Category: Education
25
Aug
Sprucing Up Burns with a Little Help from the Neighbors
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The house cleaning that happened at the Burns School last spring was more than metaphorical. Besides the change in leadership, there have been renewed efforts...
30
Jul
Milner Applies to Commissioner’s Network; Questions Remain
by Kerri Ana Provost
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As much of Milner’s future remains unclear, the Hartford Public Schools’ has begun to acknowledge some of the ways in which the school will change...
20
Jul
Great Gains! 50% of Third Graders in Hartford Still Not Proficient in Reading
by Kerri Ana Provost
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After politicians and lobbyists spent the spring building the case that teachers were failing to do more than seek protection from unions, there was much...
19
Jul
Fussing Over Test Scores
by Kerri Ana Provost
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By reading messages sent to the press by the Hartford Public Schools, you would think that standardized testing had some kind of positive, meaningful impact...
11
Jul
Hartford Public Schools Chosen to Receive Help with FAFSA
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Hartford Public School district has been the only one from Connecticut selected by the U.S. Department of Education to receive assistance with FAFSA. This...
24
Jun
This Happened: Judy Blume at Lincoln Theater
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Judy Blume’s visit to Hartford was a big deal– not for tourism or economic growth, or even as much for the Mark Twain House &...
20
Jun
Dissecting Turnaround
by Kerri Ana Provost
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On the heels of a press release about why the news media must not conflate CREC schools with Hartford Public Schools, the latter sent communication...
13
Jun
Book Review: Better Together: Restoring the American community
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Books about urban development and growing community are often written in jargon, making the content inaccessible to the general public. That choice in language says...
05
Jun
New Principal Selected for Burns
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The children at the Burns Latino Studies Academy have experienced a lot of change this past school year. One more is headed their way, but...
29
May
Connecticut Receives NCLB Waiver: Relief or fuss?
by Kerri Ana Provost
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This afternoon Governor Malloy and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that Connecticut will receive a waiver exempting Connecticut from fulfilling some of the...