In this wildly transformative year, Board of Education member Joe Sokolovic provides insight into the issues and information he is weighing as his peers prepare
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Category: Education
School Board Weighs Delaying Classroom Reopening For Remote Learning
Connecticut’s largest teachers’ union wants a two-week delay to the start of the school season to expand remote learning. Now the Bridgeport Board of Education
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Connecticut’s Largest Teachers’ Union Calls For Delayed School Openings, Expanded Remote Learning
From Connecticut Education Association: Based on critical new medical reports and scientific findings regarding the spread of COVID-19, particularly as to school-age children, the Connecticut
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Education Chief Testani: Schools Preparing For Reopening
Superintendent of Schools Michael Testani writes, in a commentary that also appears in the Connecticut Post, “the Welcome Back Bridgeport Plan is proof positive that
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What Teachers Want To Reopen Schools
From Connecticut Education Association While Connecticut educators want schools to reopen, they want to reopen safely. — They strongly oppose reopening at full capacity where it would undermine
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“In This Abnormal Year” It’s Time To Step Up For City Students
Bridgeport resident Tressa Pankovits is associate director of Reinventing America’s Schools project at Progressive Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. She writes in this commentary that
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Parents Encouraged To Provide Survey Input In Advance Of School Year
Superintendent of Schools Mike Testani is urging parents/guardians to fill out a survey as a resource in anticipation of the fall reopening. 0
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Faith Group Demands City And State Leaders “End System That Fails Black And Brown Children.”
News release from FaithActs for Education: FaithActs for Education, joined by other social justice advocates, this week released its “People’s Plan for Education,” a direct,
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