Education News

Funding for school-based mental health under the new $11 billion Safer Communities Act is expected in Connecticut this school year, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy told Connecticut Public Radio. The legislation covers gun safety, access to pediatric mental care and recruiting counselors and mental health professionals at schools.

Connecticut teachers are not happy with new state guidelines on remote learning and dual instruction released by the Department of Education on Tuesday.Educators gathered at the state Capitol Wednesday afternoon to explain why they think bringing back dual instruction, where a teacher is simultaneously teaching in-person and remotely, is a bad idea.

Connecticut’s 12 community colleges are set to become one statewide system by next summer. The new person in charge of leading that change is the new system’s first-ever president, John Maduko. He and faculty union leader Seth Freeman each spoke with John Henry Smith on All Things Considered, and both seemed to agree that challenges lie ahead.

Statewide, many Connecticut school districts are building policies related to diversity, equity and inclusion. They’re also hiring Diversity, Equity and Inclusion directors to conduct equity audits, said Eric Scoville, a spokesman for the Connecticut Department of Education.

The University of Connecticut has agreed to pay former men's basketball coach Kevin Ollie $3.9 million for damage to his reputation and for his attorney's fees. That's on top of an $11 million payout awarded to Ollie earlier this year.

Hartford Public Library has received a grant aimed at helping young immigrant women remain in school and complete their college degrees. The new program is called “Barriers Can’t Stop Us: Building Immigrant Women’s Success” and is intended for students who came to the United States while still in high school.

As we approach the tenth anniversary of the December 12, 2022 Sandy Hook Massacre, a state funded program has opened to help schools statewide try to avoid a repeat of that tragedy and to cope should another crisis occur.

In March, Hartford school administrators and recruiters made their way to Puerto Rico looking for bilingual talent to fill content areas like math, science and history.It’s part of Paso a Paso, a program to recruit bilingual teachers to fill much-needed roles in Hartford.

Representatives from the Connecticut Employees Union Independent (CEUI) say that the University of Connecticut violated their contract when it moved 20 union workers from the athletic facilities to other locations on campus and hired new custodians through a private contractor.

Attorney General William Tong announced Thursday that his office is opening a civil rights investigation into Greenwich Public Schools. The investigation comes after a viral video appeared to show an assistant principal saying he won’t hire conservative teachers.