According to the Connecticut Law Tribune, the Connecticut Education Association is urging lawmakers to pass a bill that will allow teachers to decide on their own whether or not to break up student fights.
Continue reading...ABCNews.com reports that a U.S. District Court judge in Connecticut has again ruled that competitive cheerleading, despite some upgrades, is not a sport, and says Quinnipiac University must remain under an injunction that requires the school to keep its women’s volleyball team.
Continue reading...The Associated Press reports on Newser.com that officials in a Connecticut school district have backed down in a fight over free speech rights, when it decided to permit a student to wear a T-shirt bearing an anti-gay message.
Continue reading...The Fairfield Daily Voice reports that the Fairfield Board of Education has approved a new policy for student Internet use.
Continue reading...Francisco M. Negrón Jr., the National School Boards Association’s General Counsel praised the response of school officials in the Newtown, Conn., school shootings last month and gives advice for other school districts in a commentary for Education Week.
Continue reading...NPR’s “All Things Considered” discussion of the Connecticut school shooting looked at the state of security in schools and the call by some school officials for armed police officers on campus.
Continue reading...The Hartford Courant reports that the Enfield School Board, in a 6-3 vote, agreed to a settlement of a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union over ESB’s practice of holding high school graduation ceremonies in a church.
Continue reading...The Hartford Courant reports that the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut has urged the Manchester school board to reject a proposed policy that would regulate professional and personal use of social media sites.
Continue reading...According to the Hartford Courant, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that the state violated the law when it disbanded the city of Bridgeport’s elected board of education last summer and replaced it with an appointed board.
Continue reading...The Associated Press (AP) reports in the Boston Globe that Connecticut public education officials have decided to seek a waiver from parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law (NCLB), saying they need more flexibility to focus on improving student achievement and instruction.
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