While some see the Department of Education as vital to ensure education access and quality, others say it’s a bureaucracy that must be abolished.

A new program that pays Torrington teachers bonuses if they don't use personal or sick days has already used up its $126,000 annual budget in two quarters.

A lawyer for the state Department of Education has confirmed that an admissions process at Connecticut’s career and technical education system, which denied admission to nearly 160 students in the 2024-25 school year, was a “clear violation of federal and state law.”

Teachers and education advocates gathered in Hartford for the Champions for Public Education Day of Action on March 4.

The Connecticut Education Association was one of several teachers’ unions—along with the American Federation of Teachers—pushing back against expectations that the Trump administration would downsize or dismantle the Department of Education,

The Senate confirmed Connecticut's Linda McMahon to lead the Department of Education.