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Public Employees & Higher Education News
May 16, 2024
The Patch: Norwalk Public Schools Giving Away 50,000 Free Books This Weekend
CT Public: Education inequities still exist 70 years after Brown v. Board
May 14, 2024
CT Examiner: Middletown Common Council Votes to Cut Mayor’s Budget Request, Draw from Reserves
Governing: Red States Reject ‘Gender Ideology’ in Title IX Updates
May 13, 2024
New Britain Progressive: State Increasing Education Aid By $8.6 Million Amid Low Schools Funding By Stewart
May 12, 2024
CT Mirror: For CT parents, special ed meetings with schools are ‘a battlefield’
MSNBC News – Velshi (video): ‘Afraid of knowledge’: Teachers union president takes on book bans
May 11, 2024
Fox 61 News (with video): 5 new appointments made by mayor to the Hartford Board of Education
May 9, 2024
CT Insider: Hartford mayor appoints five new Board of Education members amid tense school budget talks
Education Week: What Is Doxxing, and How Can Educators Protect Their Privacy Online?
May 8, 2024
The Courant: Dozens protest ‘devastating’ school cuts, among them one of district’s seven librarians — recently laid off
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Hartford mayor appoints 5 new board of education members
CT Public: Hartford mayor names new appointments with ‘deep financial experience’ to Board of Ed
CT Public: Teachers and advocates rally to voice concerns as budget cuts impact Hartford Public Schools
May 7, 2024
CT Post: Hartford parents concerned about how budget woes will affect course offerings and themed schools
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Community to rally for more Hartford Public School funding amid layoffs
Fox 61 News (with video): Hartford teachers rally for funding as layoffs loom
May 5, 2024
Town & Country Magazine: How First Lady Jill Biden Evolved the Tradition of the State Dinner
May 3, 2024
e-School News: Friday 5: Teacher stress
May 2, 2024
The Courant: City, state leaders pledge additional money for Hartford schools, including raiding retirement fund
April 30, 2024
CT Insider: 33 Hartford Public Schools staff receive layoff notifications, the first wave following budget cuts
The Courant: CT Office of Child Advocate concerned about ‘quality of education’ at Hartford schools amid cuts
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Hartford Public Schools notify staff impacted by budget cuts
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): More than 30 Hartford school employees sent lay-off notices
April 29, 2024
The Courant: Hartford Public Schools announce three ‘Teacher of the Year’ finalists
April 24, 2024
Audacity: Hartford school parents call on city, state to prevent layoffs by closing budget gap
The Courant: Parents and students march to CT Capitol to protest education cuts. Why over 300 jobs are at risk
April 23, 2024
WFSB Channel 3 News (video): Students and parents not happy about Hartford education budget cuts
Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Report: Student Interest in Pursuing Careers in Education on the Decline, But Enrollment in Intro Teaching Courses Rises
April 22, 2024
CT Insider: School districts across CT likely to cut jobs, programs in coming months as money runs out
CT Insider: ‘This district is a hot mess’: Hartford parents speak out against cuts to city’s school budget
April 21, 2024
CT Insider: Following passage of Hartford school budget, district braces for cuts, pushes for more funding
April 20, 2024
New Haven Register: New Haven residents speak in support of education funding at final budget hearing
April 19, 2024
New Haven Independent: Students, Paras Press For Budget Boost
April 18, 2024
Hartford Courant: There were passionate please to prevent ‘disaster.’ Then a CT school board adopted a budget with drastic cuts
Public Employees & Higher Education News
May 14, 2024
CT Insider: CT public colleges got the money they asked for. That doesn’t mean their problems are solved
Middletown Press: Wesleyan Graduate Labor Union demands college cancel contract with ‘union-busting’ law firm
May 8, 2024
The Hill: Why labor unions are backing pro-Palestine protesters after mass campus arrests
May 7, 2024
The Courant: Muslim leaders imploring Yale, UConn to protect student protesters
May 6, 2024
CT Insider: UConn, other CT public colleges to receive $160 million in massive ARPA deal
CT Mirror: CT House to put last ARPA funds toward higher ed, other programs
May 1, 2024
The CT Mirror: Lawmakers weigh changes to CT open records law. What does it mean?
April 30, 2024
The Courant: ‘Dozens of police’ arrest Pro-Palestinian protesters at UConn; CT senator calls for president to defend students’ First Amendment rights
Inside Higher Ed: As Police Clear Encampments, Professors Arrested Along With Students
April 29, 2024
Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Association Backs Students’ Assembly, Speech Rights
April 28, 2024
News 12 CT – Power & Politics (with video): Inside the raise for Connecticut state workers – too much or not enough?
April 24, 2024
CT Examiner: Republicans Offer Little Support for 4.5% Raise for Government Employees
CT Insider: General Assembly approves $70 million in raises for about 46,000 unionized CT workers
April 23, 2024
The Daily Campus: Protests over budget cuts continue at Board of Trustees meeting
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Connecticut state employees get 2.5% raise
The CT Mirror: Legislature OKs 2.5% raise plus step hike for most CT employees
News 12 CT (with video): Lawmakers approve state worker pay raises, but can CT afford it?
CT News Junkie: Legislature Approves Up To 4.5% Raise For Some State Employees
April 20, 2024
Connecticut Post: Negotiations aim to overhaul CT’s disability pension system for the first time in decades
April 19, 2024
Inside Higher Ed: Columbia President Accused of Dishonest Testimony, Throwing Professors ‘Under the Bus’
Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Scholars Decry Columbia University’s Arrest of Pro-Palestine Protesters
April 18, 2024
Inside Higher Ed: Faculty Unions Seeking Formal AI Guidelines
April 17, 2024
CT Insider: UConn faculty member says decision to slash budget ‘hangs over us all’
CT Examiner: UConn Puts Onus on Academics as $70M Shortfall Leaves No Easy Answers
NY Times: Columbia’s President Tells Congress That Action Is Needed Against Antisemitism
April 16, 2024
Inside Higher Ed: ‘You Are in the Crosshairs’: Higher Ed Braces for Another Antisemitism Hearing
The Center Square: Connecticut lawmakers approve 2.5% raises for state workers
Healthcare News
May 16, 2024
Public News Service: CT to join national nurses’ compact; other workforce solutions sought
Medscape: Push for Safer Hospitals: Improve Violence Reporting
May 15, 2024
CT Insider: Connecticut Hospital Association sues Prospect Medical, claims it is owed $1.75M for unpaid dues
May 1, 2024
USA Today: OSHA probe finds home care agency failed to protect nurse killed in Connecticut
April 29, 2024
CT News Junkie: Labor, Political Leaders Pledge To Improve Workplace Safety On Workers Memorial Day
April 25, 2024
Danbury Patch: Nurses Picket Outside Danbury Hospital: Report
NBC Connecticut News (with video): Nurses picketing outside Danbury Hospital
Fox 61 News (with video): Nurses picketed outside of Danbury Hospital on Thursday
The News-Times: Danbury Hospital nurses demonstrate for higher pay: ‘We’re the ones who hold the hospital together’
May 16, 2024
The Rick Smith Show (audio): The Rick Smith Show – Tariffs, Unions, and Books
May 10, 2024
The Hill – Opinion: Red states are fueling a public school exodus
May 6, 2024
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: Connecticut, ditch the edTPA teacher certification requirement
April 29, 2024
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: Nontraditional students need affordable, high quality state universities
The American Prospect – Column: A Great Week for American Workers
April 26, 2024
The Courant – Opinion: Why UConn Health should expand
Common Dreams – Opinion: The Climate Youth Movement’s Earth Day Message to Biden
April 25, 2024
American Psychological Association – Blog: Standing firm against the escalating assault on equity, diversity, and inclusion
April 24, 2024
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: Nurturing ALL of CT’s young is sound fiscal policy
April 22, 2024
The Nation – Commentary: The Education Factory
April 19, 2024
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: Protect CT public legal professionals from harassment
April 17, 2024
CT Mirror – Opinion: Stop misleading the public about the bill to stop FOI harassment of faculty
EdSource – Commentary: Community college faculty should all be allowed to work full time
April 16, 2024
Common Dreams: The Case for Teaching at the End of the World