With thousands of residents pouring into the streets this month to protest racism, some saw an opportunity to tackle segregation.
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.
Posted inEducation
Governor orders schools to reopen in the fall. Teachers are concerned.
The reopening plan is contingent on COVID-19 infection rates remaining stable, the governor said.
Posted inEducation
UConn passes massive, unbalanced budget while grappling with fiscal impact of COVID-19
Depending on how much impact the coronavirus has on enrollment, the deficit could be $47 to $129 million, officials say.
Posted inJustice
Senate Dems want broad social justice agenda for July session, others say there isn’t time
Senate Democrats want to tackle systemic racial inequalities in housing, education and beyond. But there’s only agreement on police reforms.
Posted inEducation
Achievement gaps for English learners linger, troubling CT’s first Hispanic education chief
Miguel Cardona, the state’s first Hispanic education commissioner, says the state isn’t doing a good enough job educating English learners.
Posted inJustice
Black protesters recount growing up in a mostly white town
“We are suffering from two pandemics: COVID-19 and racism.”
Posted inHousing
Is the state headed for an eviction crisis? To be determined…
In a typical year, 4% of tenants are evicted. This year, a 7% eviction rate is forecast, but it could get as high as 13%.
Posted inNews
Why are some nursing homes hit harder by COVID-19? Data offers clues
Homes with more black and Hispanic residents tended to have more COVID-19 infections and deaths.
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Read reports here on nursing homes cited for deficiencies
All the state’s nursing homes have been inspected since the pandemic began.
Posted inHealth
Disparities in Hispanic and black death rates much worse than previously reported
Previous reports notwithstanding, Hispanics are substantially more likely to die of COVID-19 than non-Hispanic whites, officials say. Blacks, too.
Posted inEducation
One in nine CT high school students don’t graduate in four years.
The overall graduation rate ticks up very slightly, but Connecticut’s academic achievement gaps do not improve
Posted inHealth
As Connecticut nursing home deaths mounted, months passed without broad testing
Advocates, lawmakers, and other officials have questioned why the state didn’t implement broad testing in nursing homes earlier.
Posted inHealth
Another coronavirus casualty: showers for nursing home residents
Keeping staffers safe while showering residents burns through too much personal protective equipment.
Posted inHealth
Nursing homes where state inspectors found problems. Read the reports here.
Aaron Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation in Chester (10 deaths, 29 infections, 60 beds in facility) Read the reports here, here, and here. Abbott Terrace Health Center in Waterbury (41 deaths, 115 infections, 205 beds in facility) Read the report here. Apple Rehab Coccomo in Meriden (14 deaths, 31 infections, 100 beds in facility) Read the […]
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State infection-control inspectors: 1-in-8 nursing homes have problems
More disclosure of nursing home problems will be forthcoming soon, an official says.
