They don’t have any recommendations yet, but a commission appointed by Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell wanted to remind families heading back to school this week that it is working on solving the state’s achievement gap.

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University of Connecticut students arriving on campus this weekend can expect changes following a tumultuous year for administration and campus safety.

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Many college students graduate and enter the working world wide-eyed and wondering what’s next.

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“I want to be measured by the success of making early childhood education available to all the children in the state of Connecticut who could not otherwise afford it,“ Dan Malloy, one of two Democrats running for governor, said Monday.

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More than a week after the legislature’s High Education Committee held a hearing to grill CSU Chancellor David Carter over his decision to not continue SCSU President Cheryl Norton‘s contract, it’s co-chairwomen are asking Attorney General Richard Blumenthal for an investigation.

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Members of the legislature’s Higher Education Committee questioned Connecticut State University officials Wednesday about President Cheryl Norton’s controversial dismissal from Southern Connecticut State University. They received few answers.

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Gov. M. Jodi Rell said she was “deeply disappointed” Tuesday with the news that University of Connecticut President Michael Hogan will leave in June to take a job at the University of Illinois.

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A group of retired teachers grilled outgoing Majority Leader Denise Merrill and Rep. John Geragosian, chairman of the legislature’s spending committee, Monday over the state’s decision to delay its payment to the Retired Teachers’ Health Insurance Fund.

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A bill that aims to close the achievement gap between white and minority students, which passed the House last week by a vote of 145-0 was combined Tuesday night with a bill aimed at improving Connecticut’s chances in securing federal “Race to the Top” funds.

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Student activists at the University of Connecticut marched to the president’s office Monday, chanting “chop from the top” as they paraded a short distance to Gulley Hall and delivered their “list of demands.”

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