Tag Archives: education

Reopening Act

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Three years—almost an entire high school career. That’s how long it’s been since the last in-person performance by Wilbur Cross High School’s Lights Up Drama Club, whose production of Freaky Friday: The Musical this weekend conjures a teenaged life turned …

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College Credits

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Jean Paton Lovell may not be a household name even here in her hometown, but the James Hillhouse High School math teacher left behind a stunning legacy: the New Haven Scholarship Fund. …

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Up to Code

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It used to be that a traditional college degree was the only route to a high-paying professional job. …

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First Class

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The oft-recited words of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream are fresh and funny as they’re read by…

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Tried and Tasted

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“Call out things, don’t be bashful!” Chris Fiore insists. …

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Natural Philosophy

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Picture a classroom furnished with picnic tables and wooden benches. The floor is covered with wood chips, and the ceiling? It’s miles high. …

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Outside the Box

Sketching outside at Foote School

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Corn and potatoes, mustard greens and arugula, strawberries and raspberries, lavender and tulips, sorrel and basil, cucumbers and …

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Youth Served

The Children's Preschool playground

“Kathy!” Later: “Kathy!” Later: “Kathy!”

At The Children’s Preschool on Whitney Avenue, kids in colorful jackets are bouncing across the playground, chattering and giggling as they…

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Live and Learn

Elisabeth Kennedy, Catherine Shannon, Catherine Fisher at Beacon Self-Directed Learning

“This is not a school,” former school teacher Elisabeth Kennedy says, and technically, she’s right. Beacon Self-Directed Learning, the nonprofit center she helps run with Catherine Shannon and Catherine Fisher at the eastern end of Whalley…

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Power Trip

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United Illuminating is in the business of distributing energy. At the UI-managed SmartLiving Center, however, the goal is to get customers to use less.

The Center, a small museum of sorts dedicated to energy …

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