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With Connecticut students falling behind learning to read during COVID-19, proposed Right to Read Act seeks to help Amanda Blanco, Hartford Courant With growing concerns about Connecticut’s achievement and opportunity gaps widening throughout the coronavirus pandemic, some educators and state lawmakers are pushing forward a bill that would help regulate how students learn to read. Popular Searches “The pandemic has had this impact on all of our students, especially our students that are Black and brown,” said Middletown Superintendent of Schools Michael Conner. “We hav...

Back to school 2.0: Middletown students full of smiles, giggles as full in-person classes resume FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Students at Van Buren Moody Elementary School in Middletown returned to their classrooms Monday morning on the first day of four-day-a-week in-person learning. Most children district wide have been operating on a remote / hybrid model of learning for a full year. Here, Principal Jen Cannata, rear, celebrates with Kids Korner students ahead of bus drop-off.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Van Buren Moody Elementary School is located at 300 Co...

Middletown school district innovating its food service offerings Press Staff FacebookTwitterEmail The Middletown Board of Education is located at 300 Hunting Hill Ave.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut Media MIDDLETOWN — The impact of nutrition and food access on the well-being of Middletown students is an important part of the broader strategic planning and efforts by the school district. With this “tremendous” impact in mind, Middletown Public Schools has embarked on its most significant effort to explore innovative new ways to make all aspects of food service programming, daily meal ...

1:05 Hybrid learning is better at preparing Connecticut students to move on to the next grade than remote learning — that’s according to a report from a nonprofit on education during the COVID-19 pandemic. About two thirds of Connecticut students have used hybrid learning, which includes some in-person class time. About three quarters of hybrid students were passing enough classes to move on — while just over half of students who learn entirely remotely were ready to advance to the next grade. White students and male students were most likely to use hybrid learning; students of color, f...

If conditions are favorable, Middletown school board to reexamine sending older students back FacebookTwitterEmail Middletown Public Schools students and educators have been working in hybrid mode since the start of the academic year in September. Here, second-grade student works behind a protection shield at a socially distanced desk at Wesley Elementary School.Contributed photo / Allison Shelley for ‘American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action’ MIDDLETOWN — Board of Education officials are reassuring parents advocating for a full return to in-person classes for all s...