Press Releases

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• 10/10/2018 Hartford's Marisol Rodriguez Named Connecticut's 2019 Anne Marie Murphy Paraeducator of the Year

• 12/11/2017 CSDE Public Announcement on the Child and Adult Care Food Program - CACFP

• 1/23/2018 Regional School Choice Fair Saturday, January 27

  Bring the family to the last regional school choice event of the 2018-19 lottery application season on Saturday, January 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Conard High School, 110 Beechwood Road, West Hartford, CT 06107.

• 6/12/2018 Red, White and Blue Schools Program Recognizes 17 Connecticut Schools

  Secretary of the State Denise Merrill and Education Commissioner Dianna R. Wentzell today recognized 17 schools, including three school districts, for their implementation of the Red, White and Blue Schools program. This initiative stresses the importance of teaching civics throughout students’ educations in varied and innovative ways in order to encourage whole-life community engagement. This school year is the program’s second year with the 2017-18 theme centered on “Engagement at the Local Level”. The Red, White and Blue Schools’ theme for the 2018-2019 school year - “Exploring Our Local Historical Roots” – was also announced.

• 4/12/2019 Board of Regents Adopts Uniform Advanced Placement Policy

• 1/10/2020 Attorney General Tong, Governor Lamont Announce Breakthrough Sheff v. O'Neill Settlement

• 1/30/2018 Jeffrey Wihbey Appointed as New Superintendent of CT Technical Education and Career System

  Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) Commissioner Dianna Wentzell today announced her appointment of Jeffrey S. Wihbey to serve as the Superintendent of the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS)

• 5/23/2018 Connecticut State Board of Education Votes to Initiate Revocation Process for Path Academy Charter 

• 6/7/2018 Gov. Malloy: Education Week Ranks Connecticut Fourth In Nation On Annual Report Card

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and State Education Commissioner Dianna R. Wentzell today announced that Connecticut has been ranked fourth among the 50 states and the District of Columbia on Education Week’s annual edition of its Quality Counts 2018: School Finance Report & Rankings. Connecticut received an overall score of 87.8 out of 100 points and a grade of B+ while the nation as a whole received a grade of C.

• 9/6/2018 CSDE: Statewide Improvements In Student Achievement On 2017-18 Smarter Balanced Assessment

• 7/3/2018 Path Academy Voluntarily Surrenders Charter Before Conclusion of State Board of Education Revocation Process

• 5/21/2018 CT State Department of Education to Hold Meeting Tomorrow for Path Academy Families Ahead of Consideration of Charter Revocation Process

  Connecticut State Department of Education (SDE) Commissioner Dianna Wentzell and other SDE officials will hold a meeting tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, May 22) for the students, parents and guardians of Path Academy to provide additional information and answer questions on the potential revocation of the charter school’s operators’ license.

• 10/16/2018 Governor Malloy Announces Bridgeport Educator Named 2019 Connecticut Teacher of the Year

• 1/3/2019 Connecticut State Department of Education Public Announcement On The Child and Adult Care Food Program  (CACFP)

• 10/30/2019 Connecticut Students Show Strong Performance on 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)