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Amid Test Prep, Time Found For Art

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 13, 2012 8:44 am | Comments (2)

Arts leaders who fear that testing is squeezing out creative learning may find some hope in an after-school program in the Hill—and the reaction of one 4th-grader who refused to leave the classroom.

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“Future Leaders” Groomed For Principal Jobs

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 10, 2012 12:02 pm

Melissa Bailey Photo As it looks to fill up to six vacancies for principals next fall, New Haven is turning to a new “pipeline” of homegrown leaders like Tara Cass and Jamie Baker.

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Turnaround Deadline Passes

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 6, 2012 10:14 am | Comments (2)

Melissa Bailey Photo As a notification deadline passed, New Haven’s teachers union president professed relief that the city would apparently create no new “turnaround” schools next year.

Not so fast, the mayor said: The deadline won’t stop him from continuing a key component of school reform.

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Turnaround 101 Draws From Ivy Halls

by Melissa Bailey | Mar 29, 2012 11:01 am | Comments (11)

Melissa Bailey Photo As it tries to concoct a recipe for turning around a low-performing school, Wexler/Grant has a secret ingredient: tutors like Esther Hyun from Yale. Lots of them.

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9,333 Compete For 2,677 Magnet Seats

by Melissa Bailey | Mar 28, 2012 7:49 am | Comments (29)

Melissa Bailey Photo Some parents cried for joy. Others shed tears of sorrow as they crammed a hearing room for the most competitive lottery in the history of New Haven magnet schools.

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Boost! Expands To 5 More Schools

by Melissa Bailey | Mar 27, 2012 12:21 pm | Comments (1)

More kids like Emily Colon and Zaneta Langley may be taking up boxing, as the school district announced early results of its Boost! program—and plans for expansion next year.

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This Time, Teachers Don’t Boo Malloy

by Melissa Bailey | Mar 23, 2012 8:06 am | Comments (16)

Melissa Bailey Photo Returning to New Haven to pitch school reform, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy extended and received an olive branch from a teachers union—though neither side budged on core disagreements coming to a head in Hartford.

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Teachers Boo Malloy

by Melissa Bailey | Mar 14, 2012 7:56 am | Comments (40)

Angry teachers drowned out both the governor and charter proponents Tuesday night at Wilbur Cross High School, where they gathered to blast proposed state education reform plans.

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On Eve Of Malloy Visit, 2 Takes On Reforms

by Melissa Bailey | Mar 13, 2012 12:13 pm | Comments (9)

Melissa Bailey Photo He sees an attack on tenure. She sees the potential for money to support New Haven reforms.

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State, City At Odds On Parent Plan

by Melissa Bailey | Mar 7, 2012 4:24 pm | Comments (5)

Melissa Bailey Photo In a dispute that will determine whether New Haven must overhaul the way it engages parents, Superintendent Reggie Mayo said he was “shocked” to find out that the state has rejected the district’s attempt to opt out of a new law requiring new parent-teacher school governance groups.

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