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• 9/20/2023 New EdSight Dashboards Bring Greater Data Transparency

  Explore and interact with Connecticut’s official education data on EdSight

• 1/19/2023 CSDE’s Ground-Breaking Research Collaborative Issues New Report Showing Positive Effects of Home Visits on Student Attendance

  CSDE’s Ground-Breaking Research Collaborative Issues New Report Showing Positive Effects of Home Visits on Student Attendance

• 2/10/2023 Connecticut State Department of Education Launches “No Matter What” Campaign to Highlight Resources Available for Students Experiencing Homelessness and Housing Instability​

  Connecticut State Department of Education Launches “No Matter What” Campaign to Highlight Resources Available for Students Experiencing Homelessness and Housing Instability​

• 5/9/2023 LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ & EDUCATION COMMISSIONER RUSSELL-TUCKER ENCOURAGE CT BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PK-12 SCHOOL STAFF APPRECIATION DIGITAL BACKPACK PROGRAM​ ​

  LT. GOVERNOR BYSIEWICZ & EDUCATION COMMISSIONER RUSSELL-TUCKER ENCOURAGE CT BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PK-12 SCHOOL STAFF APPRECIATION DIGITAL BACKPACK PROGRAM​ ​

• 9/6/2023 Connecticut State Department of Education Receives $5.9 Million Grant to Improve Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities

• 2/3/2023 Connecticut State Department of Education Announces Participation in Summer Meal Programs​

• 11/1/2023 Accountability Results Show Attendance, Math, Science, Postsecondary Readiness on the Rise, with Initiatives Already in Place to Address Areas in Need of Improvement

• 7/21/2023 Connecticut State Department of Education Announces Launch of New Special Education Call Center

• 5/10/2023 Connecticut’s Educational Research Collaborative Continues to Be Highlighted

• 9/15/2023 Connecticut FAFSA Challenge Schools Show Significant Gains for the Third Consecutive Year

• 8/28/2023 Connecticut Sees Improvement in Attendance, and Math and Science Scores

  Considerable work remains to get attendance and achievement to exceed pre-pandemic levels

• 6/22/2023 Connecticut State Department of Education Public Announcement on the Child and Adult Care Food Program

• 2/21/2023 RSCO School Choice On-Time Application Deadline February 28, 2023

  RSCO School Choice On-Time Application Deadline February 28, 2023

• 11/27/2023 Connecticut State Department of Education Launches ‘School Is Better with You’ Campaign to Promote Daily School Attendance and Combat Chronic Absenteeism

• 12/5/2023 Connecticut State Department of Education Issues Waiver Determinations Regarding Right to Read Legislation

  CSDE is working to enhance the effectiveness of literacy instruction; majority of districts already on track for full implementation by the deadline of July 1, 2025