Norwalk Hour April 11, 2018 NEW HAVEN — The statewide high school graduation rate has broken another record, increasing to 87.9 percent for the Class of 2017. The news was…
Read MoreBy Stephanie Kim The Norwalk Hour NORWALK — For the past two years, a group of summer learning providers and community members have been meeting every month to discuss ways…
Read MoreBy Nancy Chapman NORWALK, Conn. – Gains in Norwalk Public Schools’ state assessment rating were trumpeted Tuesday at the Board of Education meeting. “If we continue to invest in our…
Read MoreBy Kaitlyn Krasselt, The Norwalk Hour – The school district checked another one off on its list of 26 priority implementation steps for the 2017-18 school year last week. The…
Read MoreBy Kaitlyn Krasselt, The Hour NORWALK — When Oscar Cortez moved to Norwalk in 2013 and enrolled in high school, he worried about all the normal things new high school…
Read MoreAs Members and guests arrived at Norwalk ACTS’ Community Convening on December 5, they were greeted with a room full of data on…
Read MoreNORWALK — Norwalk ACTS recently received an $8,500 grant from Antares Capital in support of its community work aimed at enriching and improving the lives and futures of all Norwalk…
Read MoreStriveTogether, a national nonprofit working to improve the lives of children and youth from kindergarten through college and beyond, has announced a pledge of up to $60 million over six…
Read MoreAttendees at this month’s Community Convening were greeted with a slideshow of children’s faces — smiling, playing, reading, interacting — as a reminder that Norwalk is a Collective Impact Community,…
Read MoreBy Kaitlyn Krasselt, The Norwalk Hour NORWALK — After more than a decade in the making, Norwalk ACTS is seeking independence. The education advocacy group — which began in 2005,…
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