January 31, 2012
Higher Education Committee Gets to Work Early
by Joseph Adinolfi | January 31, 2012 1:57pm
Off to an early start, the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee voted Tuesday to raise 11 bills during the coming session - including one that will allow students attending state colleges to avoid taking remedial courses.
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Tags: Higher Education, students, tuition, Beth Bye, legislative session
January 27, 2012
Pryor Cleared Of Conflict of Interest, But Appearance Remains
by Christine Stuart | January 27, 2012 10:54am
The Citizen’s Ethics Advisory Board concluded Thursday that Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor’s affiliation with a well-known charter school association in the state before his appointment as head of the State Education Department is not a financial conflict of interest.
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Tags: Stefan Pryor, Education Commissioner, Ethics, conflict of interest
January 26, 2012
Business Leaders Propose Their Own Education Reforms
by Christine Stuart | January 26, 2012 1:14pm
A group of business leaders, who formed a non-profit to help eliminate Connecticut’s highest-in-the-nation achievement gap, said there are several steps the legislature can take this year to lower the gap over the next decade.
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Tags: education, business, Stefan Pryor, Ramani Ayer, Steven Simmons
January 19, 2012
Parents Want a Say in Education Reform
by Hugh McQuaid | January 19, 2012 5:30am
A parents advocacy group called Wednesday for a seat at the table as the state prepares to overhaul its education system during this year’s legislative session.
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Tags: education, education reform, teacher tenure, parents union, schools, Hugh McQuaid
January 17, 2012
Tuition Hike on Horizon for State Colleges
by Hugh McQuaid | January 17, 2012 6:00pm
The Board of Regents for Higher Education will take up raising tuition and fees at the state universities and community colleges when it meets Thursday, according to a press release.
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Tags: Higher Education, tuition, Connecticut state universities, community colleges, Charter Oak, Hugh McQuaid
Municipal Lobby to Malloy: Don’t Rob Peter To Pay Paul
by Christine Stuart | January 17, 2012 2:05pm
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy already told municipalities he will give them the same amount of money this year as he did last year, but the state’s largest municipal lobby worries about whether that includes the Education Cost Sharing grant.
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Tags: education, Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, Jim Finley, Mary Glassman, ECS, municipalities, towns
With Sleeve, Students Might Make A Buck Or Two On Taking Good Notes
by Lon Seidman | January 17, 2012 5:30am
Overachieving college students may soon be able to generate revenue from their notebooks when Israeli startup Sleeve launches later this year.
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Tags: Sleeve, notes, University of Hartford, Israel, Ido Volff, Lon Seidman
January 12, 2012
Changes To Education Funding On The Horizon This Year
by Christine Stuart | January 12, 2012 2:20pm
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s Budget Director Ben Barnes, who co-chairs the task force in charge of looking at the state’s Education Cost Sharing formula, tried his best to dodge reporters’ questions about whether there would be changes to the education funding formula this year.
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Tags: education, ECS funding, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, formula
January 11, 2012
On Vouchers, Guv Sticks To His Guns
by Paul Bass | January 11, 2012 11:00am
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy knew what New Haven’s Jewish leaders wanted him to say. He didn’t say it.
January 10, 2012
Technology Puts Young People Out of Work
by Hugh McQuaid | January 10, 2012 4:20pm
The CEO of a New York workforce development nonprofit attributed the dramatic drop in jobs available to young people to advances in technology at a forum on youth employment Tuesday.
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