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Public Employees & Higher Education News
March 24, 2025
New York Times: Judge Blocks Education Officials From Providing Sensitive Data to Musk’s Team
New York Times: Teachers Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Push to Shut Education Dept.
CT Mirror: CT delegation promises action in response to Trump order on Department of Education
Associated Press: Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies
March 22, 2025
Westfair Business Journal: Congressman Latimer tells rally that Trump and enablers intend to end Social Security
CNN: Dismantling the Department of Education will strip resources from disabled children, parents and advocates say
March 21, 2025
CT Insider: What Trump’s Department of Education executive order means for Connecticut schools
New Haven Independent: Wexler-Grant, Lincoln-Bassett To Merge
The CT Mirror: Bigger Social Security checks coming to thousands in CT
March 20, 2025
New Haven, CT Patch: All Aboard Ed Express: NHPS Students, Mayor Testified At State Capitol
CT News Junkie: Connecticut Students Share Their Experience At Underfunded Schools
Bloomberg Law: Teachers Union Seeks Restoration of Income-Driven Loan Plans
March 19, 2025
Diverse Education: Education Department Faces Federal Lawsuit as Student Loan Crisis Deepens for Millions
CNBC: Union sues Trump administration for shutting down student loan repayment plans
March 17, 2025
CT Insider: CT schools have fewer teachers and more administrators than 13 years ago, new report shows
March 16, 2025
CBS News News York: AFT President Randi Weingarten sounds alarm on Trump education cuts
CBS News New York – The Point (video): How could Trump’s Education Department cuts impact students?
March 13, 2025
New Haven Register: New Haven needs to hire about 700 positions to meet student needs based on study recommendations
New York Times: What We’ve Learned About School Closures for the Next Pandemic
March 12, 2025
Local News Live: Mass layoffs at Department of Education
USA Today: Teachers union leader responds to cuts in the Department of Education
The Middletown Press: Middletown leaders grappling with crafting sound budget during ‘unprecedented’ times
CT Public: What parents, teachers and school choice groups think of Education Department cuts
CT Insider: How Trump downsizing the Education Department could affect Connecticut schools
March 11, 2025
Chalkbeat: U.S. Department of Education slashes staff
March 10, 2025
New Haven Register: CT tech schools allegedly denied admission to 42 disabled students, state investigation shows
New Haven Independent: Middle Schools Go Phone-Free
Business Insider: The Ed Dept. is reassuring public servants about their beloved student-loan forgiveness program
People’s World: Teamsters cheer, AFL-CIO skeptical as Senate OK’s Trump Labor Secretary nominee
March 7, 2025
New Haven Independent: Veteran Special Ed Preschool Teacher Retires
March 6, 2025
New Haven Register: New Haven officials say ‘no evident deficiencies’ at schools after teachers union’s safety complaint
March 5, 2025
New Haven Register: CT legislator approves modified plan to provide $40M in special education for school districts
Yale Daily News: Unions march against Trump education cuts
Peoples World: Fired workers tell Trump, Musk how their lives have been ruined
Washington Post: Draft executive order set for Thursday calls for closing Education Dept.
Associated Press: Trump slashed teacher training, citing DEI. Educators say the grants fought staff shortages
New Haven Independent: Hundreds Rally: “Protect Our Kids. Protect Our Schools”
Peoples World: Parents, teachers, students march nationwide against school dollar cuts
New Haven Arts Council: Hundreds March In Fight For Education Funding
WSHU: CT teachers’ union urges protections for federal and state education funding
New Haven Register: In New Haven rally, teachers vow to fight Trump administration’s planned cuts to Dept. of Education
March 4, 2025
WestFair Online: Day of Action planned by teachers unions in New Haven
CT News Junkie: Lamont Returns From India, Vetoes General Assembly’s Emergency Spending Plans
The CT Mirror: Compromise would save Lamont from veto override on funding fight
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Rally held in New Haven to push for more education funding
March 3, 2025
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): Parents upset with school leadership expected to pack Salem Board of Education meeting
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): Parents voice their concerns over high teacher turnover at Salem board of education meeting
New Haven Independent: NHPS To OSHA: “No Evident Deficiencies”
New Haven Independent: $5M Schools Budget Bump Proposed; Gap Remains
New Haven Independent: Mike Carter Calls It Quits, Again
K-12 Dive: Trump administration clarifies stance on DEI in schools
Higher Ed Dive: Education Department Q&A clarifies DEI restrictions
March 2, 2025
Yale Daly News: Elicker proposes cautious budget with “primarily status quo” services
February 28, 2025
People’s World: Top economist tells Congress Trump-Musk policies risk increased inflation and recession
February 27, 2025
CT Insider: Pilot program would re-engage Connecticut’s at-risk high school students under new bill
The Hour: Norwalk Common Council OKs $450 million budget cap amid calls for increased scrutiny, more funding
New York Times: A Union Takes On Musk via Tesla’s Stock
February 26, 2025
Chronicles of Higher Education: Lawsuit Challenges Ed. Dept.’s Authority to Ban Diversity Programs, Alter Teaching on Race
Public Employees & Higher Education News
March 25, 2025
CT Mirror: CSCU saved hundreds of millions while asking for more
The New York Times: Trump’s Cuts to Columbia Were a ‘Gun to the Head,’ Faculty Lawsuit Says
March 23, 2025
The Courant: Overtime for CT state employees costs taxpayers hundreds of millions. Here’s where and why
March 22, 2025
CT Insider: What closing the Department of Education would mean for student loans
March 21, 2025
The New York Times: Trump Cleaves Student Loan and Special Education Services From Education Dept.
Associated Press: Colleges cut ties with a little-known nonprofit targeted by the Trump administration over DEI
March 18, 2025
The CT Mirror: Lamont’s budget for CT is $230 million short
March 15, 2025
CT News Junkie: Committee OKs Expansion Of Debt-Free Community College Program To Include State Universities
March 14, 2025
Associated Press: Appeals court lifts blocks on Trump’s orders restricting diversity, equity and inclusion programs
March 13, 2025
The Courant: Funding to UConn, state police, public schools on chopping block in CT
March 10, 2025
CT Mirror: Lamont cuts spending at CT public colleges, other agencies
CT Insider: Connecticut to sharply reduce hiring for state positions, withhold promised funding
March 8, 2025
The Guardian: Chaos on campuses as schools warn Trump cuts could harm US ‘for decades’
March 7, 2025
The Washington Post: Trump signs order to limit who gets public service student loan forgiveness
March 5, 2025
Diverse Education: AAUP Condemns Trump’s Threats Against Campus Protests as “Antithetical to Democracy”
March 2, 2025
The Courant: CT city complex could hold key for consolidating state workers. Push on to get them back in office.
March 1, 2025
The Boston Globe: Trinity College fires a spokesperson over DEI media inquiry
February 27, 2025
The Southern News: CSU’s fight against budget cuts
February 26, 2025
The Chronicle: Professors, faculty, staff at UConn want more paid family leave
March 12, 2025
CT Public (with audio): Last-minute deal saves Prospect-owned hospitals in PA, but fate of 3 CT hospitals remains uncertain
March 7, 2025
The Courant: Patients, staff in jeopardy at 3 CT Prospect hospitals waiting for buyer, unions say
March 3, 2025
CT Insider: CT governor calls Yale-Prospect deal ‘over’ as lawmakers seek more scrutiny of hospital transactions
March 25, 2025
The Hill – Opinion: Trump seeks to weaken US education, retirement security programs
March 24, 2025
The American Prospect – Column: How to Use Your Power
March 23, 2025
Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence – Blog: An Opportunity for Students & Teachers with ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence
March 21, 2025
CT Insider – Letter: Going without a functioning Department of Education
March 20, 2025
Medium – AFT Voices Blog: ‘We the people’ are losing invaluable educational opportunities
March 19, 2025
CT Mirror – Opinion: Ned Lamont’s ongoing fiscal extremism
March 14, 2025
The Rick Smith Show (Audio): Interview with Randi Weingarten
Ms. Magazine – Interview: Amid Right-Wing Attacks on Education, the American Association of University Professors Organizes for Academic Freedom
In These Times – Commentary: How a “Plan 2028” Could Bring Labor and Social Movements Together
March 13, 2025
AFT YouTube: Highlights from the Day of Action to Protect Our Kids from attacks on public schools.
March 12, 2025
MSNBC (video): Trump Fires Half of Education Dept, Vows to End Agency
March 11, 2025
MSNBC News – Opinion: Trump’s Education Department crusade is a cowardly betrayal of America’s children
March 7, 2025
CT Mirror – Opinion: CT’s colleges and universities need more state support
The Daily Campus – Editorial: What would make USG an actually effective organization?
February 28, 2025
Newsweek – Opinion: Trump’s Plans Put America’s Children Last
