by | Aug 6, 2010 2:28 pm | Comments (0)
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As she prepared for her first day of pre‑K, Kendall Crosdale signed a pledge to do her best in school — and walked away with a free backpack.
by | Aug 6, 2010 1:08 pm | Comments (21)
Superintendent Reggie Mayo was disappointed to learn Friday that the district lost out on $35 million in federal education money.
by | Jul 28, 2010 11:09 am | Comments (9)
Connecticut may have lost round one and two, but New Haven is not despairing in the race for federal education money — it’s looking ahead to the next competition.
by | Jul 20, 2010 12:15 pm | Comments (4)
Sophomores at the city’s environmental-themed charter school caught up to and exceeded district scores, as sophomores across the city improved on standardized tests.
by | Jul 20, 2010 7:50 am | Comments (7)
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Teachers feel safe at Riverside, but not at Wexler-Grant. Only 6 percent of teachers recommend sending kids to Beecher School. And a new, lesser-known science magnet school tied for the honor of parents’ most-recommended school.
Those results emerged Monday, as the city released full data from new school surveys.
by | Jul 19, 2010 7:57 am | Comments (9)
When Wilbur Cross student Rachel Markey returns to school this fall, she’ll find a new “house” awaiting her, as the city’s largest public high school begins undergoing its own version of dramatic reform.
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by | Jul 15, 2010 5:44 pm | Comments (34)
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Using the test scores that came out Thursday, Superintendent Reggie Mayo drew a starting line for an ambitious race — for city students to catch up with their statewide counterparts in five years.
by | Jul 13, 2010 7:58 am | Comments (15)
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One school is getting a new home and a nearly 10-hour school day. At the other, teachers will send home five-minute DVDs introducing themselves to parents, while the principal aims to share her turnaround story with Oprah.
by | Jul 5, 2010 9:25 am | Comments (14)
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Teachers will show up an hour early to school, and bring their lunches into the student caf, when New Haven’s environmental-themed magnet school undergoes changes next year as part of the city’s school reform drive.
by | Jul 1, 2010 8:09 am | Comments (22)
As the school board unanimously voted to extend Reginald Mayo’s contract, one educator hailed him as a “fabulous leader,” and the mayor promised three more “truly incredible years.”
by | Jun 30, 2010 3:36 pm | Comments (2)
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“So when are you going to run to be the first female president of the United States!?”
Such exclamations of praise from an adoring audience greeted Nilda Aponte (left in above photo) as she was medallioned for helping to lead Teach Our Children’s recent campaign to improve translation services available in the public schools.
by | Jun 29, 2010 4:48 pm | Comments (5)
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Ricky Rodriguez didn’t want to, but he showed up to school every day for two weeks to take the Connecticut Mastery Tests. As a reward, he rode off into the summer with a brand new bicycle.
by | Jun 29, 2010 11:02 am | Comments (34)
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In a last-minute move, the Board of Education made plans to keep Superintendent Reginald Mayo at the helm of the city’s school reform drive for another three years.
by | Jun 29, 2010 10:12 am | Comments (7)
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When he steps off the basketball court to take charge of Hillhouse High School, Kermit Carolina’s first job will be to build four new “schools.”
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‘New Hillhouse Principal
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by | Jun 29, 2010 7:41 am | Comments (29)
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After Principal Bob Rifenburg revealed a surprise resignation from the Hooker school, parents are asking to have a say in who will replace him.
by | Jun 23, 2010 7:47 am | Comments (19)
In a newly released survey, New Haven teachers recommended some schools, but not others. The district won’t yet say which schools are which.
by | Jun 18, 2010 7:43 am | Comments (1)
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The country’s top education official wants to be in the room when New Haven brings its education reform plans to Washington, D.C. today.
by | Jun 16, 2010 11:08 am | Comments (3)
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When a Stamford-based charter school group takes over a troubled city school in the fall, students will get not just a new set of rules, but a new home.
by | Jun 15, 2010 7:30 am | Comments (6)
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As parents decried cutbacks to a “talented and gifted” program, Principal Iline Tracey quietly crafted a solution in the back of the room — and saw a recruiting opportunity.
Continue reading ‘Principals Add Honors Track, Summer School’
by | Jun 14, 2010 10:39 am | Comments (16)
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When her teacher held up a free ticket to Six Flags, Jonysah Bouknight reached both hands as high as she could.
Her principal is hoping that enticements like roller-coaster rides, combined with dramatic changes in the classroom, will bring a greater reward — turning around one of the district’s lowest-performing schools.
by | Jun 10, 2010 11:03 am | Comments (17)
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When a four-foot-tall tough guy turned in his homework, teacher Zanneice Smith called for a round of applause.
by | Jun 1, 2010 7:24 am | Comments (12)
Steve Paul was passing between classrooms when he got a text message from a teacher: “Chantel has a hole in her pants and we’re not sure what to do.”
by | May 26, 2010 7:21 am | Comments (38)
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Staying open all summer. College prep for 3‑year-olds. Sound ambitious? Those are two of the first ideas on tap as New Haven starts reinventing its schools.
Continue reading ‘There’ll Be More School & Early College Dreams’
by | May 13, 2010 10:38 am | Comments (49)
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Schools COO Will Clark.
New Haven’s Head Start Program has misallocated $510,000, failed to provide health screenings for all children, and violated federal law in 16 different ways.
So concludes an investigation by the federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF).
by | May 11, 2010 11:29 am | Comments (4)
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A new evaluation plan for New Haven’s public school principals will take student performance into account. That may mean high marks for principals like Iline Tracey, who boosted flagging test scores at King/Robinson Magnet School.