by | Jan 30, 2015 1:09 pm | Comments (23)
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As other students read through their own worksheets, Natenen Conde sprang from her seat and rushed up to her principal with a declaration: “I finished everything.”
by | Jan 30, 2015 9:49 am | Comments (2)
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As the national touring company of the latest Broadway production of Matilda forms up for its debut at the Shubert Theatre this spring, the talented second-graders at the Worthington Hooker School on Canner Street made their own contribution, a Matilda spin-off production.
by | Jan 29, 2015 9:49 am | Comments (18)
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The president of the teachers union sent a letter urging union teachers not to support a proposed Board of Education financial partnership with Achievement First (AF) charter on an experimental new school.
Continue reading ‘Teachers Union Prez Pens “Imagine” Critique’
by | Jan 26, 2015 4:24 pm | Comments (3)
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Lazlo Sedenszki, a junior at Metropolitan Business Academy, was the only student in the room who admitted to having ever “vaped.” But everyone in the room said they knew someone who had tried it.
by | Jan 26, 2015 8:50 am | Comments (9)
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Johnson and McClellan discuss “restorative” practices.
A proposed code of conduct would keep kids in school rather than suspend or expel them, requiring them to work through their issues rather than punishing them for acting out.
by | Jan 23, 2015 9:52 am | Comments (15)
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Baker explains Elm City Imagine to parents.
Update 5 p.m. Friday: Superintendent Garth Harries said the Board of Education has decided to postpone discussion on Elm City Imagine until a later date, likely the subsequent full board meeting Feb. 9.
The Achievement First (AF) charter organization is taking steps to start a new experimental school — while its proposed financial partner, New Haven Public Schools, hasn’t yet officially decided to participate.
by | Jan 21, 2015 10:11 am | Comments (13)
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Cicarella and Alexander Tuesday night, agreeing adopting Common Core is a difficult, and worthwhile, process.
When Common Core came to New Haven, Garfield Pilliner told a gathering in Dixwell, his classroom changed.
by | Jan 20, 2015 9:19 am | Comments (2)
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Torre, at left: 26 for 26 in 2014.
Johnston: 20 for 26.
If a school principal calculated the New Haven’s Board of Ed attendance records, President Carlos Torre would get a gold star for showing up to class. Alex Johnston would advance to the next grade, but with a “needs improvement” warning.
by | Jan 16, 2015 8:58 am | Comments (2)
New Haven’s superintendent unveiled plans for school reform’s next phase — offering individualized orientation programs for transient students, getting two-thirds of students on a career or college track, and building more “wraparound” services.
Continue reading ‘Reform 2.0 Tackles Transience, Emotional Needs’
by | Jan 14, 2015 3:58 pm | Comments (1)
New Haven Public School teachers and Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute seminar leaders — members of the Yale faculty — gathered to discuss the program’s seminars, application process, and curricular and professional development opportunities.
The following account was contributed by the program’s Josiah Brown.
Continue reading ‘Teachers Institute Previews 2015 Seminars’
by | Jan 13, 2015 12:33 pm | Comments (18)
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An Achievement First principal-in-residence, Michelle Bonora, expected to gradually ease into her first job as principal with the help of a mentor. She started Monday as the new interim principal of Troup Magnet School — a far from gradual transition.
Continue reading ‘Michelle Bonora Appointed Interim Troup Principal’
by | Jan 13, 2015 9:13 am | Comments (15)
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Toll and Cicarella continuing discussing the proposed Elm City Imagine after Monday night’s board meeting.
A “huge step backward”? Or a way for traditional public schools to team up with charters to experiment with new ways for kids to learn?
by | Jan 12, 2015 9:17 am | Comments (0)
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First-graders work with counting blocks at BTWA.
After an uphill battle to launch, Booker T. Washington Academy is settling into its building on Greene Street with plans to stay longer than planned. Leislani Nunez, meanwhile, has plans of her own — to stay at the school each day longer than her mom needs her to.
by | Jan 9, 2015 2:08 pm | Comments (0)
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Barbara Riley, the only woman to head Westville’s private Hopkins School in its 355-year-history, has announced that she will step down at the end of the next school year.
Continue reading ‘Hopkins School Leader Stepping Down In 2016’
by | Jan 5, 2015 4:00 pm | Comments (5)
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Sue Weisselberg will head (again) to Hartford, to serve as the deputy state budget director, after almost three years in the city’s school district.
Continue reading ‘Weisselberg Tapped As State Deputy Budget Director’
by | Jan 5, 2015 2:38 pm | Comments (0)
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Mayor Toni Harp plans to consult with King-Robinson Magnet School students on how to spend $1,000 they raised and donated to the city.
Continue reading ‘King-Robinson Students Pitch In $1,000 For “Hope”’
by | Jan 2, 2015 3:07 pm | Comments (30)
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Toll (center): Elm City Imagine a “win win win.”
New Haven Public Schools and Achievement First are exploring an unusual partnership, starting up an alternative charter school together.
by | Dec 26, 2014 9:52 am | Comments (1)
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Ana Rodriguez got reports of two weekend break-ins in one month at Clinton Avenue School. The computers were not ransacked but the teachers’ vending machine was.
The principal soon realized the burglars were her own students, in search of food and a place to spend the night.
by | Dec 23, 2014 9:13 am | Comments (1)
Michael Golia said Columbus Family Academy parents flock to the school’s meetings in part because they are allowed to bring their children, and because dinner is served.
by | Dec 22, 2014 9:16 am | Comments (12)
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JoAnne Wilcox remembers asking school social workers how to help her child through disciplinary problems. She received “glazed looks” —and was told, “I don’t know how to help you.” Now she hopes a new “restorative” system will help the “bullies” and the “drug dealers” succeed in straightening out.
Continue reading ‘Schools Substitute Mediation For Expulsions’
by | Dec 15, 2014 9:06 am | Comments (4)
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High-school students wanting to serve on New Haven’s Board of Education would have to petition for signatures from the peers — including from peers at other schools — according to the latest proposal about how to set up new elections.
Continue reading ‘Students May Petition Way To School Board’
by | Dec 15, 2014 7:45 am | Comments (1)
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This article was submitted by Rachel Heerema of the Citywide Youth Coalition.
The City of New Haven Youth Department, New Haven Public Schools, Yale University Urban Debate League and Citywide Youth Coalition hosted the first high school student debate tournament in New Haven.
Continue reading ‘Student Debate Tourney Homes In On Restorative Justice’
by | Dec 11, 2014 6:23 pm | Comments (16)
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Harp: “Over the top.”
A mass pro-charter school rally aimed at influencing people statewide may have backfired, at least temporarily, with two allies in New Haven.
Continue reading ‘A Week Later, Charter Rally Reverberates In Town’
by | Dec 11, 2014 9:09 am | Comments (11)
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Clark: Invest in repairs.
The Board of Education is seeking city money to help construct a new home for Strong School on Southern Connecticut State University’s campus that would bring aspiring teachers closer to the classroom, as part of a six-school capital plan unveiled this week.
by | Dec 10, 2014 1:06 pm | Comments (1)
As students spoke, their faces appeared on a television screen across the room — and will soon appear on television screens across the state — as part of one organization’s efforts to let the voices of the youth be heard.