Danbury Schools Awarded $50K To Expand Math Tutoring

DANBURY, CT — Danbury Public Schools will receive $50,000 in state funding to support intensive mathematics tutoring for students in grades six through 10, the Connecticut State Department of Education announced.

The district is among 42 local education agencies selected to receive a combined $2 million through Connecticut's High-Dosage Tutoring Program for the 2026-27 school year.

The grants were awarded through a competitive process that attracted 70 applications statewide.

The program is designed to provide students with frequent, individualized or small-group tutoring aligned with what they are learning in their regular math classes.

Unlike traditional homework help, high-dosage tutoring involves multiple sessions each week, consistent tutors and instruction integrated into the school day whenever possible.

According to state education officials, students who participated in the program experienced an approximately 9-percentage-point increase in math proficiency rates on Smarter Balanced assessments, along with an average improvement of about nine scale-score points.

"We have now seen four consecutive years of improvement in mathematics, and that progress reinforces the importance of continuing to invest in strategies that are working for students," Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker said in a statement.

Connecticut initially launched the program using nearly $11.5 million in federal pandemic relief funding. The latest round uses $2 million in state funding for fiscal year 2027 and expands eligibility from grades six through nine to grades six through 10.

The full list of grant recipients is available through the Connecticut State Department of Education.