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May 25, 2023
Hartford Courant: CT House approves major gun control bill as Republicans blast attack on 'citizens' rights'
Hartford Courant: CT House approves major gun control bill as Republicans blast attack on 'citizens' rights'
May 24, 2023
New Haven Independent: Daniels Teacher: Please Keep Us Safe
The Day: New London approves $102M city and school budget with tax rate expected to drop
The Day: New London approves $102M city and school budget with tax rate expected to drop
May 23, 2023
Journal Inquirer: Manchester school board brings budget down to 2.5% hike
Axios: 1 big thing: Biden's AI plan
WTNH - News Channel 8 (with video): Connecticut Senate passes bill requiring financial literacy classes for high school students
WTNH - News Channel 8 (with video): Connecticut Senate passes bill requiring financial literacy classes for high school students
May 22, 2023
Meriden Record Journal: BASEBALL: Panthers, Spartans honor and perpetuate, the legacy of Mr. Katz
People's World: Rally at Connecticut State Capitol demands 'Equity Can't Wait'
The Chronicle: Two area coaches inducted into CHSCA Hall of Fame
The Chronicle: Warning status removed from WHS
The Newtown Bee: 'Mindfulness Mornings' Instill Peace And Focus In Middle Gate Students
CT Insider: Banning books: In CT, titles for teens are being challenged
CT Insider: Banning books: In CT, titles for teens are being challenged
May 21, 2023
Hartford Courant: Hartford students flood meeting with complaints about food, space and lack of teachers
May 19, 2023
NBC Connecticut (with video): Middletown Students Recognized for Disaster Relief Help
New Haven Independent: Children's March Asks Adults To Listen
The Newtown Bee: BOE Ties On All Motions, Amendments Along Party Lines: Still No Action On Challenged Books
CT Insider: West Hartford make Diwali a school holiday
WFSB - Channel 3 Eyewitness News: Kaynor Tech in Waterbury dismissing early due to staff shortage
May 18, 2023
New Haven Independent: Pen + Plastic + 3D Learning =Avocado
CT Post: Norwalk schools to give away 50,000 free English, Spanish books: 'Reading is a super power'
New Haven Independent: Uneaten School Snacks? There's A Cart For That
CT Insider: CT Sen. Chris Murphy calls for restrictions of restraint and seclusion practices in U.S. schools
Education Week: A Medicaid Change Could Make It Easier for Schools to Pay for Special Ed. Services
Nancy on Norwalk: School union leaders urge Norwalk BoE to question Estrella's coming budget cuts
Nancy on Norwalk: School union leaders urge Norwalk BoE to question Estrella's coming budget cuts
May 17, 2023
Connecticut Public: State Senate passes bill requiring financial literacy classes for high school students
The Chronicle: ACT students to share work at event tonight
The Newtown Bee: Middle Gate Students Eager To Inspect Insects At Earth Day Museum
Newstimes: In Newtown, 2 challenged books to stay temporarily on school shelves after deadlocked vote
New Haven Independent: 3 Students Vie For Open Ed Board Seat
WTNH - News Channel 8 (with video): Gov. Ned Lamont, education leaders roll outplan to increase school staffing in Connecticut
WTNH - News Channel 8 (with video): Gov. Ned Lamont, education leaders roll outplan to increase school staffing in Connecticut
May 16, 2023
News 12 Connecticht: People rally outside BOE meeting in Newtown against banning books
NBC Connecticut (with video): Newtown Board of Ed Deadlocked on Whether to Keep or Ban Challenged Books
Newstimes: Newtown residents to rally Tuesday against calls to ban two books at Newtown High School
Newstimes: Newtown residents to rally Tuesday against calls to ban two books at Newtown High School
May 15, 2023
The Chronicle: Windham Tech knocks off Windham in extra innings
The Newtown Bee: BOE Making Accommodations For May 16 Meeting Overflow
The Newtown Bee: Gun Violence Prevention Advocates Call For Supreme Court Reforms
May 13, 2023
W4 News Youtube Channel: Hartford Educators Host Book Giveaway
Harford Courant: CT high school wins national competition for restaurant plan that combines social change and ethnic food
Harford Courant: CT high school wins national competition for restaurant plan that combines social change and ethnic food
May 12, 2023
New Haven Independent: Cross Culinary Champs Bring Home The Gold
The Newtown Bee: BOE Changes Location For May 16 Meeting
NBC Connecticut - Face the Facts (with video): Plan Aims to Reform Pension Plan for Municipal Retirees
WFSB Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): 2 Manchester schools close due to shooting threat
Valley Independent Sentinel: Ansonia Board Of Education Highlights
Valley Independent Sentinel: Ansonia Board Of Education Highlights
May 11, 2023
Hartford Courant: Hartford mayoral candidate Eric Coleman calls for teachers raises to address school problems
WFSB Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): Parents and teachers in Salem fed up with school administration
WTNH News Channel 8 (with video): Reconnecting Our Youth: Distrupting the school-to-prison pipeline in Connecticut
The Chronicle: Windham taxpayers approve all 3 budgets
NBC News - The Today Show (with video): Sheryl Lee Ralph recalls the power of a hug during candid moment on ‘Abbott Elementary’ set
ABC News (with video): Why there's a special education and STEM teacher shortage and what can be done
May 10, 2023
CT Examiner: Parents Demand Transparency from Middletown Schools After 'Major Incidents' Involving Students
1080 WTIC: Threat made against Bloomfield school
Patch: Middletown Looks To Boost Security At 10 Schools
Voices News: Challenged Books Report Presented to School Board
Voices News: Challenged Books Report Presented to School Board
May 9, 2023
WTNH - News Channel 8 (with video): New outdoor classroom to create unique learning experience
News 12 (with video): 'Best educators in the country.' State leaders urge businesses to participate in school staff appreciation program
May 8, 2023
News 12 (with video): 'Best educators in the country.' State leaders urge businesses to participate in school staff appreciation program
May 8, 2023
Hartford Courant: Connecticut committee approves multimillion-dollar labor agreements
The Newtown Bee: Board of Education Taking More Time To Consider Book Challenges
WFSB - Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): Teacher appreciation week starts TODAY!
NBC Connecticut: Teacher Appreciation Week Deals Include Free Food, Big Discounts
New Haven Register: New Haven training city staff, cops, school employees in active shooter situations
CT Insider: Danbury charter school has been approved, but not funded. Now it's raising tensions.
CT Insider: Danbury charter school has been approved, but not funded. Now it's raising tensions.
May 5, 2023
New Haven Independent: New School Murals Honor LGBTQ+ Icons
The Chronicle: BOE moved forward with 1-school model
The Hartford Courant: Middletown school officials probe incident involving racist, anti-semitic behavior by middle school baseball team
The Hartford Courant: Middletown school officials probe incident involving racist, anti-semitic behavior by middle school baseball team
May 4, 2023
WTNH - News Channel 8 (with video): Norwich Technical High School students begin steps toward career with SkillsUSA
Arts Council of Greater News Haven: Three West Haven Students Give Nature A Poetic Voice
The Newtown Bee: Presentation Of Essay Project Middle School Age Runners-Up Concludes
CT Insider: Hartford's final budget deliberations begin next week. Here's what to know.
CT Insider: Hartford's final budget deliberations begin next week. Here's what to know.
Governing Magazine: Connecticut’s Workforce Is Attracting Manufacturing Industry
May 3, 2023
The Washington Post: Writers strike in the East, in the West: Scenes from two picket lines
Record Journal: Meriden school officials prepare for budget cuts with $1.3 million funding gap
WTNH Channel 8 News (video): Students create Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for Middletown parade
CT Insider: Hartford school district employees paid more than $200 million in total in 2022
Record Journal: Meriden school officials prepare for budget cuts with $1.3 million funding gap
WTNH Channel 8 News (video): Students create Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for Middletown parade
CT Insider: Hartford school district employees paid more than $200 million in total in 2022
CT Insider: How CT's skilled workforce is luring advanced manufacturing to the state
Patch: West Hartford BoE Slammed With Special Ed Shortfall, Cuts Music
Patch: West Hartford BoE Slammed With Special Ed Shortfall, Cuts Music
May 2, 2023
Nancy on Norwalk: Norwalk BoE looks to $4.1 million for FY24 budget
New Haven Independent: Housing Tops May Day Rally Cry
Arts Council of Greater New Haven - Blog: From The Green, May Day Imagines Another Future
Nancy on Norwalk: Norwalk BoE looks to $4.1 million for FY24 budget
May 1, 2023
Nancy On Nowalk: NPD investigating middle school ‘504’ group, Chief says
Yahoo News: 'Very homophobic': Teachers' union leader Randi Weingarten says House hearing crossed the line
Public News Service: Congressional Hearing Re-Examines AFT COVID-19 Pandemic Plan
New Haven Independent: Education Justice Vision Takes Shape
CT Insider: After possible PCB exposure in Hartford schools, cancer concerns grow for former students
Yahoo News: 'Very homophobic': Teachers' union leader Randi Weingarten says House hearing crossed the line
Public News Service: Congressional Hearing Re-Examines AFT COVID-19 Pandemic Plan
New Haven Independent: Education Justice Vision Takes Shape
CT Insider: After possible PCB exposure in Hartford schools, cancer concerns grow for former students
May 26, 2023
UConn Today: Helping Asian Students Feel at Home at UConn
UConn Today: Helping Asian Students Feel at Home at UConn
May 25, 2023
Hartford Courant: CT's Tunxis Community College holds its 52nd Commencement
UConn Today: Spotlight on Services: Clinical Research Center
UConn Today: Spotlight on Services: Clinical Research Center
May 24, 2023
Inside Higher Ed: AAUP Calls to Fight 'Tooth and Nail' in Florida
May 23, 2023
CT News Junkie: Report: Connecticut Has Aggressive Probation Practices
UConn Today: Faculty, staff, and students are recognized for their Exellence in Community Engagement
UConn Today: Power of Growing Diversity: Meet OB/GYN Resident Dr. Chioma Ogbejesi
UConn Today: Power of Growing Diversity: Meet OB/GYN Resident Dr. Chioma Ogbejesi
May 22, 2023
The Hill: Higher education braces for the worst in debt ceiling fight
The Hill: Higher education braces for the worst in debt ceiling fight
May 20, 2023
Hartford Courant: Allergy doctors sounding alarms as CT sees its worst season in years. Here's what you need to know
Hartford Courant: Allergy doctors sounding alarms as CT sees its worst season in years. Here's what you need to know
May 19, 2023
Yahoo! Finance (with video): Student debt: 615,000 borrorwers receive public service loan forgiveness
CT Public (with audio): CT colleges preparing for 'crash landing' in next state budget, CSCU president says
May 18, 2023
Hartford Courant: PHOTOS: Recovery For All Rally
WTNH - News Channel 8 (with video): Eastern Connecticut State University's president of 18 years, Elsa Nunez, announces retirement
CT Insider: 1,500 people form chain around CT Capitol to demand social service funding, higher taxes on wealthy
WTNH - News Channel 8 (with video): Connecticut educators rally at capitol for increase in state's education budget
May 17, 2023
May 16, 2023
WTNH - News Channel 8 (with video): Nyberg - UConn program helps young women become leaders
UConn Today: UConn Students Help Thousands by Surveying Patients for Social Determinants of Health in Waiting Rooms
May 15, 2023
CT Public Radio: Connecticut colleges and towns ask: Should they make motorists pay to charge electric vehicles?
CT Public Radio: Connecticut colleges and towns ask: Should they make motorists pay to charge electric vehicles?
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News: Downtown Hartford businesses adjust to employees working from home
May 12, 2023
May 11, 2023
NBC Connecticut (with video): How is Our State Government Using Artificial Intelligence?
Fox 61 (with video): Recognizing nurse Elisa DePalma for National Nurses Week
UConn Today: UConn, Yale Push Connecticut to Quantum Reality
UConn Today: UConn, Yale Push Connecticut to Quantum Reality
May 10, 2023
New Haven Register: Southern Connecticut State University completes $52.4M first CT-owned, net zero building
May 8, 2023
News Times: Danbury to open a 'Food Farmacy' offering healthy items, thanks to United Way, Nuvance Health
Journal Inquirer: UConn grads urged to never stop learning
Journal Inquirer: UConn grads urged to never stop learning
May 7, 2023
News Times: WCSU offers food pantry on Danbury campus for students worried about cost of their next meal
News Times: WCSU offers food pantry on Danbury campus for students worried about cost of their next meal
May 6, 2023
News Times: As WCSU students in Danbury cope with shutdown rumors, leaders say, "Western is not closing. Period."
News Times: As WCSU students in Danbury cope with shutdown rumors, leaders say, "Western is not closing. Period."
May 5, 2023
May 4, 2023
UConn Today: UConn Health Screens Firefighters for Skin Cancer
CT Insider: Budget fight could threaten CT's public colleges, but officials can't even agree on basic facts
May 3, 2023
May 2, 2023
UConn Today: UConn’s Class of 2023: By the Numbers
May 1, 2023
Inside Higher Ed: Connecticut State System Warns of ‘Devastating’ Cuts
UConn Today: Laurie Devaney Named Interim Department Head of Kinesiology
UConn Today: Celebrating UConn’s Class of 2023
Hartford Courant: It’s cramped, outdated and in need of repair. There’s a push for a new Hartford Capital Community College campus.
UConn Today: Celebrating UConn’s Class of 2023
Hartford Courant: It’s cramped, outdated and in need of repair. There’s a push for a new Hartford Capital Community College campus.
May 23, 2023
The American Prospect - Quackanomics: Medical Properties Trust spent billions buying community hospitals in bewildering deals that made private equity rich and working-class towns reel.
The American Prospect - Quackanomics: Medical Properties Trust spent billions buying community hospitals in bewildering deals that made private equity rich and working-class towns reel.
May 20, 2023
May 18, 2023
CT News Junkie: Senate Passes Paid Sick Days Expansion
May 17, 2023
The Chronicle: Healthcare obstacles faced by state residents
CT Mirror: CT hospital staffing measure shifts away from mandated ratios
CT Mirror: CT hospital staffing measure shifts away from mandated ratios
May 15, 2023
CT Mirror: Health care in rural Connecticut faces key challenges, officials say
CT Mirror: Health care in rural Connecticut faces key challenges, officials say
May 12, 2023
May 10, 2023
Hartford Business Journal: CT hospitals see rise in unpaid medical bills, as new models emerge to erase debt
May 9, 2023
The Chronicle: Windham hospital gets an 'A'
May 4, 2023
Beckers Hospital Review: Beyond the pizza party: How 9 systems are making meaningful efforts to boost provider well-being
Beckers Hospital Review: 20 top hospitals, health systems for diversity
May 3, 2023
The Day: Backus Hospital earns ‘A’ safety grade from watchdog group
Fox 61 News (video): Amid rising violence, lawmakers push for healthcare worker protections
Fox 61 News (video): Amid rising violence, lawmakers push for healthcare worker protections
May 2, 2023
Hartford Courant: A report says CT hospitals could give more to charity. Here’s how, and why hospitals say it ‘cherry-picks data.’
May 25, 2023
The Newtown Bee: Unpacking The 'Miller Test'
The Newtown Bee: 'These Are Not Close Calls'
The Newtown Bee: Stay Vigilant About Book Banning Attempts
May 23, 2023
CT Mirror - Viewpoints: Stop the use of CT's FOI as a weapon to harass faculty
CT Mirror - Viewpoints: Stop the use of CT's FOI as a weapon to harass faculty
May 19, 2023
News Times: Opinion: WCSU's success is evident in graduates' careers
News Times: Opinion: WCSU's success is evident in graduates' careers
May 18, 2023
CT Mirror - Viewpoints: If you think education is expensive, Connecticut, try ignorance
May 15, 2023
CT Post: Jonathan L. Wharton (opinion): The importance of historic preservation
CT Mirror - Student Voice: How many more students will we lose before guns are regulated?
CT Mirror - Student Voice: How many more students will we lose before guns are regulated?
May 12, 2023
The Newtown Bee - Letter: Respect The Policy, Respect The Process
May 11, 2023
The Newtown Bee - Letter: Counterpoint To A Prior Hive Contributer
The Newtown Bee - Letter: Library Media Specialists State Position
The Newtown Bee - Letter: Opposed To Book Banning
The Newtown Bee - Letter: Daily Exposures Worse Than Anything In Challenged Books
The Newtown Bee - Letter: Respect For The Special Review Committee
The Newtown Bee - Letter: US Constitutional 14th Amendment Standards
CT Viewpoints - Commentary: Tell your lawmakers we need an educated citizenry
CT Post: Editorial: Send lawmakers back to school before rushing decisions on furture of CT colleges
May 8, 2023
CT Mirror: Charter schools -- the promise vs the reality
CT Mirror: To support our students, we must support paraeducators
CT Mirror: To support our students, we must support paraeducators
May 7, 2023
CT Post: Opinion: State universities are already stretched
CT Post: Opinion: State universities are already stretched
May 6, 2023
USA Today: Active shooter drills aren't making our kids safe. They cause unnecessary stress and fear.
May 3, 2023
Compact Magazine - Analysis: Why Rural Maternity Wards Are Disappearing
The News Times: Opinion: Lawmakers need schooling before making college cuts
May 1, 2023
Foward: In Defence of Public Education
The News-Times-Analysis: Lamont deflects angry demands from all sides to spend CT surplus on education
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