The network is intended to help a community that has high risks of homelessness and suicide.
Kathleen Megan
Kathleen Megan wrote for more than three decades for the Hartford Courant, covering education in recent years and winning many regional and national awards. She is now covering education and child welfare issues for the Mirror.
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Gov. Lamont drops “redistricting” from controversial bill to get schools to share services
Some residents and advocates expressed relief about the revisions, while others said they still could not support the governor’s plan.
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Election of first openly gay Kid Governor is a milestone. But coming out wasn’t easy.
Ella Briggs, 11, is one of a growing number of kids who are coming out at an early age. She’s also Connecticut’s first openly gay Kid Governor.
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New plan emerges to ease shared services across school districts
The plan is intended as alternative to the hotly contested school regionalization bills.
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Judge rules magnet school discrimination case belongs in federal court
LaShawn Robinson, the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit challenging the state’s magnet school lottery, holds up a sign outside the court house before the hearing. LaShawn Robinson, the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit challenging the state’s magnet school lottery, holds up a sign outside the court house before the hearing. A civil rights case alleging […]
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Bills that would stop community college merger clear committee
Lawmakers on the Higher Education Committee unanimously supported bills that would stop plans to merge the state’s 12 community colleges.
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CSCU proposes 5 % tuition increase next year at four state universities
The proposed tuition hike would translate into $804 more next year for in-state students attending Central Connecticut State University in New Britain and $899 more at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven.
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School regionalization bills sow confusion, spread fear
One of the bills calls for remaking school districts in the image of the state’s probate court map, but its author says that was never his intent.
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Faculty, students protest consolidation plan for colleges
The group delivered a petition to Gov. Ned Lamont’s office and called on him to help.
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Higher ed leaders: State funding nice, but not enough
The state’s huge unfunded pension liabilities are bearing heavily on the state’s universities and their students, leaders said Thursday.
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Approval for ‘one college’ years away, but CSCU presses forward with consolidation plan
Critics of the plan fear it could put the state at risk of losing its accreditation, incur extra expenses, and hurt students.
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Opponents of school regionalization to descend on Capitol
Thousands of Connecticut residents are alarmed by what they see as a threat to their childrens’ education – an attempt by lawmakers to take away local control of their schools.
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Federal monitor’s report in DCF case shows continued concerns
The latest report from DCF’s federal monitor shows that the agency is still failing to meet half of the measures that are part of a court supervised exit plan – particularly those related to hiring and caseloads.
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Most school districts improve in statewide testing
Nearly three-quarters of the state’s school districts improved performance on the state’s Next Generation Accountability test.
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Lamont wants to take a big-table approach to state budget
Gov. Lamont is using his first budget to start a conversation, rather than drive specific solutions, about a host of key issues ranging from tolls and sports betting to recreational marijuana and labor cost-savings.