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11 Apr 2018

State graduation rates on the rise

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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…

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2 Apr 2018

Norwalk ACTS tackles ‘summer slide’

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By 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…

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21 Feb 2018

Norwalk Schools show strong improvement

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By 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…

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12 Feb 2018

Progress in early childhood education

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By 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…

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22 Jan 2018

NPS sees influx of ELL students

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By 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…

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18 Dec 2017

Community Convening: Data, Improvement and the Big Picture

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              As Members and guests arrived at Norwalk ACTS’ Community Convening on December 5, they were greeted with a room full of data on…

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6 Dec 2017

Norwalk ACTS receives grant from Antares Capital

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NORWALK — 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…

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15 Oct 2017

Ballmer Group pledges $60 million

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StriveTogether, 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…

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25 Sep 2017

Norwalk ACTS moves toward independent nonprofit

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Attendees 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,…

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14 Sep 2017

Norwalk ACTS takes step toward independence

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By 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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