WASHINGTON – Restrictions on Pentagon spending and uncertainty over federal government budgets are key reasons the company is considering selling or spinning off Sikorsky Aircraft, United Technology CEO Greg Hayes said.
March 13, 2015
Posted inEducation
Feds say Connecticut ‘shortchanges’ low-income students
The federal government said Friday that Connecticut “shortchanges low-income, minority students.” The U.S. Department of Education released data showing that Connecticut school districts with high concentrations of students from low-income families spend 8.7 percent less for each student than their most affluent neighbors.
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Op-Ed: Connecticut bilingual education programs need reform
Connecticut has the nation’s largest achievement gap between English Language Learners and their peers who are English fluent. it is the interest of everyone in the state that we fix this shameful situation by embracing educational models that have been proven to produce good results.
Posted inCT Viewpoints
Connecticut bilingual education programs need reform
Connecticut has the nation’s largest achievement gap between English Language Learners and their peers who are English fluent. it is the interest of everyone in the state that we fix this shameful situation by embracing educational models that have been proven to produce good results.
Posted inPolitics
Stymied in Washington, labor still finds friends in Hartford
In the worlds of business and labor, Connecticut’s political identity is shaped by the partisan and ideological collisions that take place this time of year in the legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee. Inch for inch, its agenda Thursday had more controversial issues than most committees confront in a year.
Posted inPolitics
Murphy leads CT delegation in official overseas travel
WASHINGTON – When it comes to overseas travel, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a member of the foreign relations committee, is the Connecticut congressional delegation’s most frequent flyer, taking nine official trips since being sworn in two years ago.
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Op-Ed: Connecticut nonprofits are in an abusive relationship… with the state
For almost a quarter of a century the state has depended on private nonprofit organizations to provide services to people with disabilities in Connecticut. This includes services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness and addictions. For over two decades, the average increase to the contracts with these providers has been less than one percent per year.
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Connecticut nonprofits are in an abusive relationship… with the state
For almost a quarter of a century the state has depended on private nonprofit organizations to provide services to people with disabilities in Connecticut. This includes services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness and addictions. For over two decades, the average increase to the contracts with these providers has been less than one percent per year.