President Donald Trump has promised to make big changes to the U.S. Department of Education. This hour on Where We Live, we discuss what that could mean for Connecticut schools and how educators prepare.

The Connecticut State Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to have a state-appointed official help lead Bridgeport’s school system. The vote comes after Superintendent Royce Avery announced in November the school district faced a budget deficit over $30 million.

Officials from Google and Charter Oak State College are launching the free Connecticut Online AI Academy. Connecticut State Sen. James Maroney says AI skills will be important to have.

This hour, we’re talking to historians and educators to learn what it's like to teach and study the past in all its complexity in today's polarized political climate.

Stone Academy, a defunct for-profit nursing school that had campuses in Connecticut, has tentatively agreed to a $5 million settlement over a lawsuit stemming from fraud allegations made by former students.

There are about 92,000 students with disabilities across Connecticut, according to the state’s Department of Education. This hour, we’ll hear about the experiences of local students with disabilities — and how we can better support them.

Linda McMahon will face questions from lawmakers in the U.S. Senate in the coming weeks about whether or not she’s fit to head up the U.S. Department of Education.

The announcement of the course “Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition History, Culture, Theory & Politics through Music” has generated global attention, with many people having mixed emotions about the necessity of the class.

Bridgeport’s new school superintendent, Royce Avery, makes it a habit of handing out his business card to every speaker at listening sessions, including one recently held at the public library’s North Branch.

The future of federal student loan forgiveness remains uncertain following the reelection of Donald Trump. But Connecticut recently took its own step to strengthen protections for borrowers, appointing its first student loan ombudsperson to be an independent authority on policies impacting borrowers.