When it comes to the effect of Common Core on education, Northeast residents were split on whether its impact would be positive, negative or have no impact.
Jacqueline Rabe Thomas
Jacqueline was CT Mirror’s Education and Housing Reporter, and an original member of the CT Mirror staff, joining shortly before our January 2010 launch. Her awards include the best-of-show Theodore A. Driscoll Investigative Award from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists in 2019 for reporting on inadequate inmate health care, first-place for investigative reporting from the New England Newspaper and Press Association in 2020 for reporting on housing segregation, and two first-place awards from the National Education Writers Association in 2012. She was selected for a prestigious, year-long Propublica Local Reporting Network grant in 2019, exploring a range of affordable and low-income housing issues. Before joining CT Mirror, Jacqueline was a reporter, online editor and website developer for The Washington Post Co.’s Maryland newspaper chains. Jacqueline received an undergraduate degree in journalism from Bowling Green State University and a master’s in public policy from Trinity College.
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The wheels on the omnibus preschool bill go round and round
Update: The state House of Representatives narrowly approved a bill early Saturday that sets up a system to drastically expand enrollment in public preschools over the next decade. The Senate passed it Saturday night.
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Universal preschool initiative faces pushback in House
Democratic leadership is now reaching out to their 90 Democratic legislators to determine if they have the 76 votes needed for final passage of the plan for universal pre-K.
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The Basics: A bill to get names removed from CT’s child abuse registry
With more than 90,000 people listed on the state’s child abuse and neglect registry for allegations made against them at least 14 years ago, the state may finally ease the process for people to get their name removed.
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Not this year: Legislation to allow college athletes to unionize
With one week left in the legislative session, state Rep. Patricia Dillon said Wednesday that she will not be proposing legislation this year that would college athletes to form unions.
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Malloy: CT could lose money if many students opt out of standardized tests
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Monday that federal law restricts students from opting out of taking standardized tests, and if the state were to give students that option, the state would be at risk of losing millions of federal dollars.
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The Basics: An effort to create universal pre-k in CT
The state Senate voted 33 to 2 on Friday for a bill aimed at moving the state toward “universal access” to preschool in Connecticut.
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State panel: Teachers must be evaluated on multiple standardized tests
The state panel that crafts the requirements on how districts evaluate their teachers has approved changes that restrict districts from using a single standardized test when grading their teachers.
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UConn 5-year plan: enroll more graduate students, increase research
UConn’s governing board has adopted a five-year plan that looks to increase enrollment in its graduate programs, boost research spending and set up a system to review faculty performance after they gain tenure.
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Malloy, lawmakers: dueling plans for ‘universal access’ to pre-k
When Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed providing “universal access” to preschool, he said it would cost the state an additional $51.1 million a year. When Democratic legislators released their plans two months later to provide “universal access,” they said it would cost the state $10 million a year. Why such a huge difference?
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Do dual UConn basketball titles = more donations?
The dual NCAA championship titles won by The University of Connecticut’s basketball teams haven’t yet translated into a jump in gifts, the school’s primary fundraising arm has reported — but officials are not worried.
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UConn’s Napier wins hunger game
The president of the NCAA has heard UConn basketball star Shabazz Napier’s complaints about going to bed “starving.”
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UConn’s 2,135 graduate assistants unionize
Graduate assistants at The University of Connecticut have voted to unionize — making them the school’s largest union, with 2,135 members.
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Community college president pays ethics fine
The president of Norwalk Community College, David Levinson, has been fined by the Office of State Ethics for signing off on the entrance fees for his wife to attend two balls, a fundraiser and conference with him.
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Up next: Charter group that battled NYC mayor targets Connecticut
A charter school advocacy group founded by Wall Street players that recently took on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio — and won — is now taking on Bridgeport’s locally elected school board’s opposition to the state potentially opening two new charter school in their urban district.
