Pandemic-related issues will top the agenda for lawmakers on the education and children’s committees during the upcoming legislative session.
Education
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Lamont to leave mask mandate up to school districts
Gov. Ned Lamont recommended Monday that the statewide mask mandate for students and staff in school buildings cease at the end of February.
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Inside Mississippi’s only class on critical race theory
Brittany Murphree was raised in one of the most Republican counties in one of the most Republican states. She shocked friends and family when she took “Law 743: Critical Race Theory.”
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Principals are expected to be the ‘rock’ of schools, but they’re stressed out
A new RAND Corporation study found that 80 percent of secondary school principals experienced frequent job-related stress during the 2020–2021 school year.
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Lamont appoints DuBois-Walton to lead CT State Board of Education
Lamont first appointed Karen DuBois-Walton, of New Haven, to serve as a member of the board in June 2020.
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Sheff v. O’Neill settlement would expand magnet schools, ‘Open Choice’
A settlement in the Sheff v. O’Neill case could end 33 years of litigation over how to redress segregation in Hartford and suburban schools.
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Lamont now supports helping schools pay for air quality upgrades
Earlier this week, Gov. Ned Lamont said schools should pay for air quality upgrades. Now, a top state official says an agreement is near.
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Survey: One-third of CT school districts can’t pay for air quality programs
A survey showed that a third of CT’s school districts say they do not have the money to maintain or improve the air quality in their schools.
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Community college faculty and staff call for stricter COVID safety guidelines
Community college faculty called for stricter COVID safety standards as they return to campuses for the spring semester on Friday.
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Interim President Andrew Agwunobi to leave UConn
Radenka Maric, the university’s vice president for research, innovation and entrepreneurship, will take over as UConn’s interim president.
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CSCU not delaying return to campuses; In-person classes set to resume
The Connecticut State Colleges and University system announced that it will begin the spring 2022 semester as originally scheduled.
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Persistent uptick in school COVID cases, but no plans for remote learning
State data shows 2,483 students tested positive for COVID over the last seven days — a 134% increase since Nov. 3.
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Education advocates: Pension savings system reinforces inequities in CT’s schools
Education Reform Now wants the state to bill wealthy districts and use some of the money to help poor communities.
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A ‘double red zone’: Alarms raised at many universities over sexual assault reports
Students around the country have protested their schools’ handling of sexual assault as more are on campus after pandemic-disrupted years.
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Crime on Connecticut college campuses drops 29% in 2020; pandemic credited
Decline is the steepest in years. and includes a 42% drop in sexual offenses.