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• Next Generation Accountability System

  Connecticut’s Next Generation Accountability System is a broad set of 12 indicators that help tell the story of how well a school is preparing its students for success in college, careers and life.

• Feeding Infants in CACFP Child Care Programs

  Guidance on meeting the requirements of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's CACFP meal patterns for infants (birth through 11 months).

• World Languages

  World language programs in Connecticut public schools include Spanish, French, Latin, Italian, German, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Arabic and Greek. The effort has been to start programs as early as possible in the elementary grades.

• Chronic Absence

  Good attendance is essential to student achievement! Research shows that absences add up and that good attendance is essential to student achievement and graduation. Whereas, chronic absence and truancy can be lead to school drop-out, academic failure and juvenile delinquency. By removing barriers to attendance, districts, schools and community partners can improve attendance.

• Grade 3: Operations and Algebraic Thinking - Patterns in Addition and Multiplication

• Grade 4: Whole Numbers, Place Value, and Rounding in Computation

• Grade 5: The Princess and the Pea

• Grade 6: “The History of Earth Day” by Amanda Davis, “Earth Day” by Claudia Atticot and Alexandra Manning, and a video from NBC News

• Grade 6: Expressions and Equations

• Grades 11-12: Writing Research Papers

• Grade 8: “In our digital world, are young people losing their ability to read emotions?” by Stuart Wolpert and “Study: Kids can learn as much from ‘Sesame Street’ as from preschool” by Jim Tankersley

• Grade 10: Exploring Topics in Education

• Grade 3: Newspaper Reporting and Interviewing

• Grade 9: Making Evidence-Based Claims - Plato’s Apology

• Grades 7-8: Persuasion Across Time and Space - Analyzing and Producing Persuasive Texts (with instructional modifications for English Language Learners)