Shortly after Paul Vallas took over as school chief in January he announced a plan to build relationships between area colleges and universities to assist
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One Week Left Until The BOE Special Election–Absentee Ballots Lurking
One week from Tuesday city voters will fill four Board of Education seats in a special election ordered by the Connecticut Supreme Court after it
Read moreDueling Letters: Kelleher Highlights Progress In Schools–Pereira And Baraka Respond
Maria Pereira and Sauda Baraka, the two Working Families Party members on the elected Board of Education take issue with an essay written by Jacqueline
Read moreHow Will You Vote On The Question? North End Forum Focuses On Charter Revision
The charter revision ballot question for November is a hot topic both in the way the question is presented to voters as well as what it
Read moreCharter Revision Leaders Take Issue With CT Post’s ‘Accusations’
Cathleen Simpson and George Estrada, chair and co-chair respectively of the Charter Revision Commission created by Mayor Bill Finch and the City Council, assert in
Read moreSchool Board Candidates, Minus Two, Share Education Positions
From Linda Conner Lambeck, CT Post: Seven of nine candidates vying for four open seats on a reconstituted city school board fielded questions about testing,
Read moreVallas Corrects Record On Special Ed
From the office of Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas: It was recently brought to our attention that there is a budget document that has been
Read moreShanee Brown, Product Of City Schools: Transforming A Painful Experience To Support Students
Shanee Brown, a community organizing intern for the education advocacy group Excel Bridgeport www.excelbridgeport.org graduated this spring from Dartmouth College. A product of Bridgeport public
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