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March 24, 2023
WTNH- TV Channel 8 News (with video): Remarkable Women of Connecticut: North Branford girls field hockey coach still on the sidelines after 50 years
WTNH- TV Channel 8 News (with video): Remarkable Women of Connecticut: North Branford girls field hockey coach still on the sidelines after 50 years
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Initiative aims to strengthen Connecticut teacher recruitment, retention efforts
March 23, 2023
The Intercept_: A is for Abuse: Two Harvard Grads Saw Big Profits in African Education. Children Paid the Price.
Pensions & Investments: Connecticut House Democrats float bill to tax college endowments
New Haven Independent: School Board OKs $207M Budget Request
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): Initiative to bolster teacher recruitment in the state announced
NBC Connecticut News (with video): New Two-Part Plan to Help Teacher Retention and Recruitment
March 22, 2023
The Middletown Press: If Middletown superintendent's $98.6M budget request approved, spending would rise 3.9%
The Newtown Bee: K-5 Math Program Update Presented to BOE
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Middletown parents to hold virtual meeting over proposed charter school
March 21, 2023
March 20, 2023
The Chronicle: Possible heating upgrade at Sweeney
CT News Junkie: Educators Lobby For A Raise
March 19, 2023
Hartford Courant: Here are the Hartford Public Schools 'Teacher of the Year' nominees
March 17, 2023
The Washington Post: Few legal challenges to laws limiting lessions on race, gender
CT Insider: Paraeducators ask CT lawmakers for better pay, working conditions: 'We are not compensated accordingly'
The Newtown Bee: Cheerleaders Overcame Obstacles, Put Skills On Display To Become Team Of The Year
The Middletown Press: Citizens implore Middletown education board for data on potential impact of charter school
The Middletown Press: Citizens implore Middletown education board for data on potential impact of charter school
March 16, 2023
People's World: Biden budget blueprint features paid family leave for all, tax hikes on rich
CT Public: Union urges passage of bill focusing on CT teacher retention and recruitment
CT Public: Union urges passage of bill focusing on CT teacher retention and recruitment
March 15, 2023
The Newtown Bee: Board of Education Discusses 12/14 Observance For 2023
Hartford Courant: City officials call Hartford Schools funding unsustainable. What changes can be made?
WFSB: Shooting investigation in New London sends school into 'secure mode'
WFSB: Shooting investigation in New London sends school into 'secure mode'
March 14, 2023
The Newtown Bee: High School Scientists Lead DNA Demonstration at NMS
Chief Investment Officer: Connecticut Bill Would Allow Cities to Tax Private College Endowments
New Haven Independent: In-Person Teachers Watch Online School Board
New Haven Independent: In-Person Teachers Watch Online School Board
March 13, 2023
The 19th News: Sen. Bernie Sanders proposes guaranteed minimum teacher salary of $60,000 nationwide
The Newtown Bee: Winter I-Ready Update Presented To Board Of Education
The Newtown Bee: Winter I-Ready Update Presented To Board Of Education
March 11, 2023
Hartford Courant: A tiny CT town and a city are sparring over an Open Choice education payment. Here's what that means for students.
New Haven Register: 'Nearly forgotten' story of the first Black members of Congress told in new book by CT teacher
New Haven Register: 'Nearly forgotten' story of the first Black members of Congress told in new book by CT teacher
March 10, 2023
Ballotpedia News: Florida Republicans introduce bills prohibiting paycheck deductions for public-sector union dues
The Middletown Press: Report: Middletown could lose millions in state funds in charter school's first 6 years
The Washington Post: Schools try 4-day weeks to keep teachers, and students may pay the price
The Newtown Bee: Finance Board Reduces School Budget Request By $185K
The Newtown Bee: Finance Board Reduces School Budget Request By $185K
March 9, 2023
Education Week: How Schools Fare in Biden's Proposed Budget
CT Insider: Here's what to know about West Hartford's proposed school budget
CT Insider: Here's what to know about West Hartford's proposed school budget
March 8, 2023
Voices News: Newtown Budget Moves to Council
CT Insider: Hartford school board aproved $429 million budget with anticipated 6 percent staff vacancy rate
March 7, 2023
New Haven Register: SCSU, Gateway nominate US secretary, ex-mayor, superintendent for honorary degrees
The Center Square: Connecticut weighs plan to tax private college endowments
CT Mirror: Woodbridge shuts out New Haven students
Hartford Courant: Increased costs, decreasing revenue contribute to Hartford Public School budget woes
The Chronicle: Barrows STEM Academy students take part in competition
New Haven Register: Advocates, students back renewed effort to tax Yale's and private colleges' endowments
New Haven Register: Advocates, students back renewed effort to tax Yale's and private colleges' endowments
March 5, 2023
New Haven Independent: President Joe To Leave SCSU
New Haven Independent: President Joe To Leave SCSU
March 4, 2023
The Day: State, schools battle over control of reading curriculum
The Day: State, schools battle over control of reading curriculum
March 3, 2023
Greater New Haven Arts Council: Heritage Chorale Rings In 25 Years At New Haven Museum
The Chronicle: Windham BOE approves budget
WFSB: Shortage of special education teachers affects students across state
WFSB: Shortage of special education teachers affects students across state
March 2, 2023
Current Affairs: The "Uber-ification" of Teaching Will Destroy Public Education
Politico: Labor leaders urge DNC to spike Atlanta
The Middletown Press: CT education board grants initial approval for Middletown charter school
March 1, 2023
Connecticut Pubic: New Haven's mayor lays out new budget proposal
CT Insider: School counselors could take on CT law enforcement duties under proposal: "This is absurd"
The Washington Post: Biden chooses Julie Su to lead Labor Department
CT Post: Norwalk council hears concerns on school spending, delays budget cap: 'This is unacceptable'
New Haven Independent: On The Record: Leslie Blatteau
New Haven Independent: On The Record: Leslie Blatteau
Voices News: In Newtown: Finance Board Discusses 2023-24 Budget
WTNH: Educating Connecticut: The Town Hall
MSNBC: Randi Weingarten: Student debt relief is 'a moral issue'
MSNBC: Randi Weingarten: Student debt relief is 'a moral issue'
February 28, 2023
CT Insider: Hartford schools officials eye staffing levels to address projected $24 million budget deficit
The Middletown Press: Protesters gather at former CT Juvenile Training School, calling for state to 'bulldoze' building
The Chronicle: Windham Tech survives in CTC quarters
The Newtown Bee: Finance Board Digs Into School Budget Proposal
Business Insider: Some schools are switching to the 4-day workweek to bring in and keep teachers, but education officials say it's not a 'magic pill' to fix the educator shortage
February 27, 2023
NBC Connecticut: Governor's Bill Aims to Provide More Resources to English Learning Students in CT Schools
CT Insider: These 3 Hartford schools are getting more than $200 million in upgrades
Hartford Courant: A West Hartford school is teaching its students how to compost their food waste. A new CT bill could make it a requirement.
Hartford Courant: A West Hartford school is teaching its students how to compost their food waste. A new CT bill could make it a requirement.
February 26, 2023
HK-Now: Higganum Student Joins Clinton Firm as First WBL Employee
Meriden Record Journal: Platt hosts bilingual career fair for students in Meriden
Meriden Record Journal: Platt hosts bilingual career fair for students in Meriden
February 24, 2023
New Haven Independent: Wilbur Cross Celebrates $4.35M Sports Complex Overhaul
New Haven Independent: New Prinicipal Sets Sights High For Wilbur Cross
New Haven Independent: "Gap" Defined For Multilingual Students
Hartford Courant: Hartford schools facing $24 million budget deficit; Cutting, leaving positions vacant proposed to stop bleeding
The Newtown Bee: Some ARP Funds Will Be Used For Project Adventure, Playground Equipment
The Middletown Press: Proposed Capital Prep charter school in Middletown raises concerns among parents, educators
The Middletown Press: Proposed Capital Prep charter school in Middletown raises concerns among parents, educators
March 24, 2023
The Daily Campus: ‘UConn Reads at the AACC’ goes beyond reading
March 23, 2023
UConn Today: Tools for More Accurate Obesity Risk Assesment Based on Sex, Ethnicity
UConn Today: Tools for More Accurate Obesity Risk Assesment Based on Sex, Ethnicity
March 22, 2023
The Daily Campus: Applications to UConn steadily increase
UConn Today: Medical Students Represent UConn at Spine Summit
UConn Today: Spirit Awards Recognize Deserving UConn Employees
March 21, 2023
UConn Today: Latest News from the Division of Periodontology
UConn Today: UConn School of Social Work Celebrates 75th Anniversary
Journal Inquirer: UConn pantry provides a harvest for students
Journal Inquirer: UConn pantry provides a harvest for students
March 20, 2023
Hartford Courant: It's a condition that can cause pain and infertility. CT lawmakers want more research diagnosis and treatment.
UConn Today: Husky Harvest Food Pantry Opens at Storrs; Takes Cues from Success at Regional Campuses
UConn Today: Grant Will Help Break Down Barriers in Access to Technology in Hartford
UConn Today: Grant Will Help Break Down Barriers in Access to Technology in Hartford
March 17, 2023
New Haven Register: 'A catalyst': New Haven-area professors on COVID-related changes, 3 years later
CT Insider: How a new CT state senator handled two tragedies a month after taking office
Hartford Courant: CT has a 'transcript trap'. Heres what that is and why lawmakers look to end it.
Hartford Courant: CT has a 'transcript trap'. Heres what that is and why lawmakers look to end it.
March 16, 2023
WFSB: CT '23: Getting to the truth; where journalism goes from here
CT Mirror: Report: Taxing the rich won't make them leave CT
CT Mirror: Report: Taxing the rich won't make them leave CT
March 15, 2023
CT Insider: CT colleges can withhold transcripts for students with outstanding debts. Lawmakers may soon change that.
CT Insider: CT colleges can withhold transcripts for students with outstanding debts. Lawmakers may soon change that.
March 13, 2023
Billy Penn: Temple grad students end 6-week strike, ratify new contract that improves pay, benefits, working conditions
Billy Penn: Temple grad students end 6-week strike, ratify new contract that improves pay, benefits, working conditions
March 10, 2023
UConn Today: Professor Plesko -- Awarded Researcher, Enthusiastic Advocate for Students -- Named Top Tax Educator in the Nation
UConn Today: Professor Plesko -- Awarded Researcher, Enthusiastic Advocate for Students -- Named Top Tax Educator in the Nation
March 9, 2023
The Daily Campus: UConn employees make up vast-majority of highest paid state workers in 2022, while payroll reveals secret UConn seven-figure arbitration settlement
CT Mirror: CT essential state workers awarded $45M in pandemic relief
CT Mirror: CT essential state workers awarded $45M in pandemic relief
March 8, 2023
UConn Today: UConn Health Hosts 60th CT Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
Southern News: President Joe is Leaving the University
Southern News: President Joe is Leaving the University
March 7, 2023
CT Public: New nursing program at ECSU aims to help combat CT nursing shortage
CT Public: New nursing program at ECSU aims to help combat CT nursing shortage
March 6, 2023
UConn Today: With Record 48,000+ Applications, UConn's Class of 2027 Promises a Wealth of Talent, Diversity
The Wesleyan Argus: Wesleyan AAUP Chapter Launches "One Faculty!" Campaign Calling for All Faculty to Receive Tenure Protections
NBC Connecticut: Norovirus Cases Increase in Northeast This Winter
NBC Connecticut: Norovirus Cases Increase in Northeast This Winter
March 2, 2023
UConn Today: 3 UConn Health Nurses Recognized for Outstanding Care
UConn Today: 3 UConn Health Nurses Recognized for Outstanding Care
March 1, 2023
Inside Higher Ed: Lacking Collective Bargaining Rights, but Organizing Anyway
Journal Inquirer: Lawsuit: MCC chief was dismissed for questioning misuse of federal funds
UConn Today: UConn Nursing, School Work Awarded $6M to Address Workforce Shortages in Critical Fields
February 28, 2023
CT Insider: First big snowstorm of season hits Connecticut
United Press International: Supreme Court hears arguments over Biden's student debt relief plan
MSNBC - Andrea Mitchell Reports (video): Randi Weingarten: Student debt relief is ‘a moral issue’
February 27, 2023
Journal Inquirer: How much is UConn getting?
Center Square: Lawmakers weigh relief for student loan borrowers
UConn Today: Voices Rising: UConn's Gospel Choir Finds Celebration in Sound
UConn Today: Voices Rising: UConn's Gospel Choir Finds Celebration in Sound
February 26, 2023
CT Insider: Lamont says CT is funding UConn at record levels. The reality is a little more complicated
February 25, 2023
March 20, 2023
WFSB-TV Channel 3 Eyewitness News (with video): Proposed bill would limit the number of patients a nurse can take
March 19, 2023
AFT Voices: What unions do
Medpage Today: Temp Nurses Cost Hospitals Big During Pandemic. Lawmakers Are Now Mulling Limits.
Medpage Today: Temp Nurses Cost Hospitals Big During Pandemic. Lawmakers Are Now Mulling Limits.
March 16, 2023
UConn Today: UConn John Dempsey Hospital Named a World's Best Hospital by Newsweek
UConn Today: UConn John Dempsey Hospital Named a World's Best Hospital by Newsweek
March 14, 2023
CT Public: Massachusetts-based Covenant Health cancels purchase of Connecticut's Day Kimball Hospital
CT Mirror: AG Tong: Plaintiffs have standing in Hartford HealthCare antitrust case
CT Mirror: Covenant Health cancels Day Kimball hospital aquisition plan
CT Mirror: Covenant Health cancels Day Kimball hospital aquisition plan
March 13, 2023
WTNH: Gov. Ned Lamont Proposes expanding maternal healthcare options in Connecticut
CT News Junkie: Lamont Looks to Expand Birth Centers as Hospitals Move to Close Materniry Wards
CT News Junkie: Lamont Looks to Expand Birth Centers as Hospitals Move to Close Materniry Wards
March 13, 2023
The Militant: Profit-driven hospital bosses cut back on maternity wards
The Militant: Profit-driven hospital bosses cut back on maternity wards
March 9, 2023
NBC Connecticut: Lawmakers Consider Bill to Expand CT's Premium Pay to Include More Essential Workers
CT News Junkie: Committee Weighs Pro-Labor Agenda
CT News Junkie: Committee Weighs Pro-Labor Agenda
March 8, 2023
CT News Junkie: Connecticut Hospitals Are Hemorrhaging Without A Cure
CT News Junkie: Connecticut Hospitals Are Hemorrhaging Without A Cure
March 7, 2023
CT Public: Connecticut hospital group says 2022 was the worst year financially since pandemic started
CT Mirror: Report shows pandemic, inflation left CT hospital finances reeling
CT Mirror: Report shows pandemic, inflation left CT hospital finances reeling
March 6, 2023
Hartford Courant: Report: Connecticut hospitals in precarious state after worst year financially since pandemic began
Hartford Courant: Report: Connecticut hospitals in precarious state after worst year financially since pandemic began
March 2, 2023
Northwest Labor Press: AFT launches 'code red' campaign to pass hospital staffing ratios
Northwest Labor Press: AFT launches 'code red' campaign to pass hospital staffing ratios
February 28, 2023
New Haven Register: Registered nurse jobs going unfilled in Greater New Haven, CT
February 27, 2023
Herald and News: Nurses call for stricter staffing standards at hospitals
February 26, 2023
Yakima Herald-Repubic: WA lawmakers consider bill to require and enforce nurse staffing minimums in hospitals
Philomath News: Nurses call for stricter staffing standards at hospitals
Philomath News: Nurses call for stricter staffing standards at hospitals
February 25, 2023
CT Examiner: Mental Health Advocates Question Records Sharing on State's Health Information Exchange
February 24, 2023
Politico Pulse: Cassidy plans health workforce bill
Politico Pulse: Cassidy plans health workforce bill
March 24, 2023
CT Viewpoints - Commentary: In praise of SB1105 — reducing reliance on adjunct faculty at CT colleges
The Conversation - Commentary: 40 years ago ‘A Nation at Risk’ warned of a ‘rising tide of mediocrity’ in US schools – has anything changed?
March 23, 2023
The Washington Post - Answer Sheet: This educator turned lawmaker wants to end misuse of standardized testing
The Washington Post - Answer Sheet: This educator turned lawmaker wants to end misuse of standardized testing
March 22, 2023
CT News Junkie: ANALYSIS | Are Connecticut Hospitals Losing Money? It Depends
CT News Junkie: ANALYSIS | Are Connecticut Hospitals Losing Money? It Depends
March 21, 2023
CT Mirror: Lamont's budget: Justice for children deferred is justice denied
CT Mirror: Lamont's budget: Justice for children deferred is justice denied
March 20, 2023
Union Talk Podcast: Why Workers Need Paid Leave Now
Union Talk Podcast: Why Workers Need Paid Leave Now
March 18, 2023
Connecticut By The Numbers: Connecticut Can Respond to the Current Teacher Shortage
Connecticut By The Numbers: Connecticut Can Respond to the Current Teacher Shortage
March 16, 2023
Andscape: Florida's Stop WOKE Act marshals students past our racial history
Andscape: Florida's Stop WOKE Act marshals students past our racial history
March 8, 2023
The Daily Beast: Kids Do Better In Schools With Teachers Unions
March 6, 2023
America's Work Force Union Podcast: Weingarten: Community and solidartiy key to navegating challenges
America's Work Force Union Podcast: Weingarten: Community and solidartiy key to navegating challenges
March 5, 2023
Hartford Courant: Terrance Cheng: Don't waste the chance to invest in what makes CT great: people
Hartford Courant: Terrance Cheng: Don't waste the chance to invest in what makes CT great: people
March 2, 2023
CT Mirror: CT's 500,000 student loan borrowers deserve the ombudsman they were promised
CT Mirror: CT's 500,000 student loan borrowers deserve the ombudsman they were promised
March 1, 2023
The Daily Campus: Grievance is not our goal
CT Viewpoints - Commentary: The legislature must act to prevent health care deserts
CT Viewpoints - Commentary: The legislature must act to prevent health care deserts
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