Press Releases

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• 5/2/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Six-year High School Graduation Rate Reaches Historic High, Graduation Gaps Closing

• 4/10/2017 Gov. Malloy Announces Statewide Graduation Rates Increase for Sixth Year in a Row, Reach Record High

• 9/26/2017 Gov. Malloy: Connecticut Students Enrolling in Advanced Placement Courses at Significant Pace

• 2/23/2017 Gov. Malloy Signs Executive Order Protecting Transgender Students in Connecticut Schools

• 5/10/2018 Governor Malloy Signs Law Requiring Holocaust and Genocide Education in Connecticut Schools

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has signed into law legislation that adds Holocaust and genocide education and awareness to the required courses of study for public schools in Connecticut. While the State Department of Education has made an optional course on these topics available to districts for years, not all schools have chosen to use it.

• 5/8/2018 Governor Malloy Launches Annual Summer Reading Challenge at State Library

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, State Department of Education Commissioner Dianna R. Wentzell, the State Library’s Director of Library Development Dawn LaValle, and school representatives from across the state today launched the 2018 Governor’s Summer Reading Challenge at the Connecticut State Library. Governor Malloy also announced the 2018 summer reading challenge theme “Libraries Rock!” and recognized the top-performing schools from the 2017 Summer Reading Challenge.

• 4/10/2018 Gov. Malloy: State's Results on National Assessment Shows Reduction in Some Achievement Gaps Since 2011

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and State Department of Education Commissioner Dianna R. Wentzell today announced that the State of Connecticut has been making progress in its efforts to reduce achievement gaps, according to the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) – a report known as the “Nation’s Report Card” created by the National Center for Education Statistics.

• 11/9/2018 Governor Malloy Encourages Veterans to Apply for Troops to Teachers Program

  In observation of Veterans Day, Governor Dannel P. Malloy is reminding school districts, veterans and their families, and all residents about Connecticut’s Troops to Teachers program, and encouraging service members and veterans to apply.

• 4/9/2018 Gov. Malloy Announces Increase in Graduation Rates for Seventh Consecutive Year

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and State Department of Education (SDE) Commissioner Dianna R. Wentzell today announced that graduation rates in the state reached a record high of 87.9 percent in 2017, marking an increase for the seventh consecutive year.

• 9/14/2018 Gov Malloy: Advanced Placement Test Scores Increase Nearly Four Percent

• 3/13/2023 Governor Lamont Announces Continuation of Summer Enrichment Program in 2023 and 2024 Description:

• 3/2/2023 Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Program on Reducing Student Absenteeism Featured

• 3/23/2023 Governor Lamont Announces Plans to Launch Intensive Mathematics Tutoring Program

• 8/14/2023 Governor Lamont and Commissioner Russell-Tucker Announce Recipients of Summer Mental Health Grants

• 6/14/2023 Governor Lamont Launches a Modernized 2023 Summer Reading Challenge With a $370,000 Investment To Support Learning and Literacy Efforts