The merger, which will create the Connecticut State Community College, is designed to address financial concerns and declining enrollment.
Jessika Harkay
Jessika Harkay is CT Mirror’s Education Reporter, covering the K-12 achievement gap, education funding, curriculum, mental health, school safety, inequity and other education topics. Jessika's experience includes roles as a breaking news reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Hartford Courant. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Baylor University.
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CT will expand Farm to School program to teach kids about food
The Farm to School program aims to help CT students learn about fresh foods through hands-on experience in school gardens and field trips to farms.
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Two of four proposed CT charter schools left out of state budget
Proposed charter schools in Norwalk and New Haven got funding in the final CT budget — but proposed schools in Middletown and Danbury did not.
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CT education bill tackling dozens of issues passes both chambers
A wide-ranging bill addressing some of CT’s major educational concerns received final passage on Wednesday. Here’s what it would do.
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CT legislature votes to ban child marriages
The CT Senate vote came hours after a group of advocates dressed in wedding dresses urged lawmakers to pass the bill to ban child marriages.
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Newtown school board votes 5-0 to keep books after challenges
The Newtown board’s decision to keep the books ‘Flamer’ and ‘Blankets’ at the high school’s library comes one day after two members resigned.
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Two major education bills get first passage in CT House, Senate
CT lawmakers passed two education omnibus bills on Thursday, less than a week before the end of the CT legislative session.
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Newtown is weighing a book ban. It’s not the only CT town to do so
A debate in Newtown over whether to remove two largely-unread books from the high school library took an abrupt turn this week.
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CT bill amendment would provide financial support to Stone Academy students
The CT Senate’s amendment would issue reimbursement and stipends to Stone Academy students after the nursing school’s closure.
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CT legislature votes to stop colleges from withholding transcripts over debt
The bill would prevent CT colleges and universities from withholding transcripts over student debt in certain instances.
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CT to combat teacher shortage with $3M for recruitment, support
CT plans to create a new teacher Registered Apprentice Program, and expand existing efforts in recruitment to address an educator shortage.
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Attorney general seeks second court order in Stone Academy probe
Attorney General William Tong’s office says Stone Academy has only partially complied with the civil investigative demand’s request for records.
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A Danbury charter school, approved but unfunded, causes tensions
The school, which CT officials approved in 2018, is caught in the middle of debates over whether it’s a good option for struggling students.
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Former Stone Academy nursing students to file class action lawsuit
Eight former Stone Academy students will file a lawsuit representing hundreds of people left in the lurch when the school abruptly closed.
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Local leaders launch ad campaign to support more school funding
Local leaders are teaming up to pressure Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly to boost funding to the state’s public education system.