Press Releases

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• 1/17/2025 Connecticut State Department of Education Announces Study to Explore Rate Setting for Outplaced Special Education Services

• 2/22/2018 CSDE Regional School Choice Office Announces 2018-19 Lottery Application Deadline

  The Connecticut State Department of Education’s (CSDE) Regional School Choice Office (RSCO) would like to remind parents, grandparents and guardians of children entering prekindergarten through Grade 12 that February 28, next week, is the final day to submit an on-time application for the 2018-19 RSCO lottery.

• 10/1/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces Launch of Initiative to Attract Diverse and Talented People to Become Teachers

• 7/1/2025 Commissioner Russell-Tucker Reinforces Commitment to Special Education with Independent Efficiency Evaluation of the CSDE’s Special Education Structure and Processes

• 2/20/2025 Commissioner Russell-Tucker Assembles Technical Assistance Team for Bridgeport Public Schools, Approves Governance Training for Bridgeport Board of Education

• 1/29/2025 Connecticut Scores Stable on the Nation's Report Card

• 5/21/2018 CT State Department of Education to Hold Meeting Tomorrow for Path Academy Families Ahead of Consideration of Charter Revocation Process

  Connecticut State Department of Education (SDE) Commissioner Dianna Wentzell and other SDE officials will hold a meeting tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, May 22) for the students, parents and guardians of Path Academy to provide additional information and answer questions on the potential revocation of the charter school’s operators’ license.

• 1/30/2018 Jeffrey Wihbey Appointed as New Superintendent of CT Technical Education and Career System

  Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) Commissioner Dianna Wentzell today announced her appointment of Jeffrey S. Wihbey to serve as the Superintendent of the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS)

• 1/23/2018 Regional School Choice Fair Saturday, January 27

  Bring the family to the last regional school choice event of the 2018-19 lottery application season on Saturday, January 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Conard High School, 110 Beechwood Road, West Hartford, CT 06107.

• 10/1/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces Four Connecticut Public Schools Earn 2018 National Blue Ribbon Schools Distinction

• 6/12/2018 Red, White and Blue Schools Program Recognizes 17 Connecticut Schools

  Secretary of the State Denise Merrill and Education Commissioner Dianna R. Wentzell today recognized 17 schools, including three school districts, for their implementation of the Red, White and Blue Schools program. This initiative stresses the importance of teaching civics throughout students’ educations in varied and innovative ways in order to encourage whole-life community engagement. This school year is the program’s second year with the 2017-18 theme centered on “Engagement at the Local Level”. The Red, White and Blue Schools’ theme for the 2018-2019 school year - “Exploring Our Local Historical Roots” – was also announced.

• 1/30/2020 CSDE: 2018-19 Next Generation Accountability Results Show Significant Increases in College and Career Readiness

• 4/7/2020 April 7: Update from the Co-Chairs of the Governor's COVID-19 Learn From Home Task Force

• 8/14/2020 CT Department of Education Statement on Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and Dalio Education Announcement of New Social and Emotional Learning Course to Support School Staff

• 9/1/2020 CSDE Announces Procurement of New Statewide Special Education Data Management System