K-12 Education

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• Connecticut Technical Education and Career System

  The mission of the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS) is to provide a world-class, unique and rigorous learning environment for high schools students and adult learners that ensures both student academic success and trade/technology mastery and instills a zest for lifelong learning.

• Open Choice Programs

  The Open Choice program allows urban students to attend public schools in nearby suburban towns.

• Agricultural Science and Technology (ASTE)

  Agricultural Science and Technology Education (ASTE) programs serve secondary students in full- and shared- time programs. ASTE programs prepare students for college and careers in animal science, agribusiness, agricultural mechanics, aquaculture, biotechnology, food science, marine technology, natural resources, and plant science.

• Public School Choice In Connecticut 

  Information on the five different types of public school choices available statewide.

• Connecticut Standards for Remote Learning Grades 9-12

  These standards are designed to assist local and regional boards of education in the development of their local remote learning programs.

• Magnet Schools

  School Choice programs and interdistrict magnet schools are designed to attract students from different school districts to learn together in settings that offer unique, high-quality, themed educational opportunities.