Press Releases

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• 1/18/2017 Gov. Malloy: Juvenile Court Referrals See Significant Results Following Expansion of State's School-Based Diversion Initiative

• 2/22/2017 Malloy Administration Issues Guidance to Law Enforcement and School Districts Regarding Immigration Matters

• 9/28/2017 Malloy Administration Issues Guidance to School Districts Regarding Enrollment of Displaced Children from Puerto Rico

• 4/19/2017 Gov. Malloy and Commissioner Wentzell Release State Guide to Help School Districts in Their Efforts to Further Reduce Chronic Absenteeism and Increase Attendance

• 10/24/2017 Milken Educator Awards welcome Anna Capobianco as the 2017-18 recipient for Connecticut

• 12/11/2017 CSDE Public Announcement on the Child and Adult Care Food Program - CACFP

• 2/28/2017 Gov.Malloy: Second Year of Accountability Index Scores Show Widespread Improvement on Most Performance Measures

• 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

• 5/21/2018 CT State Department of Education to Hold Meeting Tomorrow for Path Academy Families Ahead of Consideration of Charter Revocation Process

  Connecticut State Department of Education (SDE) Commissioner Dianna Wentzell and other SDE officials will hold a meeting tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday, May 22) for the students, parents and guardians of Path Academy to provide additional information and answer questions on the potential revocation of the charter school’s operators’ license.

• 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.