EDUCATION AND YOUTH
MIA CORTÉS CASTRO & MAE CHEW
Alders approve state funding for youth programming

The $360,000 in state funding will allow the Youth and Recreation Department to advance their goal of reducing youth violence across New Haven.

October 6, 2023

BROOKLYN BRAUNER
Local high school’s BioScience Club introduces students to careers in science

Career High School teacher Huan Ngo runs the 20 person club alongside Yale Professor Jun Lu in a collaboration with the Yale Stem Cell Center and the Yale Department of Genetics.

October 6, 2023

GRYFFIN WILKENS-PLUMLEY
New Haven Public School administrators discuss district priorities as federal funding end nears

City alders on the Education Committee met with New Haven Public School leaders to review how the district plans to spend a remaining $42.9 million in federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding.

October 2, 2023

ARIELA LOPEZ
Activists press Board of Education on climate resolution progress

Student advocates from the New Haven Climate Movement urged the Board of Education to follow through on a 2022 climate emergency resolution on the anniversary of its passing.

September 29, 2023

BROOKLYN BRAUNER & NICOLE MANNING
Students for Educational Justice pushes to redefine representation in New Haven Public Schools

The youth-led organization, which was launched in 2017, is continuing to push for racial and educational justice by creating spaces for open discussion.

September 19, 2023

ARIELA LOPEZ
New Haven Superintendent Negrón leads first Board of Education meeting of the school year

The city’s Board of Education discussed the district’s extreme heat protocols, career pathway programs and suspended before- and after-school programs during the 90-minute meeting.

September 14, 2023

YURII STASIUK
Elm City Montessori School unveils murals celebrating LGTBQ+ identity

Students at New Haven’s Elm City Montessori School can now look up to the faces of six LGBTQ+ activists, writers and trailblazing historical figures, who […]

May 31, 2023

BROOKLYN BRAUNER
New Haven high school students tour Alexion Pharmaceuticals

To shift the standard attitude towards science education, tenth-grade teacher Huân M. Ngô introduced his students to the bioscience industries of New Haven.

April 20, 2023

YASH ROY & NATI TESFAYE
Negrón leaked as NHPS superintendent pick ahead of Wednesday confirmation vote

Board of Education member Darnell Goldson released the name of the Superintendent two days before other members of the board planned to publicly announce the appointment.

April 18, 2023

MAGGIE GRETHER
New Haven Public Schools expect increase in student homelessness

With the Connecticut Department of Education predicting a 25 percent rise in student homelessness across the state, NHPS officials point to rising evictions and lack of affordable housing as causes.

March 9, 2023

BROOKLYN BRAUNER
New Haveners rally on the Green for early childcare funding

The New Haven community mobilized for a rally on Wednesday morning to protest Governor Ned Lamont’s budget regarding early childhood education and care.

March 9, 2023