courant.com | Feds Demand Teacher Equity: Federal officials have ordered Connecticut to bolster efforts to assure that schools in the state's poorest cities get the same kind of high quality teachers that schools in wealthier towns have.
The U.S. Department of Education wants the state to spell out in more detail how it plans to address inequalities outlined in a teacher quality plan prepared by the state. That plan included figures showing children in Connecticut's poorest cities are more likely than others to be in classrooms with poorly qualified teachers.
