Education News

The University of Connecticut in partnership with Connecticut Foodshare opened its fourth pantry on a UConn campus for food insecure students.

Right now, students taking at least six credits at local community colleges that are attending college for the first time don't have to pay for college in Connecticut. But, a new proposal could extend free college tuition to all community college students and to some students attending state universities.

CT has seen a spike in the amount of catalytic converters stolen from vehicles in public lots.

A new coalition of immigrant rights groups joined two Connecticut legislators calling for translation and interpretation services across Connecticut schools

Researchers found that school districts in poor cities and towns in Connecticut had a more difficult time shifting to remote learning than more affluent communities.

A fire heavily damaged the University of Connecticut’s Whitney House Friday morning. No injuries were reported.

Researchers from several colleges in Connecticut said Thursday that a state Department of Education trial program has increased attendance by 15 percentage points in the schools where it was put in place.

A professor at Eastern Connecticut State University won a National Science Foundation grant to study Cahokia with students.

Connecticut Education Association President Kate Dias says the state faces many teacher vacancies. Boosting pay is one way to attract more people to the education field, she said.

The state Supreme Court has declined to make a decision on the underlying issues of a school mask mandate case.