EDUCATION AND YOUTH
Amidst staffing shortages, NHPS launches virtual after-school tutoring program for quarantined students

As Connecticut schools continue to adapt to the pandemic and associated teaching shortages, New Haven Public Schools has been trialing new virtual learning formats for […]

NHPS, Connecticut set the groundwork for ethnic studies

In the midst of a nationwide debate regarding how teachers are permitted to teach about race in K-12 schools, Connecticut has become the first state […]

Yale SACNAS chapter hosts outreach event for NHPS students

The event featured two graduate students who shared their journeys coming to Yale.

Teacher writes on blackboard.
Local teacher on activist slate announces run for teachers union president against longtime incumbent

A social studies teacher challenges the current teachers union president on a platform of increasing teacher and community engagement.

Vaccine campaigns target communities of color, youth

A new city campaign aims to promote vaccination rates through bilingual video and photo ads. Meanwhile, community leaders indicate a need for continued focus on vaccinating people of color.

A healthcare worker draws a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Yalies develop app that innovates public safety, 911 services

Former Yale student Michael Chime, along with co-founders Neal Soni ’24 and Dylan Gleicher ’23, has launched an app that aims to change how schools and 911 centers across the country address emergencies.

Chime and Soni smile for the camera
‘A new American birthright’: Baby Bonds bill sees support from Elicker, state officials

Introduced by the state treasurer, the legislation would set up $5,000 savings accounts for Connecticut children enrolled in HUSKY that unfreeze when they turn 18.

The CT State Capitol in the sunlight
BOE discusses 2020-21 magnet school lottery results, non-magnet school reputations

The Board discussed how to improve NHPS’s school choice lottery program and change negative perceptions of non-magnet schools.

A screenshot from the presentation at the BOE meeting.
Looking for a summer youth program in New Haven? Here are some options

More than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, local nonprofits, New Haven Public Schools and the city’s Youth and Recreation Department have made tentative […]

BOE passes recommendation to keep school resource officers, invest in psychologists, social workers

After nearly a year-long debate over the fate of school resource officers, or SROs, in New Haven Public Schools, the Board of Education has accepted […]

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