Norwalk, meet your Board of Education candidates
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk voters are selecting in-district Board of Education members on Nov. 5. Two races are already... (Read more)
10 / 21 / 2019
Education archive
Showing 10/21/2019 to 8/6/2019
no imageNorwalk BoE made right decision on high school start time
The Norwalk Board of Education recently voted to change the high school start time to 8:30 at the recommendations... (Read more)
10 / 20 / 2019
Lyons closes eight years on Norwalk Board of Education
NORWALK, Conn. — There’s no role in government more thankless than being on the Board of Education, Mike Lyons... (Read more)
10 / 18 / 2019
Norwalk political notes: Rilling, Barbis, answer critics
Updated, 1:37 p.m.: More information. NORWALK, Conn. – Some Norwalk political notes for you: Rilling: ‘I saw the press... (Read more)
10 / 17 / 2019
Norwalk BoE greenlights plan to help teens sleep more
NORWALK, Conn. – The plan to push back Norwalk public high school start times by an hour was approved... (Read more)
10 / 16 / 2019
Adamowski: NPS needs $1.2M to deal with immigrant influx
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Public Schools needs an additional $1.2 million this year to cover the expense of unexpected... (Read more)
10 / 11 / 2019
no imageNorwalkers slam plan to delay high school start times
Correction, 4:20 p.m.: Mike Barbis made no definitive statements in support of the plan to change high school start... (Read more)
10 / 9 / 2019
District A BoE candidates express their views to Norwalk SpEd parents
NORWALK, Conn. – Godfrey Azima says he’s learned that he’d rather be part of the solution than be one... (Read more)
10 / 4 / 2019
NPS looks to upgrade its student counseling services
NORWALK, Conn. — Efforts to “rachet up” Norwalk Public Schools’ student counseling services to reflect national best practices have... (Read more)
10 / 3 / 2019
Norwalk BoE women, no BoE men, expected at NAACP banquet
NORWALK, Conn. – The annual NAACP Freedom Fund banquet, which last year reflected a deep rift between the Board... (Read more)
10 / 2 / 2019
District C BoE candidates opine to Norwalk SpEd parents
NORWALK, Conn. – This year’s Norwalk Board of Education candidates have expressed their views in front of an audience... (Read more)
10 / 1 / 2019
District D BoE candidates opine to Norwalk SpEd parents
Updated, 11:30 p.m.: Additional video. NORWALK, Conn. – This year’s Norwalk Board of Education candidates have expressed their views... (Read more)
9 / 30 / 2019
no imageNumbers tell tale of expected ‘retooling’
Updated, 3:54 p.m.: PDF added. NORWALK, Conn. — In calculating the cost of educating the unprecedented numbers of immigrant... (Read more)
9 / 23 / 2019
NPS sees ‘fairly large influx’ of immigrant students
NORWALK, Conn. – A large influx of immigrant children is bumping up the already burgeoning English Language Learner population... (Read more)
9 / 19 / 2019
Norwalk political roundup: Dollars and sense
NORWALK, Conn. — Some Norwalk political information: Rainy Day Fund untouched, Norwalk has 2018-19 budget surplus Clarifications on the... (Read more)
9 / 16 / 2019
no imageNPS ‘wage theft’ lawsuit moves to federal court
NORWALK, Conn. – The lawsuit accusing Norwalk Public Schools of wage theft has been revised, expanded and shifted to... (Read more)
9 / 13 / 2019
Small gains on state test, but troubling achievement gap persists
A slightly greater percentage of Connecticut students performed at grade level on this year’s state standardized test, with the... (Read more)
9 / 11 / 2019
no imageNorwalk roundup: NPS lawsuit; a hunting ban opinion; shocking arrests…
NORWALK, Conn. – Here’s a roundup of Norwalk newsy items: Lawsuit against NPS withdrawn – but ‘far from over,’... (Read more)
9 / 10 / 2019
2018-19 SBAC test results released
State test results for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium were released Monday, according to the CTMirror.org. Above is the... (Read more)
9 / 10 / 2019
Barbis publicizes NFT ‘arbitration’ document
NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk Board of Education Chairman Mike Barbis took a break early Thursday from a lengthy contract... (Read more)
9 / 6 / 2019
NPS develops plan to let teens sleep longer in 2020-21
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk’s high school students would be going to school in 2020-21 a full hour later than... (Read more)
9 / 4 / 2019
Norwalk political notes: NPS calendar draws outrage, Dias lawsuit works toward trial date, Lavielle scores 100
NORWALK, Conn. – Some Norwalk political notes for you: NPS calendar shift inspires dueling petitions The ‘other’ POKO lawsuit... (Read more)
9 / 3 / 2019
no imageOpinion: We need trauma-informed preschool practices
Alysse Loomis, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical social worker from Cromwell. This op-ed was originally published on CTMirror.org. Many... (Read more)
8 / 25 / 2019
no imageNorwalk education notes: A bonus, racial balancing stats and thoughts of school additions
Updated, 3:35 p.m.: PDF added. NORWALK, Conn. — Some Norwalk education items for you: Adamowski gets a bonus after... (Read more)
8 / 22 / 2019
Norwalk BoE breaks with tradition, gives March school break ‘a try’ in 2021
NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk Public Schools is “experimenting” by moving to a March spring break in 2020-21, instead of... (Read more)
8 / 21 / 2019
no imageNorwalk BoE looks to move Kendall plan forward
Updated, 4 p.m.: PDF added; 3:34 p.m.: Clarification as to meaning of vote. NORWALK, Conn. – The proposal to... (Read more)
8 / 20 / 2019
no imageNorwalk BoE ponders enrollment projections
Updated, 10:33 p.m.: More information. NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk’s shifting demographics might soon negate the need for a magnet... (Read more)
8 / 19 / 2019
South Norwalk Library celebrates Mayor’s Summer Youth students
Correction, 7:40 p.m.: Kamil Bryan will be a high school senior. NORWALK, Conn. – Each year the Mayor’s Summer Youth... (Read more)
8 / 18 / 2019
Reading the tea leaves on accreditors’ views of plan to merge community colleges
A letter issued last month by accreditors about the merger the state’s 12 community college into a single statewide... (Read more)
8 / 10 / 2019
NPS SAT ‘small gains’ touted as being against CT trend
Updated, 8:30 p.m.: Headline changed. NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Public Schools is one of the few districts in the... (Read more)
8 / 6 / 2019