Connecticut Schools

Former Bridgeport Superintendent Carmela Levy-Davis is no longer with the district. On Wednesday night, the city’s Board of Education approved a separation agreement with the former administrator.

Earlier this year, Sacred Heart University’s Farrington College of Education & Human Development and Stamford Public Schools launched an initiative that turns paraprofessionals and long-term substitutes already in the Stamford school system into special education teachers.

Earlier this year, CCM launched the 119K Commission, a group looking to support the tens of thousands of young people in Connecticut who are disconnected from education and the workforce. The commission hopes its recommendations will be considered this legislative session.

The Bridgeport School District is exploring ways to address a $38 million budget shortfall, partly caused by the expiration of COVID-19 funding from state and federal sources.

The Bridgeport Board of Education has appointed an acting superintendent in Carmela Levy-David’s absence, who has been on personal leave since the beginning of November.

A survey conducted by the Bridgeport Education Association revealed extremely low confidence in the city superintendent Carmela Levy-David. One respondent claimed Levy-David “refers to the students as failures and blames the teachers.”

New Haven Public Schools will implement a new district-wide policy prohibiting the use of cell phones and other devices during the school day.

Mayor Justin Elicker wants the city’s Board of Alders to spend $3 million of the $16.4 million rainy day fund on the school district. He also called on Gov. Ned Lamont to loosen the fiscal guardrails and direct more funding to education.

The young woman’s inability to read or write, her attorney said, may be one of the 'most shocking cases' of educational neglect she's seen.

More than 150 Bridgeport parents and educators complained about the district’s response to school shooting threats at a Board of Education meeting on Monday night.