Linda Conner Lambeck, Education Reporter

Linda Conner LambeckEducation Reporter

I’m a Bridgeport Connecticut Native and University of Bridgeport graduate with a degree in journalism. I got my start covering education and other town news in Easton and Fairfield for the Fairfield Citizen News before coming to the...

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Numbers are seen taped on the ground at a distance to ensure space between students lining up in the classroom during Freedom School, a six-week summer academic enrichment program for Marin County students held at Bayside Martin Luther King Jr. Academy in Marin City, Calif. Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Sausalito and Marin City schools have implemented safety measures such as temperature checks, providing masks and keeping six feet of distance in order to bring kids back for summer school programs. They hope to bring students back in the fall using these same precautions.

State releases details: Here’s what school will look like come fall

June 29, 2020

Second grade students wear masks while sitting at distanced desks inside their classroom during Freedom School, a six-week summer academic enrichment program for Marin County students held at Bayside Martin Luther King Jr. Academy in Marin City, Calif. Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

State calling for full-time, in-school learning in the fall

June 25, 2020

John Kuczo, of Stamford, listens to executive director Tom Chiappetta list of his accomplishments during the ceremony announcing the 2018 inductees to the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame inside UConn Stamford in downtown Stamford, Conn. on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. Kuczo, who was a track and field coach at Rippowam High School before working with the FCIAC for 30 as executive secretary, also spoke on behalf of his late father Paul Kuczo Sr., who will also be inducted.

Trustees: UConn COVID-19 budget cuts are 'brutal'

June 24, 2020

Signs posted, shown in a photograph taken on March 25, 2020, on the entrance way to UCONN Stamford's Residential Life building informs students of the changes in visitor policies, in response to the Covid-19 crisis. The building houses over 600 students who attend the university in Stamford, Connecticut. Universities across the state, having moved classes on line and sent students home due to the coronavirus, are in the process of figuring out a plan to reconcile with parents and students over room and board payments.

UConn brass to take furloughs to deal with budget shortfall

June 23, 2020

Each of the stained glass windows at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, on the campus of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, features a modernist design with splashes of color in which words (rather than images) are interwoven referencing the people and events in the story of salvation. This "Saint Raphael Pray for us" window is signed by he artist, the Rev. Marko Rupnik of Rome.

Sacred Heart University to host virtual discussion on white privilege — America’s ‘original sin’

June 22, 2020

Valedictorian Karla Castro receives her diploma from Principal Joseph Raiola during graduation for the Bassick High School Class of 2020, in Bridgeport, Conn. June 18, 2020.

Photos: Bassick seniors get a hero’s send-off at drive-up graduation in Bridgeport

June 19, 2020

Bassick seniors get a hero’s send-off at drive-up graduation in Bridgeport

June 18, 2020

Non-citizens out of luck for CARES Act higher ed refunds

June 12, 2020

Roosevelt Principal Jackie Simmons. June 21, 2020 Bridgeport

A car-honk salute to Roosevelt School’s leadership in Bridgeport

June 12, 2020

UConn Stamford students make their way between classes on Jan. 24, 2020. Social distancing and masks will be part of UConn’s campus reopen plans.

Classes could start on campus by Aug. 31 under UConn reopen plan

June 10, 2020

Shepaug graduates 75, names top 5

Students invited to internship in mayor’s office

SMS holds promotion ceremonies

GMR rowers excel at national championships

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