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April 29, 2021
The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) is excited to announce the launch of TEACH Connecticut s new The Future Depends on Teachers PSA campaign in advance of Teacher Appreciation Week. The campaign celebrates the profession s integral role in the nation s recovery and its lasting legacy on shaping future generations, and aims to inspire talented, diverse candidates to become educators.
TEACH Connecticut, in partnership with CSDE, is the first statewide support initiative of its kind in the nation and serves as a one-stop shop for free, valuable tools and resources to help anyone who is considering becoming a teacher. There is a wide range of evidence to support the benefits of a diverse teacher workforce, including its positive impact on strengthening schools and resulting in better outcomes for students of all races/ethnicities, such as reduced dropout rates, improved college admissions, and achievement gains.
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Even as the coronavirus pandemic eased and more schools returned to full-time in-person learning, many families kept their children home and took advantage of the remote learning opportunities. (Shutterstock)
CONNECTICUT New guidance from the Connecticut State Department of Education releases schools from the obligation of providing remote learning opportunities for students after the end of the current school year.
The new guidance stresses the importance of the educational opportunity, social-emotional learning, access, and equity support the return to in-person learning, but also leaves the door open for a change pending the outcomes of the 2021 legislative session.
School districts had been mandated to provide all students voluntary daily access to remote learning at the unilateral request of the student/family during the 2020-21 school year, according CSDE guidance issued in July. Even as the coronavirus pandemic eased and more schools returned to full-ti
As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues.
Erica Moser
As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues.
East Lyme The Board of Finance after lengthy deliberations approved a proposed $77.99 million budget that officials hope will put the town in a good position as it slowly emerges from the coronavirus pandemic.
If the spending plan makes it intact through a public hearing on Monday and a budget referendum in May, there will be one new police officer and numerous new teachers to help the town face the realities of the 2021-22 fiscal year.
The proposal designates $52.21 million for education, $19.38 million for general government, $5.72 million for debt service and $683,113 for capital. It represents a total increase of 2.37% over the current budget.