Neither the state Senate nor House of Representatives voted Wednesday on a sweeping agreement to settle the Sheff vs. O’Neill school desegregation case, effectively rendering the agreement approved despite serious concerns again raised by lawmakers on the Senate floor.
Hartford students who attend Open Choice schools in surrounding towns tend to demonstrate higher proficiency on standardized tests than Hartford students who attend neighborhood schools, but grow at comparable rates, according to state data obtained by The Courant.
Connecticut school districts hired more than 1,900 new educators of color between 2017 and 2021, finally meeting the state’s goal of raising the statewide percentage of educators of color to 10%, from 8.3% in 2015. It’s a modest improvement, but teacher diversity still lags behind students an urgent dilemma, given the well-documented benefits a diverse teaching staff presents to students.
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