(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Torrey Trust, UMass Amherst and Robert Maloy, UMass Amherst (THE CONVERSATION) When ...

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From new lesson plans about the burning of New London in 1781 to a show-and-tell of historical objects from around various communities, the state has developed a new curriculum for Connecticut ...

The order of classrooms didn’t make sense to Karen Molinar as she walked through Oakhurst Elementary. The new principal saw a first-grade class next to a third-grade room. One fifth-grade classroom ...