year of remote schooling have helped significantly to bring more children online. But many families remain underconnected.
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CCSU Classes to Remain Online for Rest of Winter Session; Employees to Report to Work
Classes at Central Connecticut State University will stay online for the rest of the winter session, which ends on Jan. 13, but employees will be returning to work as scheduled. CCSU changed to remote operations and online learning Monday due to the state’s increased COVID-19 positivity rate and limitations in testing resources and the university said all students and staff…
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CCSU Shifting to Remote Operations Monday
Central Connecticut State University will change to remote operations and online learning Monday due to the state’s increased COVID-19 positivity rate and limitations in testing resources. The university said all students and staff will work and learn from home Monday. The Student Center, library, recreation center and administrative offices will be closed to walk-in service. University officials said they’ll...
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Gateway Community College Goes Remote For Rest of Week
Gateway Community College in New Haven is switching to remote operations for the rest of the week because of an uptick in Covid-19 cases across the state. College officials said the move to online operations is done out of an abundance of caution. All students and staff will be required to work from home Wednesday and Thursday. A Gateway spokesperson…
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Yale Going Remote for Final Exams, Encouraging Students to Leave
Yale University officials are encouraging students to leave early for the fall semester as final exams will be online amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The university said they haven’t directly experienced an increase in cases like other universities have, but they want to allow students the option to go home early. “Although the risk of transmission during in-person...
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Demand for COVID-19 Testing Spikes As Christmas Nears
There’s a different holiday rush underway right now. Many are looking to get tested for Covid before gathering with friends and family in the coming weeks.
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Schools, Classrooms Close Doors Again in Latest Covid Surge
As schools brace for the rapid rise in omicron cases amid delta’s continued onslaught and the onset of flu season, some are closing their doors once again and moving back to online learning ahead of the holiday break.
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Disruptions to Schooling Fall Hardest on Vulnerable Students
Complications wrought by the pandemic persist in schools and often fall hardest on those least able to weather them.
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Hillhouse High School in New Haven is Fully Remote Today Due to Water Main Break
Students at Hillhouse High School in New Haven are learning remotely on Wednesday. District officials said the switch to remote learning for the day is due to a water main break outside of the school. All students and staff should log on virtually during regular school hours, district officials added. School officials said the break is in a line that…
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Q&A: What Pushed Parents Toward Remote Learning Last Year?
A new study is giving us a better idea of what was behind a family’s decision to either send their kid back to school or continue with remote learning.
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Q&A: What Pushed Parents Toward Remote Learning Last Year?
A new study is giving us a better idea of what was behind a family’s decision to either send their kid back to school or continue with remote learning.
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Teachers Prepare to Close Learning Gap After Year of Virtual Learning
New data shows Connecticut students who were fully remote last year underperformed on state standardized tests compared to students who were in person.
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New Study Finds Students Got More Sleep During Remote Learning
A National Jewish Health study analyzed self-reported sleep data from over 5,000 adolescents and found students got more sleep when school was remote.
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2021 Mother's Day Spending Is Way Up—But Moms Just Want This One, Free Gift
With all due respect to all the dads out there… it’s been a really, really (one more time so they can hear me in the back row) … really hellish year to be a mom. As the pandemic forced schools to shutter across the country and introduced us all to the unwelcome concept of remote homeschooling, mothers have largely borne...
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Canton Middle School Has All-Remote Learning Day Today Due to Staffing Issues From COVID-19 Vaccine
Canton Middle School is having an emergency all-remote learning day on Monday due to staffing issues associated with the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the school’s principal. The school’s principal, Jeffrey Moore, tweeted around 5:30 a.m. announcing the change. Moore said there are staffing issues at Canton Middle School and High School associated with the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine...