By: Melinda Tuhus

Oliver Barton, director of Common Ground High School, has taught his students many lessons over the years, not the

By: Melinda Tuhus

The defense lawyer confronted the witness for the prosecution with pointed questions that eventually elicited a damaging admission.

By: Allen Appel

Nasty,” declared Renotica Jackson, taking a sip of raw sap minutes after it oozed out of a maple

By: Elizabeth Benton, Register Staff

Just after 7:30 a.m. Monday, a little yellow school bus left Common Ground High School in

By Allan Appel

Maurice Smalls was having trouble understanding how to simplify a radical. Karen Climis made sure he wouldn’t leave

By: Elizabeth Benton

NEW HAVEN — Common Ground High School has received grants from the American Honda Foundation and the Toshiba

By: Melinda Tuhus

Stephanie Innes, garden manager, showed off a bushel of dragon tongue beans — part of the harvest that

By: Abby Schultz

HER giggling friends suddenly quiet down when Jamilka Carrasquillo, her large silver hoop earrings swinging, describes the day

By: Melissa Bailey

City schools reported unprecedented gains in 10th grade test scores, calling this a “breakthrough year.”

The announcement came Tuesday,

By: Alexander Sanders

NEW HAVEN — One of the last things Common Ground School wants is to keep serving lunch on