PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer ordered her agencies to stop using the term “Common Core’’ when referring to new education standards, in response to hostility from critics over what they see as a federal ...

CT UAV has collaborated with SGS - Switzerland - the world’s leading organization in testing, inspection, and certification - to implement the AS9100D and ISO 9001 quality management standards across ...

GREENWICH —For Riverside School’s four kindergarten teachers, working with the age group is an uplifting experience. “You feel that they want to be here, even though some of them are crying and some ...

An estimated 2,150 people showed up to the Legislative Office Building in Hartford during an informational session about homeschooling. SHAHRZAD RASEKH / CT MIRROR Thousands of people, including ...

Radiation is everywhere—in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the walls of our homes and offices, emanating from microwaves, at the dentist, and at the doctor if we break a bone. And we’re told, ...

Connecticut lawmakers are advocating for legislation that would help to improve air quality in public schools. State Rep. Jennifer Leeper (D-Fairfield) is part of the Connecticut Working Group on ...

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Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most ...

Principal Christine Laferrierre, left, and Paraprofessional Shirley Anderson talk in a kindergarten classroom at Casimir Pulaski Elementary in Meriden in 2021. YEHYUN KIM / CTMIRROR.ORG Beginning in ...

Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, Connecticut will require that all children enrolling in kindergarten turn 5 years old by Sept. 1. Lawmakers approved the kindergarten age change during the 2023 ...

Principal Christine Laferrierre, left, and Paraprofessional Shirley Anderson talk in a kindergarten classroom at Casimir Pulaski Elementary in Meriden in 2021. Credit: Yehyun Kim / ctmirror.org This ...

Beginning next fall, Connecticut will join the majority of other states in requiring children to be 5 years old before enrolling in kindergarten in September 2024. But while there’s strong support for ...