Student writing (prior years)

Sample research proposals and comments, various years

• RedshirtingTori
• Research Proposal: Gifted and TalentedXRS
• The Relationship Between Charter Schools and Catholic SchoolsLydia Kay
• The School-to-Prison Pipeline Research Essay ProposalMeredith Munro

Research essays in Spring 2018:

• A Comparison of Student Activism in American Historyacitarel
• Can Money Buy A Better Education?Jackie Monzon
• Chinese students in the United States from 19th Century to 21st CenturyShirley Yuan
• Continuity and Change of Teach for America ImpactJulia Burdulis
• From “coeducation was a myth” to “coeducation was no longer a big deal”: Women’s experiences at Trinity College in the first twenty years of coeducationZsofia Veer
• Hello Class My Name Is Mom: A Look at Homeschooling in the 1970’s and TodayCallyn Cass
• Mental Health in Special Education: Comparing the 1970s to TodayAnna Cataldo-Holmes
• Students at an amusement park learn more about integrals and derivatives than being in a classroommalbehad
• The Crucial Juncture of Early Education ReformEmily Schroeder
• The DREAMers Movement: Conflict Between American Citizenship As a Formal Legal Status And Citizenship As An American IdentityNeve Rivera
• The Rise and Fall of Black Teachers and Principals in U.S. Public Schools Since Brown v. BoardMontalvo Amber
• Tool for Change: Understanding the Formation and Evolution of the Title IX Statute as a Policy Base for Social and Political ReformOlivia Johnson
• Tracking: Educational Paths Shaping Future OpportunitiesGraciela Valencia
• Zero Tolerance: School Discipline or Prison Manufacturer?Mabel Silva

Research essays from Spring 2017:

• “From Lunchboxes to Laptops:” Maine’s Laptop InitiativePaige D'Angelo
• A Third Perspective to Affirmative ActionSarah Clancy
• Can An Idea Truly Be Replicated? A Look into The Harlem Children’s ZoneCharlotte Rosenberg
• Freedom with Limitations: How the Supreme Court Has Limited Students’ Freedom of Speech Over the Past Five DecadesJillian Deveaux
• Growth of Autism: From Isolation to IntegrationLillian
• Gun-Free SchoolsSydney Belinskas
• Helping or Hurting? An Analysis of Pell Grant Outcomes OvertimeJennifer Chavez
• Housing, School Choice, and Racial SegregationAdam Bloom
• How did the Advanced Placement Program become the marker of a “quality education”?Johnny Gillespie
• Incorrect Charter School History: A Study of the Academy of the Pacific Rim to Unveil the True Nature of the ReformLily Jewell
• Past and Present Attitudes Towards the Use of iPads in the ClassroomBriana Daley
• Prison Education: Observing Pell Grants Through the Lens of Two Presidential AdministrationsMax Eichner
• The Effects of Sheff v. O’Neill on Hartford SchoolsTaylor Kennedy
• The International Baccalaureate Educational SystemRachel Brigham
• The Roots of Environmental Education in the USDoris Zhang
• The SAT: From Reducing to Perpetuating InequalityZoe Jacobs
• Title IX: Past and PresentHannah

Research essays from Spring 2016:

• A New Teacher Evaluation System for New Haven Public SchoolsSharmy Dhaliwal
• African American Experiences of HBCUs After Integration PeriodCameron Wooster
• Curriculum Changes of Sex Education Through The YearsCristina
• Equality in Public Montessori EducationJennifer Martin
• Head Start: Is It Effective?Olivia Godfrey
• How Have “No Excuses Schools” Appeared and Changed Over Time in the US?Eszter Csuvarszki
• Italian and Latino Immigrants Across the 20th and 21st Century in New Haven, ConnecticutEmma
• Learning the Challenges: Leading a CharterDoug Curtin
• Let’s Talk Affirmative Action: Fisher vs. University of Texas- Giselle Galanggalan
• SAT Causing Trouble Since 1984Stefania Ruibal
• School Choice Through the Private Sector: A Chilean Method of Education ReformMichelle Herbert
• The SAT: the origin and the presentGenxing Zhan
• Title IX: Then and NowNicole
• Trinity College Administrations: Embracing its Urban Identityttaylor
• Who is Upward Bound?dsuggs
• Work Hard, Play Hard: What’s Really More Important in a Kindergarten Classroom?dsoviero

Research essays from Spring 2014

• Accepted: The evolution of college admission requirementsHolly
• Carving an Uncertain Path: The Experiences and Legacies of Trinity and Amherst’s First WomenEvan Turiano
• Curriculum Changes in Trinity College: Continuous Conflicts of Two GoalsGrace Ryu
• Drugs & D.A.R.E. In American EducationAlexandra
• Evolution of Autism in Public SchoolingChristina Raiti
• From ‘88 to the New Millennium: The Rise and Decline of Gifted and Talented ProgramsXRS
• How ‘i lavatori forti’ of the fields and factoriesIsabel Monteleone
• Marketing the Magnet SchoolEmily Meehan
• METCO: A Bumpy RoadCallie
• Moving Ahead from Head StartGraceS
• Re-Centralizing the TeacherNate
• The Development of Music Education in an Ever-changing SocietyMadison Starr
• The Effects of the Colonial Period on Education in BurmaAda Chai
• The Montessori Method and its Journey to AcceptanceBianca
• The Reasons and Repercussions of RedshirtingTori

Research essays from Spring 2013

• Admission to Private Preschool Isn’t Such a Stroll For NYC ParentsAmanda Gurren
• Charter School Growth and its Effect on Catholic SchoolsLydia Kay
• Diversification of Workforce: New York City and ChicagoAmbar Paulino
• Dual Language Learning ProgramsBooker Evans
• History of the History of the Morrill Land Grant ActRachael DiPietro
• Is Education Reform Just the Same Thing Over and Over Again?Emily Parsons
• New York State’s Correctional Facilities change in access to Higher EducationEmma Hayes
• No Child Left Behind: How the Federal Government’s Expanded Control Over Public Education Has Compromised Students’ Hopes and DreamsStephen Goniprow
• Pathways to Teaching: The Evolution of the Urban Teacher Residency ConceptVictoria Smith Ellison
• Reform Rooted In Unions: Then & Nowru
• Relinquishing the RemedyKaren T. Taylor
• Saving a City: New Haven’s Minority Teachers and Community OrganizationsAlexander Conaway
• Single-Sex Success; An Education for the Nation?Savahna Reuben
• Stopping Traffic: Keeping Kids out of the School-to-Prison PipelineMeredith Munro
• The ELL Paradox in Hartford Public SchoolsCarlos Velazquez
• The Noble Difference: Popularity of the Noble Network in ChicagoVeronica Armendariz
• Title IX: Shift in Focus from Education to AthleticsSarah Whitham

Research essays from Spring 2012

• Academic Dishonesty and the Internet in Higher EducationEmily Heneghan
• Caribbean Immigrants and African-Americans in U.S CollegesShantel Hanniford
• Change in Evaluation of Teach For AmericaTaylor Godfrey
• Coeducation in CollegesDevon MacGillivray
• Community Colleges and the Consequences of ChangeFionnuala Darby-Hudgens
• Differing Approaches: Native American Education at Carlisle and HamptonBooker Evans
• From Chalkboards to Smart Boards? Has technology changed the way teachers teach?Priyanka Menezes
• Global, Historical Influences from 1940 through the 1980s on the Addition of Departments and Programs at Trinity CollegeDanyelle Doldoorian
• Kindergarten: The Changes from Play to WorkBrigit
• Required Community Service in High Schools and Civic EngagementDiana Ryan
• School Funding, School Choice and the Establishment ClauseGeorge T. Phillips
• Sex Education: Defining Gender Roles During the Sexual Revolution and TodayAshley Ardinger
• The Education for All Handicapped Children Act: A Faltering Step Towards IntegrationAustin Moody
• The Effect of Student Activism on Trinity College PolicyLouise Balsmeyer
• The Process of Co-Education at Amherst College and Trinity CollegeKatherine Rorer
• The Quest to Racially Integrate: African Americans and Higher EducationShanese Caton
• The SAT Optional Movement: Causes and Effects of No Longer Requiring the SATCharlie Winn
• To Teach or Not to TeachBobby Moore Jr.
• Tracing the Relationship between Gifted Education and the Needs of a CountryR. M. Benjamin
• Two-Way ImmersionRosio Baez
• Was Hurricane Katrina good for the education of students in New Orleans?Caroline Harris
• Who Chooses Homeschooling and Why?Jessica Schlundt

 

Ed policy journalism in Spring 2018, listed by date posted, by title only:

• Recycled Tire Rubber on Playgrounds: Are our Children Safe?
• Curriculum meeting of Trumbull Board of Education
• The Drastic New Approach for Science Curriculum in the Granby Public School System
• Parents Furious with BOE Decisions
• Are Higher Education Officials Effectively Preparing Students of Post-Secondary Schools and Colleges for the Workforce?
• Committee on Children Public Hearing Addressing Varies Children Health and Safety Issues
• Simpson-Waverly Parents and Teachers Worried About Students’ Future
• Committee on Children Discussion Regarding Policies Meant to Enforce and Increase Child Health and Safety
• Florida School Shooting Gives Legislators New Perspective in Children’s Committee
• HPS Educational Expo Gives Parents Opportunity to Learn About School Selection Options
• HPS School Choice Expo Days Before Hartford Lottery Applications are Due

Ed policy journalism from February 2017:

• Advisors in Higher Education: Are Connecticut Students Missing Out On an Important Service?
• Education Committee: Giving the Public a Voice
• Improving Child Care in Hartford: The Importance of Child Advocacy Centers and Addressing The Growing Opiate Epidemic in Connecticut
• Aviation Maintenance School Bill Ready for Takeoff
• revealing report on Hartford Public Schools and physical abuse
• After Years of Battle, Hartford Board of Education Still Has Work to Do
• Connecticut Students Come Together to Advocate for Charter Schools
•  Taking from the Wealthy and Distributing to the Poor: Schooling Edition
• Connecticut Teachers’ Retirement Board at Risk of Insolvency
• School Closings: What’s the Message?
• Concussions in Connecticut
• Connecticut Office of Higher Education, On the Move?
• Connecticut Children’s Committee Meets Regarding “Baby Dylan”

Ed policy journalism from February 2016:

• Most Likely To Succeed
• “Some Districts Do More, Some Do Less” for English Learners
• Battle for Equitable Education Funding Continues in Hartford Superior Court
• Acceleration Agenda Meeting Debuts Mini-Documentary on Progress
• A Tale of Two Hartfords: Superintendent Addresses “Acceleration Agenda” for Hartford Public Schools
• Home Educators Advocate and Show their Appreciation at CT State Capitol
• The Home Schooled Take the Capitol… to Thank Their Legislators
• Homeschoolers Making a Presence– CT Home Educator’s Day at the Capitol
• Community Comes Together at Hartford Board of Education Meeting
• Compensation for Connecticut’s Early Childhood Educators
• They Have Come This Far
• Debating over the children’s appearance during permanency hearing
• Community College Student Tuition Increase to Provide for Campus Safety?

Education policy journalism from February 2014

• “This is the Right Thing for Our Children”– A Public Forum on the Common Core Standard in CT
• Adult Education Mandate
• Adult Education: The Solution
• An Achievement Gap Presentation on the Past & Present
• Appropriations Committee Meeting: How to Spend our Tax Dollars to Best Benefit the Families of Connecticut
• Committee Meeting Turns Out to Be a Bust
• First Education Committee Meeting Ends in Disappointment
• HPL Hosts American Promise Panel Discussion: Is Private School the Answer?
• Sheff Movement Reflects on the Past While Recommitting to Its Future
• The Only Thing Students Wanted to Hear, “Weaver Is Not Closing”

Education policy journalism from February 2013

• Are we finally heading in the right direction with student centered financial aid?
• Budget Concerns Addressed by Education Committee, Issues Raised
• Community Rules for Community Schools – Establishing schools tailored to neighborhood needs
• Hartford Office of Talent Management Seeks to Close Student Achievement Gap
• Hartford Public Schools call for Accountability among Parents, Teachers, Students in School Climate Review
• More Funding= More Diversity: Addressing the Issue of Racial Imbalance in West Hartford’s Magnet Schools
• Opening Education Policy to High Schoolers
• Praying for Improvement: Reuniting Church and State
• Sheff Movement Discusses Plans for the Future
• SR Reporting on SB1002
• The 2013 School Climate Report: A New Perspective for the Hartford Board of Education
• The Climate Report
• West Hartford Board of Education Looking for Support for Their Plans for “Unique Schools”

Education policy journalism from February 2012

• Agriscience Schools Left Out of State Funding
• Education Discussion Hits “Home”
• Great Path Magnet School and Student Discipline
• Higher Education and Employment Advancement
• Interagency Council on Ending the Achievement Gap
• Minding the Gap: The Achievement Gap Task Force
• Moving Forward: Closing the Gap
• Proposed Ideas of Change for Connecticut
• Quietly Announcing A Crisis
• Teachers Locked Out
• Unanimous Agreement on Reducing Red Tape
• Using Housing to Bridge the Achievement Gap
• Where is the Backbone in CT’s Housing and Education Debate?