Category: Education
24
Feb
Deciphering the Education Reform Debate: Part Two
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Earlier in the week, Real Hartford posted key pieces of testimony from teachers, parents, policy wonks, and concerned residents who had spoken out on Governor’s...
22
Feb
Deciphering the Education Reform Debate
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It’s been reported that when the USA PATRIOT Act was originally introduced, nobody in the U.S. Senate read the bill before signing it. Right now...
21
Feb
Kids Talk Back
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Youth –whose voices are frequently undervalued by adults –are speaking out on bullying. Two teens — Council Brandon and Peython Echelson-Russell — from Hartford and...
19
Feb
Student Transiency and Concentration of Poverty Tied to Academic Success
by Kerri Ana Provost
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“We have a bad way of looking at things, that what gets tested is what gets taught,” Gary Highsmith, said at an education forum on...
15
Feb
HPS Apologizes
by Kerri Ana Provost
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A message from David Medina, Director of External Communications for Hartford Public Schools, was just released regarding the barring of media from Monday evening’s meeting...
13
Feb
Hartford Schools Banning Media from Public Meetings
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Last week before Superintendent Kishimoto, Principal Sullivan, and the parents and community at Burns Latino Studies Academy had a meeting about the personnel changes, some...
13
Feb
Creative Spring at University of Hartford
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Gregory Brothers, creators of the Auto-Tune the News series, will be at Wilde Auditorium on the University of Hartford campus on March 13th as...
09
Feb
Third Degree Burns
by Kerri Ana Provost
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When you walk into Burns Latino Studies Academy, you cannot miss the large wall covered with the school’s CMT scores. On the left side of...
06
Feb
Classical Magnet Principals Transferred
by Kerri Ana Provost
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In a message to the Classical Magnet School community, Principal Timothy Sullivan explained how he hopes to be supported as he and Elaine Papas, the...
In Hartford, Officials to Promote Education Bill