by | May 11, 2015 1:06 pm | Comments (0)
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Never in her life had Rachel Zwick gone into Home Depot — or any store — to buy a five-sixteenths combo wrench or five-inch floppy disks for sanders.
Continue reading ‘Co-Op Grad Scores Backstage “Matilda” Role’
by | May 8, 2015 1:02 pm | Comments (22)
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The next time you think of going around that school bus with the stop sign out … don’t.
by | May 7, 2015 4:18 pm | Comments (0)
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Grace Nathman said that behavior referrals at Quinnipiac School more than halved this year, due to the BOOST! program’s help connecting students with additional social-emotional support from community groups.
by | May 6, 2015 8:10 am | Comments (6)
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Larry Conaway is counting down until graduation. Wednesday marks 9 days until final exams and 25 until his students graduate — and at his alternative school, all 16 of his seniors need an extra hand to get there.
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by | May 5, 2015 5:17 pm | Comments (11)
Khadijah Muhammad said she fears her daughter Azizah will not be able to matriculate at Amistad High School, if the state cuts charter school funds.
by | May 4, 2015 5:08 pm | Comments (2)
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Katherine Perez knew since she took her first advanced physics class that she wanted to be a scientist. Now a rising junior at Southern Connecticut State University, she will get a step closer this summer through a fellowship in nanotechnology and medicine.
by | May 4, 2015 1:27 pm | Comments (2)
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High-schooler Michaela Mathis had trouble getting her third-grade reading partner Quesean Young to focus. She learned she needs to take a few breaks and talk with him for a bit, before going back to the book.
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by | May 1, 2015 4:03 pm | Comments (0)
Left to right: Michelle Breaker, Stephen Hegedus, Creola Smith, Jeff Solomon, Charlene Tate Nichols, and Curtis Hill
Josiah Brown sent in the following report about an event in which he took part.
On April 29, the Literacy Coalition of Greater New Haven and Gateway Community College held a late-afternoon forum at Gateway downtown. Panelists considered “Why Is Math Important?” from the perspectives of educators from the elementary grades to college, and from a business point of view.
by | May 1, 2015 8:24 am | Comments (17)
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Kelly & Levy: Why mess with success?
Parents from high-performing Engineering and Science University Magnet School (ESUMS) are asking why the Board of Ed plans to reduce its funding next year while boosting support for other schools.
by | Apr 29, 2015 4:54 pm | Comments (5)
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Donna Carlson was a nervous wreck before her Clinton Avenue School fourth-graders took the Common Core field test last year. She worried not that her students would fail at using the necessary online tools for the test — but that she would.
Continue reading ‘As Common Core Looms, Schools Up Tech Game’
by | Apr 28, 2015 12:16 pm | Comments (9)
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Board of Education members unanimously approved a proposed $425 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Wednesday, it heads to the Board of Alders.
by | Apr 28, 2015 8:25 am | Comments (0)
Metropolitan Business Academy ninth-graders gave teachers tips on how to be more inclusive of students of all genders — such as including students who don’t identify as male or female, and avoiding seating or grouping students based on gender.
by | Apr 27, 2015 8:13 am | Comments (4)
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HSC candidates Montes and Ricardo.
MBA candidate Quezada.
When Isabel Quezada lists all the extracurricular activities she pursues , “people think I’m amazing and great,” she said. But the budding public office-seeker wants to people to know that’s not true — that it’s New Haven itself that’s amazing and great.
by | Apr 23, 2015 4:09 pm | Comments (13)
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Welfare & Joseph-Lumpkin hear from Arias, at left, at South Brooklyn Community High School.
City officials returned from a New York City field trip with ideas for revamping New Haven’s alternative schools.
Continue reading ‘On Road Trip, City Seeks Alt-School Models’
by | Apr 23, 2015 8:24 am | Comments (4)
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Murrell, McCarter, Carolina, Allick, and Stewart, still a team.
Greg “Buckets” Jones.
When Chaz, Chazz, De’Arie, Mike, and Chris heard that a train had killed their star point guard, they decided it was time to suit up.
Only this time they weren’t suiting up to shoot hoops. They planned a way to remember Greg “Buckets” Jones — and keep alive a dream they all shared.
by | Apr 22, 2015 4:33 pm | Comments (3)
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The city’s largest group of public school students will have two sets of eyes watching out for signs they might slip into trouble.
by | Apr 20, 2015 11:02 am | Comments (4)
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Kimberly Sullivan has a lot of opinions on education policy to share with the district. But she said she would prioritize the voices of her student constituents if elected to serve on the Board of Education.
As the board moves to include two non-voting high-school student members, Sullivan is the only one so far to throw her hat in the ring.
by | Apr 14, 2015 8:06 am | Comments (0)
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A crowd stormed City Hall again — this time not to protest or counter-protest, but to dive into books and hugs.
by | Apr 13, 2015 3:11 pm | Comments (1)
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With bags of books in hand, 300 people knocked on the doors of Newhallville neighbors to talk about literacy.
Continue reading ‘300 Take To Newhallville Streets For Literacy’
by | Apr 10, 2015 3:20 pm | Comments (1)
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Shaina Blumell is the first person in her family to apply to college, and she learned the basics of applying for financial aid from an app — which she shared with her classmates at Career High School.
by | Apr 9, 2015 8:13 am | Comments (0)
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A mayor known for her red dress jackets teamed up with a pooch known for his red fur to promote a common cause — getting kids to read.
by | Apr 1, 2015 12:32 pm | Comments (4)
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When Laura Cross was asked to put together an after-school program for Nathan Hale School just before the fall semester, she got on the phone and started building a coalition of parents to help run it.
by | Mar 30, 2015 4:24 pm | Comments (4)
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Neighbors Chapman & Koizim meeting with BTWA.
A new charter school’s relationship with wary neighbors has improved — and the school is looking to stick around longer than originally planned.
Continue reading ‘Booker T Plans Longer Wooster Square Stay’
by | Mar 27, 2015 1:05 pm | Comments (2)
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Playing to a full house at the Shubert, Ammon Downer and Tanaiza Glass set the beat and a joyous tone for their talented crew of singers and dancers from the Edgewood School in “A Friend Like Me,” from the musical Aladdin.
Continue reading ‘Kids Sing Their Way To Victory At Shubert’
by | Mar 27, 2015 8:22 am | Comments (11)
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The president of New Haven’s Board of Education is charter network Achievement First’s (AF) newest board member—just a month after he argued against the two organizations partnering on a new charter school.