by | Dec 29, 2011 5:43 pm | Comments (38)
After years of inflated figures, the state on Thursday released a more accurate picture of how New Haven high schools were doing before the city’s school reform drive hit town.
by | Dec 29, 2011 2:04 pm | Comments (68)
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Attorney Michael Jefferson.
Principal Kermit Carolina has agreed “under protest” to a private interview about alleged grade-altering at Hillhouse High School — while calling for removal of the Board of Education’s investigator due to an alleged conflict of interest.
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by | Dec 28, 2011 12:24 pm | Comments (38)
The investigation into alleged grade-altering at Hillhouse hit a snag as the high school’s principal and the Board of Ed’s investigator failed to agree on terms for an interview.
by | Dec 27, 2011 3:34 pm | Comments (64)
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Kermit Carolina ran in a road race. He didn’t attend a mayoral challenger’s press conference. At the heart of an exploding schools controversy is this question: To which event was Mayor John DeStefano referring when he sent Carolina a note?
by | Dec 24, 2011 12:17 am | Comments (84)
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Principal Carolina.
As the Board of Education formally learned of an investigation into possible grade-changing at Hillhouse High School, Principal Kermit Carolina described the move as a “political lynching.”
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‘Principal Blasts Probe
At Hillhouse High School’
by | Dec 23, 2011 9:57 am | Comments (24)
The Board of Education quietly posted 24-hour advance notice of a Friday night session — after the public had no way of seeing it — to discuss “grade-altering” allegations at Hillhouse High School.
by | Dec 21, 2011 1:35 pm | Comments (125)
(Updated 5:42 p.m. with apology.) The city’s schools spokesman grabbed a reporter’s camera during a pre-arranged reporting session and demanded that filming be stopped at the newly privatized Roberto Clemente school.
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by | Dec 20, 2011 9:04 am | Comments (2)
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More students like Emily Colón and Zaneta Langley may be taking up boxing, as two school programs receive a major boost from downtown’s newest corporate philanthropist.
by | Dec 16, 2011 12:04 pm | Comments (9)
Nilexy Conception practices subtraction with colored chips.
When it came time to help her first-graders through a tricky subtraction problem, Rosalie Carr reached for a new arsenal of colored chips, base-10 bars and mighty “number bonds.”
by | Dec 15, 2011 9:50 am | Comments (3)
“Future fellows” and coaches gather at New Haven Academy.
A daycare in every New Haven public school for young mothers. A documentary about the devastating effects of bullying. Teen-to-teen therapy sessions. A plan to end youth violence.
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‘Quietly, National School
Experiment Starts In City’
by | Dec 9, 2011 12:42 pm | Comments (5)
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Sophomore Hydiea Johnson is getting used to writing in every class.
Writing … again? groaned Fred Redeaux’s honors geometry class.
“Let me give you a news flash,” the teacher responded. “You’ll be writing come Christmas. You’ll be writing when Santa comes. You’ll be writing all next year.”
by | Dec 8, 2011 4:47 pm | Comments (23)
Emily Byrne.
As the founding head of the New Haven Promise college-scholarship program steps down, the head of a search committee promised to find another executive director who’s “independent but aligned” with the public schools.
by | Nov 30, 2011 12:14 pm | Comments (0)
While only about half of their moms graduated college, a group of New Haven high-schoolers have their sights set on a post-secondary diploma.
by | Nov 29, 2011 10:01 am | Comments (20)
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As Britt Anderson prepares to send her daughter to a reborn East Rock Community Magnet next fall, she has found 40 other families open to making the same leap rather than competing for cherished slots at the neighborhood’s marquee K‑8 school.
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by | Nov 21, 2011 8:58 am | Comments (46)
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Schoolteacher Jenny Clarino led eight kids to “silent admin lunch” at Amistad Academy — then considered bringing that practice back to the New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) when she returns as the leader of her own school next year.
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by | Nov 16, 2011 4:24 pm | Comments (42)
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In a visit to the hometown charter school he founded 13 years ago, Stefan Pryor applauded the school’s expansion — and vowed to support more Amistad Academies in his new post as the state’s education chief.
by | Nov 16, 2011 12:00 pm | Comments (68)
“Startling” new data shows 89 percent of New Haven Public School graduates need to catch up in English and math before they can start earning credits at Connecticut public colleges and universities.
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by | Nov 15, 2011 5:02 pm | Comments (7)
If Connecticut elects him to the U.S. Senate, William Tong wants to help teachers — by helping them leave the schools.
by | Nov 7, 2011 9:07 am | Comments (3)
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Abused and overused SAT words bit the dust as writers and other grown-ups helped two dozen high school students polish their college application essays.
by | Oct 26, 2011 8:02 am | Comments (55)
Eliza Halsey, daughter Saidan, & Tim Holahan call for more transparency in the pre-K application process.
New Haven kids are finding the doors closed to free pre‑K spots in magnet schools — a cornerstone of the strategy to closing the urban-suburban achievement gap — because those slots are going disproportionately to suburban kids.
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by | Oct 24, 2011 2:28 pm | Comments (6)
… in Bridgeport.
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‘Yale To Help At-Risk
Middle-Schoolers ...’
by | Oct 18, 2011 11:51 am | Comments (9)
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Second-grader Nashali Nieves checks out the new books.
The city’s showpiece “turnaround” school is banking on a new donation of books and food to boost literacy — and to provide a new way to encourage parents to get involved.
by | Oct 12, 2011 8:02 am | Comments (63)
As Principal Peggy Moore clashed with a school board member over progress at New Haven’s largest high school, an outspoken student’s mom stepped up to claim “retaliation” at the principal’s hand.
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by | Sep 26, 2011 12:01 pm | Comments (23)
Got it, pre-kindergartener? That message is about to become part of your curriculum in New Haven — and part of classroom time every month, every year, through 12th grade.
by | Sep 22, 2011 4:29 pm | Comments (31)
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Camelle Scott-Mujahid, coordinator for Teach Our Children, asks a question during the taping.
Yes, you need a B Average. But not necessarily every year.