Officials fear link between loss of subsidies and increase in day-care deaths
Six of the nine infant and toddler deaths in Connecticut day cares over the last two years took place at illegal home care programs, prompting state officials' concerns that a temporary reduction of...
View ArticleReduced state workforce is impacting education, other services
Staffing shortages have been cited repeatedly by the state Department of Education when asked by legislators, oversight board, or advocates to address problems or provide assistance. It's a problem...
View ArticleLamont names Bye to lead Office of Early Childhood
Gov.-elect Ned Lamont tapped Sen. Beth Bye, D-West Hartford, to lead the state Office of Early Childhood.
View ArticleConnecticut students to get debt relief in national settlement with...
About 1,415 Connecticut residents who attended institutions run by the for-profit education company, Career Education Corp., will receive debt relief as a result of a national settlement with 49 state...
View ArticleCT economy poised for strong growth in 2019
Connecticut’s economy and the nation’s are poised for strong growth in 2019, though both are at risk of recession by 2020, economic experts warned hundreds of business leaders Friday.
View ArticleNew leaders on education panel say education funding, achievement gap likely...
The leadership of the legislature's Education Committee will be almost completely new this session, but the many of the committee's perennial issues -- education funding and the state's achievement gap...
View ArticleMalloy confronts school inequities: ‘The civil rights issue of our time’
His first day on the job in January 2011, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy went before the General Assembly to declare that the state was facing an economic and employment crisis, created in part by "a lack of...
View ArticleNational search for DCF commissioner ends close to home
Vanessa Dorantes joined the Department of Children and Families nearly 27 years ago, one of the scores of social workers hired to bolster an understaffed DCF at the insistence of a federal court...
View ArticleDonald Williams injured in car crash
Donald E. Williams Jr., the former Senate president pro tem and current executive director of the Connecticut Education Association, was hospitalized over the weekend after a serious car accident, the...
View ArticleRegents to weigh tuition scenarios
Mark Ojakian, president of the financially-troubled Connecticut State Colleges and University system, said Thursday he is embarking on a deep analysis of various tuition scenarios, including some free...
View ArticleLamont interviews two finalists for UConn president
The search for a new UConn president seems to be nearing an end.
View ArticleCT ‘Kid Governor’ calls for support of LGBTQ issues
Ella Briggs, an ebullient fifth grader from East Hampton with a platform centered on support for LGBTQ youth, was sworn in as “Kid Governor” Friday at the Old State House. Ella, who spoke with an...
View ArticleSheff advocates celebrate 30 years while asking: Where to from here?
About 150 supporters of the Sheff school desegregation case gathered over the weekend to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the landmark suit, but also to ask a question that echoes the theme of Martin...
View ArticleCCSU seeks to fire two professors for alleged sexual misconduct
Central Connecticut State University President Zulma R. Toro announced Tuesday that she is seeking to fire two longtime theater professors after investigators concluded that each had likely engaged in...
View ArticleCCSU shocked by revelations about professors’ misconduct
Central Connecticut State University student Jessica MacLean was shocked to learn this week that the theater professor she considered a trusted mentor had been accused of sexual misconduct and is...
View ArticleProposals to force regionalized school districts spark debate, distress
Two proposals that would force school district regionalization have ignited a storm of protest in some communities.
View ArticleSecretary DeVos invited to visit East Hartford schools — again
East Hartford Board of Education Chairman extends "olive branch" to Betsy DeVos.
View ArticleBusiness execs help Lamont in UConn president interview
Gov. Ned Lamont vets UConn president finalist with business leaders Monday night.
View ArticleUVa’s Tom Katsouleas is finalist for UConn president
Sources say Thomas C. Katsouleas, provost of the University of Virginia, is the finalist to become the next president of UConn.
View ArticleUConn Trustees expected to vote on new president Tuesday
UConn Board of Trustees remains silent about choice of Thomas Katsouleas as the school's next president.
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