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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – School superintendents in Fairfield County are praising education reform proposed by Gov. Dannel Malloy to streamline the hiring of teachers even as his plan earned low marks from teacher unions across the state.

“Making the teacher certification process less burdensome is crucial to hiring teachers and administrators from out of state and is a very worthy goal,” said Fairfield Superintendent of Schools David Title. “Currently, there are far too many testing requirements that out-of state teacher candidates have to meet. It’s very ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Wiigs of Southport were the first family to line up to buy a ticket to this year's Fairfield Prep Tuition Raffle. They were also the winner of last year's raffle, taking home $25,000 to use toward their sons’ education. 

Tickets for Fairfield Prep’s Annual Tuition Raffle are now available through the school’s development office. The winner's $25,000 tuition voucher can be used at any K-12 school, college or university in the U.S. All proceeds from the raffle go to Fairfield Prep’s Scholarship and Student Enrichment programs.

Tickets are $100 ...

HARTFORD, Conn. – Student achievement will play a dramatically larger role in evaluating teachers across Connecticut under new guidelines approved by a panel that represents teachers, school administrators and public school boards.

The state’s 10-member Performance Evaluation Advisory Council agreed this week on a new teacher evaluation process after two years of contentious meetings over how much emphasis should be placed on student performance. 

“Connecticut has taken a major step toward a meaningful teacher evaluation system. This is a milestone in what I expect ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Superintendent of Schools David Title got his wish Tuesday night, at least as far as the Board of Education was concerned. The school board approved his proposed 2012-13 budget without any changes.

Fairfield’s schools will ask the rest of the town’s governing bodies for nearly $149.5 million for next year. That amount is a 2.6 percent increase, or nearly $3.8 million more, over what was received in 2011-12.

“This budget has some improvements in it, has some initiatives in it and at the same time I think is very fiscally responsible,” Title said in his ...

HARTFORD, Conn. – Insisting that “bold education reform” must be Connecticut’s top priority in 2012, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has directed Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor to work with the General Assembly to come up with sweeping changes for the legislative session that convenes Feb. 8. The governor has outlined six areas that need improvement. 

Criticized last year by education advocates for ignoring pleas to fix what they say is a failing system, Malloy conceded that during his first year in office he was forced to focus on balancing the budget and union ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Superintendent David Title wants to bring in new teachers to the Fairfield Public Schools to deal with still-increasing enrollment and to expand the townwide math curriculum he brought to the elementary schools this year.

The new teachers, plus higher salaries for existing faculty and administrators, account for the biggest portion of his request to increase the school district’s spending by 2.6 percent next school year. He made his first pitch for his proposed $149 million budget to the Board of Education on Tuesday night.

“This budget has some ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Christmas season might be over, but it’s never too late to recognize volunteers who are doing great things for the holidays. Two groups of students at Fairfield’s Notre Dame High School helped make the Christmas season brighter for the homeless of New York City and the youngsters of Bridgeport.

Members of the Lancers girls basketball team took a trip into New York on Saturday, Dec. 17. There, the girls met with a group of more than 100 homeless men and women at a shelter, and the girls helped distribute clothing and food to the shelter residents. Pictured ...