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Achievement First had an important wake-up call last week when a state report included several of our public charter schools because of their high suspension rates — posing a direct challenge to our promise to provide an excellent education to all...

A new federal civil rights agreement aims to get better and more appropriate services for children with disabilities who have been continually suspended or excluded from class at Achievement First Hartford Academy Middle School for disciplinary reasons....

When Kazzmaire Dorsey was in kindergarten and first grade at the Luís Muñoz Marin School in Bridgeport, he spent more of his school day sitting in the office or suspended at home than he did in the classroom, his lawyer says. "He definitely felt very...

A 16-year-old student at a local charter school allegedly raped another student in April as they walked to school through Keney Park in Hartford, court records say. Kirsean Chatfield is accused of pulling the 16-year-old girl into some bushes and forcing...

State education officials issued a report Wednesday that showed huge racial disparities in the rates of school suspension and expulsion, as well as higher rates at charter schools, technical high schools, and in troubled districts in the midst of...