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Public Employees & Higher Education News
May 5, 2025
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Connecticut lawmakers to discuss youth mental health ‘crisis’ for Mental Health Awareness Month
May 3, 2025
New Haven Register: New Haven teachers and parents demand action over hot classrooms at COOP magnet school
May 2, 2025
Nancy on Norwalk: May Day Protest in Norwalk Draws Crowds, Calls to ‘Rein In the Dictator’
The Bristol Edition: Survey allows teachers to identify priorities, among them involved in decision making and student discipline
The New York Times: Funds for K-12 Students Are on the Chopping Block in Trump’s Budget
New Haven Independent: May Day Rally: “Enough Is Enough”
Arts Council of Greater New Haven: In Budget Hearing, Teachers Give A Master Class On Schools Funding
Arts Council of Greater New Haven: From Schools To Student Solidarity, May Day Roars Into Downtown New Haven
May 1, 2025
WFSB Channel 3 News (with video): May Day protests across the state target Trump
New Haven Register: ‘Hands off our Democracy:’ Hundreds turn out for May Day anti-Trump event in New Haven
New Haven Independent: Teachers Bring Budget Push To City Hall
April 30, 2025
Common Dreams: US Supreme Court Could OK Religious Public Charter School in Oklahoma
In These Times: Workers Defy the Billionaire Takeover on May Day
USA Today: Trump administration discontinues $1 billion in school mental health grants
April 29, 2025
New Britain Progressive: School Funding, Emergency Housing, Libraries And Infrastructure Concerns Raised By Residents At City Council Budget Hearing
New Haven Register: New Haven superintendent defends possible staff layoffs, won’t rule out cutting teachers
New Haven Independent: Public Blasts Potential NHPS Layoffs
Government Technology: Do Schools Have the Resources to Execute Trump’s Executive Order on AI?
April 28, 2025
The Day: New London school supporters rally for more education funding
Scripps News: How Trump’s education reform efforts may impact your child’s school
April 25, 2025
Nancy on Norwalk: Norwalk Schools Must Still Cut $6.7M from Budget, Plans to Eliminate Another 10 Central Office Jobs
New Haven Independent: 129 NHPS Layoffs Loom
Education Week: Trump to Schools: Banish ‘Equity Ideology’ in Discipline
Law 360: Feds Fight Unions’ Bid To Reverse Cuts To FMCS
April 24, 2025
WFSB News Channel 3 (with video): New Haven Schools face $14.5 million budget shortfall
New Haven Register: ‘Devastating to our schools’: New Haven could cut 129 positions, arts and sports due to budget cuts
NBC Connecticut News (with video): New Haven sounds alarm on massive school budget shortfall for next school year
CBS News (with video): Impacts of Trump’s student loan policies
The Patch: Supt.: Disruptive School Closures, Layoffs, Program Cuts, On Horizon
New Haven Register: New Haven school officials take steps to prevent issues with vendors from happening again
April 24, 2025
WTNH News Channel 8 (video): New Haven Public Schools superintendent to announce budget cuts
April 23, 2025
WFSB Channel 3 News (video): Hartford school district fighting for more funds to prevent further cuts
The Washington Post: Trump orders changes to civil rights rules, college accreditation
Politico: Trump orders revamp of school discipline policies, college accreditation and funding
April 22, 2025
The Middletown Press: New Haven schools could get two new pools as part of $25 million renovation plan
The CT Mirror: Why CT special education funding bills are dividing advocates
Nancy on Norwalk: NEF to Honor Excellence Among Teachers, Support Staff Next Month
Fox News (with video): Teachers union boss Randi Weingarten shares her ‘concern’ with SCOTUS case on LGBTQ books
April 21, 2025
CT Insider: Special education in Connecticut could see significant changes under proposed legislation
CT News Junkie: New Bills Take Aim At Special Ed Inequities And Outplacement Spending; Advocates Voice Concerns
NBC Connecticut News (with video): Lawmakers unveil plan to fix special education costs
Truthout: As Trump Guts Support for Disabled Students, Their Families Are Fighting Back
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Community describes qualities wanted for new Hartford superintendent
Fox 61 News (with video): Parents weigh in on search for Hartford’s next superintendent
NBC Connecticut News (with video): Parents and district leaders speak out in search for new Hartford superintendent
April 17, 2025
Common Dreams: ‘We Don’t Have to Live This Way,’ Says Teachers Union Leader After Florida Shooting
New York Times: School Vouchers Won in Texas. Next Up, the Nation.
CT Insider: Hartford schools would cut 100+ jobs, middle school sports under proposal
The New York Times: A Legal Battle Over Trump’s Threats to Public School Funding Has Begun
April 16, 2025
The Courant: 100 jobs, middle schools sports targeted for cuts in Hartford schools due to $6.7M budget gap
The CT Mirror: CT refuses to comply with Trump order to end DEI in schools
April 15, 2025
The New York Times: A Top Democratic Official Plots to Take Down Party Incumbents
Reuters: Unions sue to block Trump from eliminating labor mediation agency
NBC Connecticut News (with video): Hartford Board of Ed approves budget, asks for help closing funding gap
April 14, 2025
Bloomberg Law – Daily Labor Report: Teacher Unions Sue to Stop Trump Firing of Labor Mediators
April 13, 2025
Yale Daily News: State response unclear as Trump cuts loom over schools
The Intercept: The Tesla Takedown Shows How We Can Make Oligarchs Feel the Pain
April 11, 2025
Common Dreams: ‘Welcome to the Oligarchy Era’: Social Security Administration Switches Communications to Musk’s X
April 10, 2025
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News: North Haven Barnes & Noble becomes 10th unionized location in U.S.
April 9, 2025
New Haven Independent: Schools Supt. Eyes “Painful” Staff Cuts
CT News Junkie: Push To Suspend Fiscal Guardrails Puts Pressure On Lamont Amid Budget Debate
April 8, 2025
New Britain Herald: Hayes reintroduces bill of rights for education workers, support staff
April 7, 2025
Reuters: Musk’s DOGE team can access sensitive data for now, appeals court rules
Associated Press: Appeals court restores DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies
Yale Daily News: Thousands rally in downtown New Haven in national anti-Trump demonstration
April 6, 2025
Greater New Haven Arts Council – Blog: Poetry Into Power, As Hundreds Rally On The Green
April 5, 2025
New Haven Register: Hundreds rally in New Haven against Trump’s policies: ‘We’re going to march and take it all back’
Stamford Advocate: Greenwich, Stamford rally against Trump, Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ protests: ‘We are in the fight of our lives’
CT Insider: Thousands across CT protest Trump, Musk Saturday as part of nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ movement
WSHU Public Radio News: Thousands attend CT “Hands Off” rallies on Saturday
New Haven Independent: New Haven To Trump, Musk: “Hands Off!”
Public Employees & Higher Education News
May 2, 2025
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): Trump 100 days: How CT colleges and universities are affected
April 28, 2025
CT Insider: CSCU Chancellor Terrence Cheng agrees to step down after spending controversy
April 27, 2025
The Guardian: Hope as US universities find ‘backbone’ against Trump’s assault on education
April 25, 2025
The CT Mirror: Lamont negotiates healthy raises for CT state troopers
April 24, 2025
Yale Daily News: McInnis signs statement against “government intrusion” in higher education
April 23, 2025
CT Mirror: At CT college campuses, agitation reignites — with a wider scope
April 22, 2025
CT Mirror: Legislative committee’s budget aids CT schools, social services, but exceeds cap
Yale Daily News: Yale faculty talk funding cuts, urge solidarity
April 21, 2025
The Daily Campus: UConn AAUP holds rally as part of National Day of Action for higher education
CT Mirror: Lawmakers to offer CT budget that pushes back on ‘fiscal guardrails’
April 20, 2025
CT Insider: ‘Bodies vanishing’: How Trump’s abrupt visa revocations have stoked fear at CT universities
April 19, 2025
The Chronicle: Rally at UConn: Students, faculty protest federal cuts
April 18, 2025
Yale Daily News: “Hands off higher education”: Yale faculty rally for academic freedom
April 17, 2025
Associated Press: University protests blast Trump’s attacks on funding, speech and international students
News Channel 12: ‘Stressed and fearful.’ CT college students protest Trump policies at ‘Hands Off’ rallies
WTNH Channel 8 News: UConn students, professors protest federal funding freezes
CT Mirror: At CT universities, professors and students rally against Trump actions
Connecticut Public: At Yale and UConn, demonstrators speak out to protect higher education
The Daily Campus: Teachers’ federation to hold rally at UConn against federal actions on higher education
April 16, 2025
Forbes: Married Student Loan Borrowers Get Reprieve After Department Of Education Walks Back Statement
The Harvard Crimson: Harvard AAUP Changes Litigation Strategy in Response to Funding Cuts
April 15, 2025
Yale Daily News: Yale faculty urge administrators to defend academic freedom
Forbes: Major Updates On Student Loan Repayment Plan Processing Unveiled By Department Of Education
April 14, 2025
CT Insider: At least 53 visas revoked at colleges and universities across Connecticut
Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Faculty, Students to Hold Nationwide Day of Action Defending Higher Education
April 13, 2025
Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Harvard Faculty, AAUP Challenge Trump Administration’s $8.7 Billion Funding Threat
April 12, 2025
Forbes: Student Loan Payments May Skyrocket Next Month For Married Borrowers, Suggests Trump Administration
April 11, 2025
USA Today: 19 state AGs ask federal judge to block Trump’s international student-visa cancellations
April 9, 2025
CT Post: CT Democrats call for Gov. Ned Lamont to declare fiscal emergency in wake of lost $200 million
Diverse Issues in Higher Ed: Faculty Salaries Rise for Second Consecutive Year, Still Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
April 7, 2025
The Washington Post: Feds are revoking student visas without notifying colleges
April 6, 2025
Fox 61 News – The Real Story (video): Higher Education Funding
April 11, 2025
The Chronicle: Birthing Center ‘Not Feasible’: Residents outraged with firm’s recommendation
CT Public (with audio): Nursing staff shortages plague Waterbury Hospital amid Prospect bankruptcy, records show
April 10, 2025
The CT Mirror: Freestanding birth center not feasible in Windham, study finds
April 7, 2025
NBC Connecticut: State lawmaker fears drop in patient care quality with new employer contract
May 2, 2025
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: Part-time faculty at CSCU need sick leave
April 28, 2025
Boston Globe: Mercy Medical Center facing exodus of emergency doctors
April 25, 2025
CUNY TV (Video): AFT’s Randi Weingarten on Trump Cuts, DEI | The New York Times Close Up with Sam Roberts
April 24, 2025
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: Our rights are being taken. It’s time to fight back
April 14, 2025
Fox News – Opinion: Trump’s decision to gut the Education Department is not only illegal, it’s wrong
April 8, 2025
Americans United: Join the fight! AFT President Randi Weingarten reminds SRF attendees what’s at stake
Labor Notes: Ten National Unions Call for Anti-Trump Resistance
April 7, 2025
Between the Lines – Counterpoint (audio): Connecticut Prepares for Trump Federal Education Budget Cuts
April 6, 2025
The Day – Opinion: It’s not too late to save vital health care support
