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Public Employees & Higher Education News
May 26, 2025
CT Insider: Manchester Board of Education expects to make up $950,000 cut with state funds, health care savings
May 23, 2025
The Courant: Objections raised to arrest of teachers, student during CT state Capitol sit-in
May 22, 2025
Daily Kos: Judge blocks Trump’s plot to wreck US education system—for now
CT News Junkie: Police Arrest 10 As Education Advocates Stage Capitol Sit-In Outside Governor’s Office
Fox 61: 10 arrested after entering Lamont’s office during education fund protest: New Haven Mayor
WSHU Public Radio: CT educators and advocates arrested at protest
May 21, 2025
Peoples World: Unions launch ad campaign to promote public service and defeat Trump’s cuts
New Haven Independent: $chools Protest At Capitol Ends With Arrests
CT Insider: CT educators arrested outside governor’s office while protesting for more school funding
CT Mirror: Teachers arrested at CT Capitol after rally for education funding
WFSB Channel 3 News (video): Ten arrested after educators camp out at Governor Lamont’s office over education funding
WTNH Channel 8 News (video): Arrests made at state Capitol rally for increased education funding
The Courant: $3M allocated for a CT school district. Board of Education said they need twice that amount.
May 20, 2025
Fox 61 News (with video): Hartford mayor announces $3 million more for Hartford Public Schools
NBC Connecticut News (with video): Mayor announces $3 million in additional funding for Hartford schools
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): City of Hartford allocating additional $3 million in funding for public schools
May 19, 2025
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Parents, educators, students demand more funding for Hartford Public Schools
Labor Press: Unions Launch National Campaign to Stop Fed Public Services Cuts
May 16, 2025
The CT Mirror: CT officials poised to exceed budget cap to end Medicaid crisis
New Haven Independent: Alders Endorse Mayor’s Budget, Mill Rate Bump
New Haven Independent: 3‑Way Alder Race Comes To Fair Haven
Common Dreams: GOP Bill Gives Rich Funders of Deeply Unpopular School Privatization ‘A Lucrative Tax Shelter’
May 15, 2025
New Haven Independent: Teachers Push Back On “Right-Sizing” Schools
People’s World: For workers, Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ money bill gets worse and worse
May 14, 2025
New Haven Register: New Haven laying off educators at magnet school, putting physics subject at risk
Roll Call: School choice proponents cheer voucher proposal in budget reconciliation measure
Nancy on Norwalk: Norwalk Public Schools to host annual Reading Opens the World event
May 13, 2025
New York Times: Federal School Voucher Proposal Advances, a Milestone for Conservatives
WFSB Channel 3 (video): Parents and educators meet in Hartford to aid in search for superintendent amidst budget cuts
Fox 61: Hartford Public Schools announces 3 Teacher of the Year finalists
May 12, 2025
The Day: New London passes 2025-26 budgets that cut tax rate, flat funds schools
Law 360: Unions Tell Justices To Protect Privacy In Social Security Case
City and State NY: How Randi Weingarten’s career prepared her to take on Trump
K-12 Dive: What’s needed to strengthen career and college pathway commitments?
May 9, 2025
Campus Safety Magazine: Hot Classrooms Prompt Complaints from Connecticut School Teachers, Parents
May 8, 2025
NPR: On Teacher Appreciation Week, union leaders say teachers are underpaid and under attack
May 6, 2025
Valley Independent Sentinel: Ansonia Aldermen Send $69.4 Million Budget To Referendum
May 5, 2025
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Connecticut lawmakers to discuss youth mental health ‘crisis’ for Mental Health Awareness Month
Bloomberg Law: DOGE Data-Access Order Hit With Skepticism From Fourth Circuit
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
Public Employees & Higher Education News
May 20, 2025
Forbes: Student Loan Credit Report Damage Surges — 4 Things Borrowers Can Do
May 19, 2025
Business Insider: Nearly 2 million student-loan borrowers are still waiting to learn if they’ll get affordable monthly payments
May 15, 2025
Inside Higher Ed: 50-Plus Groups Write to Trump Protesting His Attack on Higher Ed
May 12, 2025
CT Mirror: Education aid becoming key to solving CT’s budget puzzle
May 10, 2025
Forbes Magazine: Key Student Loan Update For 2 Million Borrowers As IDR Applications Finally Get Processed
May 8, 2025
The Conversation: How proposed changes to higher education accreditation could impact campus diversity efforts
May 7, 2025
Academic Freedom Online: Information Is the Antidote to Repression
May 6, 2025
Forbes Magazine: Big Update For Student Loan Forgiveness Buyback Program After Months Of Uncertainty
May 5, 2025
The CT Mirror: Budget panel endorses raises for CT troopers
CT Insider: How raises for CT troopers could affect 45K more state employees
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
May 27, 2025
CT Public: CT regulator approves major reduction in services at Prospect-owned hospital
May 22, 2025
Stamford Advocate: Multiple buyers eyeing Prospect’s CT hospitals ahead of auction, state and local officials say
May 21, 2025
Stamford Advocate: CT hospital proposes new contract with nurses as union sounds ‘code red’ over patient care
May 16, 2025
The Day (with video): Backus nurses rally for safer work conditions, better pay
May 15, 2025
The Bulletin (with video): Union leaders proclaim “strike spring” as Backus nurses picket May 15: What are the issues?
CT Examiner: Backus Nurses Say Labor Issue is Crisis for Patient Care
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Backus Hospital workers hold informational strike amid contract talks
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): Backus Hospital nurses hold demonstration over patient care concerns
Fox 61 News (with video): ‘Not fair to this community’: Backus Hospital nurses in Norwich protest for better pay
NBC Connecticut News (with video): Nurses picket at Backus Hospital in Norwich
May 9, 2025
CT Insider: Blumenthal, DeLauro, Larson visit striking Pratt & Whitney machinists in E. Hartford and Middletown
May 6, 2025
The Day: Backus nurses planning ‘informational’ picket May 15 at hospital
May 24, 2025
YouTube: Stand Up! With Pete: Randi Weingarten
May 18, 2025
The Courant – Obituary: Terry A. Arburr
May 15, 2025
CT Viewpoints – Opinion: The case to license CT hospital administrators
May 15, 2025
Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project Blog: When It Comes to Free Speech, Dark Money Often Speaks Louder Than Words
May 12, 2025
Labor Press: AFT President Weingarten rallies educators to defend public schools
May 7, 2025
CT Insider: For Teacher Appreciation Week, educator who survived Sandy Hook tragedy urges safer schools
May 6, 2025
CT Mirror: One size doesn’t fit all: Why CT’s school funding model is failing
The New York Times – Letter: Not All Students Go to College. We Need to Make That OK.
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
