Rhode Island just made community college free by Katie Lobosco — August 4, 2017– Money.cnn.com — Rhode Island just became the fourth state in the nation to make community college free, following examples in New York, Oregon and Tennessee. The Promise Scholarship will cover…
New charter seats will strip Bridgeport Public Schools of resources A high school classroom in Bridgeport. — Ann Policelli Cronin – CT Mirror ViewPoints — On July 19, 2017, the unelected, governor-appointed Connecticut State Board of Education approved 504 additional seats…
Office of Early Childhood merger takes us back, not forward JULY 17, 2017 — CT Mirror ViewPoint –By Merrill Gay — CT Early Childhood Alliance –Executive Director– It is troubling that several of the budget proposals floating around the State Capitol call for…
No Revenue + Program Cuts for CT Budget Will Make You Cry – Here’s Why: People will die – Cuts to social service programs and medical services mean health care will be harder to get for: A. People with disabilities,…
Letters in Hartford Courant Consequences Of Segregation Governor Dannel P. Malloy‘s suggestion that the plaintiffs in the landmark Sheff decision appear “as if we’re going out of our way to deprive kids from Hartford of a good education” by resisting…
Solid Gains in Health, Education Require Continued Investment Amid Discussion of Budget Cuts posted by Gwendolyn Pastor June 13, 2017 Today, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released their 2017 Kids Count Data Book. The data book ranks each state’s child…
Dreamers Continue Advocacy Effort by Jack Kramer, CTNewsJunkie HARTFORD, CT — Trying to pass legislation to give immigrant students access to financial aid at Connecticut’s public colleges and universities has always been a toss-up issue, and the recent arrest of…
What are Connecticut’s population trends and who is migrating? Primary Author: Manisha Srivastava, CT Office of Policy and Management – Contributor: Michelle Riordan-Nold, CT Data Collaborative – But there are positive trends. The state gains prime working age adults and…
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Closing Connecticut Community Colleges Wrongheaded CSCU President Mark Ojakian at a town hall meeting in Middletown on proposed cuts and reorganization to the state colleges and universities system. (Cloe Poisson / Hartford Courant) By ELIZABETH KEIFER — opinion in Hartford…