Sara Tabin
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Report notes rise in bullying in election year

A report from the Southern Poverty Law Center, a national nonprofit legal advocacy and civil rights organization, found that teachers have noticed an increase in bullying of minority students as a result of this year’s presidential election.

Blumenthal hopes for second term

Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73, D-Conn., is up for re-election for the first time, running against three-time State Rep. Dan Carter (R-2nd) in the Connecticut Senate election.

Mrinal Kumar
Day of the Dead festivities take to the streets

Colorful skeleton puppets towered over the streets as trumpets blared, leading approximately 200 New Haven residents and Yale students through the streets in a march for Saturday’s celebration of Día de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead.

Four New Haven schools receive magnet school grant

Four New Haven schools will receive $11.7 million in federal grant money over the next three years, thus designating the K-8 schools as magnet schools.

School named for interim superintendent

Parents, teachers and public officials gathered at the Dr. Reginald Mayo Early Learning School on Sunday afternoon for the newly built school’s dedication ceremony.

200 gather in coalition protest against Calhoun

Nearly 200 Connecticut residents and Yale affiliates spoke out against the name of Calhoun College Friday afternoon.

Student panel discusses refugees

Four students spoke Wednesday evening on a panel on refugee resettlement in the Elm City and abroad. At the event Refugee Journey: Travel, Arrival and Integration, co-hosted by Yale United Nations Children’s Fund and the Yale Refugee Project, roughly 40 students and community members viewed short films before hearing the panelists discuss their experiences in William L. Harkness Hall.

Local high school debuts mock courtroom

High School in the Community celebrated on Wednesday the opening of its new mock courtroom, complete with a jury box and judge’s stand.

Sara Tabin
Poll shows support for education ruling

Nearly two-thirds of Connecticut residents support a September ruling by the Connecticut Supreme Court that mandates reforms to educational inequality in the state, according to recent data from the research firm Benenson Strategy Group.

Mayo returns as new NHPS interim superintendent

Reginald Mayo will return to New Haven Public Schools as its interim superintendent following Garth Harries’ ’95 resignation last month, Mayor Toni Harp announced at a Monday night Board of Education meeting. Mayo, who was named NHPS superintendent in 1992, retired from his position in 2013 after a 46-year career in the school district.

New Haven Reads prepares for fundraiser

Elm City residents and Yale affiliates will compete at a spelling bee to raise money for New Haven Reads, a nonprofit that aims to improve […]