K-12 Education

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• Turnaround Office

  Home page of the State Department of Education's Turnaround Office

• Request for Proposals

  View a listing of Request for Proposals from 2008 to current year.

• Attendance Awareness Campaign

  Attendance Awareness Campaign

• 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.

• Peer Learning Opportunities

• Title II Part A

  Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals in accordance with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015.

• CT Core Standards

  The Connecticut Core Standards, adopted by the State Board of Education in 2010, provide teachers, students, and families with clear expectations of what a student should know and be able to do at each grade level.

• Family Resource Centers

  The Connecticut Family Resource Center concept promotes comprehensive, integrated, community-based systems of family support and child development services located in public school buildings.

• Red, White & Blue Schools

  The Red, White & Blue Schools program is a civic engagement initiative led by Secretary of the State Denise Merrill and the State Department of Education.

• School Safety and Security

  Resources to help schools develop plans for ensuring students' safety and security

• Child Nutrition Programs

  Information on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Child Nutrition Programs, including the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Afterschool Snack Program (ASP), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), Special Milk Program (SMP), and Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the NSLP.

• Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's CACFP provides nutritious meals and snacks to infants and children in child care centers, family day care homes, and emergency shelters; nutritious snacks and suppers to children participating in eligible at-risk afterschool care programs; and nutritious meals and snacks to adults who receive care in nonresidential adult day care centers.

• CACFP Family Day Care Homes

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's CACFP in licensed family or group day care homes provides cash assistance for nutritious meals and snacks served to infants and children ages 12 and younger.

• Forms for School Nutrition Programs

  Forms for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) school nutrition programs, including the School Breakfast Program (SBP), National School Lunch Program (NSLP), Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the NSLP, Afterschool Snack Program (ASP) of the NSLP, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), and Special Milk Program (SMP).

• Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP)

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's FFVP provides all children in participating schools with a variety of free fresh fruits and vegetables throughout the school day.