Education News

At John S. Martinez Elementary School in New Haven, newly installed garden beds from Common Ground’s Schoolyards Program offer a different approach to learning, and playing in the dirt is bringing kids down to earth.

The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted various services for children, and that has sparked concerns about their long-term social and emotional well-being.

The Hispanic Alliance of Southeastern Connecticut and Eastern Connecticut State University have joined forces to offer scholarships to in-state students from Hispanic and Latino communities.

From 2019 to 2021, the number of child care workers in Connecticut dropped 28 percent compared to the previous three years, according to federal statistics.

Fewer students are enrolling in Connecticut public pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms. But state education officials said this is a trend that’s been happening since before the pandemic.

Under a bill passed by the state legislature, Connecticut will require Asian American and Pacific Islander studies in K-12 public schools.

The injection into the state’s early childhood system would provide much-needed relief, child care providers said.

Parents and students in Killingly continue to push for a no-cost, school-based mental health center after the school board tabled a vote to take action. A parent-led petition calling on the board to step up led to a public hearing.

Today on Audacious, all four guests are named Pat Smith! What else do they have in common? And what's so different about them?

Connecticut paid $106,000 to assess public school facilities through a no-bid contract arranged by Kosta Diamantis, who stopped running the state's school construction office amid an FBI investigation into his tenure.