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December 30, 2011
Two reports released Thursday give disappointing
figures in two key categories in Connecticut education: the number of students
dropping out of high school, and the number of high school graduates who go on
to college.
And, the reports are accurate -- unlike those
released for years that were accused of being based on "funny math."
December 28, 2011
"Children with autism and other developmental
disabilities are probably one of the most underserved populations in the state
of Connecticut,"
state Child Advocate Jeanne Milstein said. "We need all kinds of services
and we need ways of paying for these services."
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December 23, 2011
A week after the U.S. Department of Education gave
the state's early education efforts a C-minus, a new study concludes that the
system is underfunded, ill-coordinated and
insufficiently monitored to know what the state is getting for its annual
investment of $224.6 million.
December 21, 2011
Key legislators are questioning whether the tuition
increase that the Board of Trustees approved this week was needed to expand
faculty -- or to help balance the state budget?
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December 20, 2011
A nationally known educator who led school reform
efforts in Chicago, Philadelphia
and New Orleans will try to turn around one of Connecticut's most
troubled public school systems.
The Bridgeport Board of Education was expected late
Tuesday to name Paul Vallas as acting superintendent
while the school district prepares to find a permanent successor to John Ramos,
who leaves at the end of the month.
December 20, 2011
The state's newly merged higher education system
expects to meet a target of $4.3 million in administrative savings over the
next two years -- money that could be used to hire more full-time faculty, the
system's top official said Tuesday.
December 20, 2011
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy
today outlined six broad principles that he says will guide the debate on
education reform next year, including "intensive interventions" by
the state in troubled school systems and a lighter bureaucratic touch at
successful ones.
In a letter to legislators and stakeholders, Malloy
hinted at a willingness to take up the politically charged issue of tenure and
pay reform, saying teachers and principals should be valued for "skill and
effectiveness" over "seniority and tenure.