Academics
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Students and teachers must be aware of the potential for safety problems in the science classrooms and laboratories. Schools should review available safety resources and develop safety training for their teachers and students as well as safety rules for the classroom.
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Science Standards and Resources
A foundation in scientific literacy prepares students to be confident and capable lifelong learners who are equipped with the skills needed to access, understand, evaluate and apply information in various contexts.
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Social Studies Standards and Resources
Social studies is the integration of knowledge and human experience for the purpose of citizenship.
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The Student Success Plan (SSP) is an individualized student driven plan that will be developed to address every student’s needs and interests to help every student stay connected in school and to achieve postsecondary educational and career goals.
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Teaching Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies
Lesson ideas and resources to help teach Asian American and Pacific Islander studies
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Teaching Native American Studies
We hope these materials assist you in the teaching of Native American studies. The resources that are included were provided by the five state-recognized Eastern Woodland tribes.
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Teaching the Holocaust and Genocide
Lesson ideas and resources to help teach the Holocaust and genocide in in the secondary grades.
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Welcome to the Academic Office
Home page of the State Department of Education's Academic Office
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What is Mastery-Based Learning?
Connecticut students can learn through student-centered pathways that ensure college and career readiness.
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Rather assuming that completing a number of hours in a classroom results in understanding, mastery-based learning requires students to demonstrate knowledge and skills before progressing to the next level. Mastery-based learning requires teachers to develop a more fine-grained understanding of student abilities.
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Educational materials to encourage women and girls to explore science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) related career pathways.
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Explore Connecticut’s Career Development Continuum and Work-Based Learning (WBL), outlining how students build career awareness, exploration, preparation, and training through authentic workplace experiences that strengthen skills and support college and career readiness.
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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.