After eight years of leading the University of Connecticut’s governing board, Lawrence McHugh announced Wednesday that he will be stepping down as chairman.
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With state funding and labor costs uncertain, UConn considers fragile $1.3 billion budget
The University of Connecticut’s governing board is preparing to adopt a $1.34 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins Saturday. Uncertain state funding and labor costs, however, could punch it full of sizable holes.
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Prolonged CT budget standoff will hurt towns, disabled, needy
A prolonged state budget fight inevitably would force cuts both to town aid and to social services for the most vulnerable, even though those programs would be prioritized, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget director said.
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Students may get a central source for transfer information
A bill awaiting Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s signature would create an information hub for students seeking to take advantage of a five-year effort to ease transfers within the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system or to the University of Connecticut.
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School funding reform: Three tough questions facing lawmakers
Leaders at the state Capitol agree that changing how the state distributes public school aid is necessary – but that consensus quickly crumbles when specific changes are floated.
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3 community college presidents get stipends to take on dual roles
Amid consolidation in Connecticut’s largest public college system, three community college presidents who assume dual roles will receive temporary stipends starting July 1 for the additional work.
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Pre-K boosts future incomes, reduces risk of jail, when schools spend more
It’s an issue that has long puzzled policymakers: Why do some early childhood programs produce big benefits for students, but others don’t? The answer may be linked to what happens after kids leave the programs altogether and move through school.
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Judge: Magnet schools cannot be made more segregated
Filling empty seats with more black and Hispanic students from Hartford, a Superior Court judge ruled Friday, would erode the Connecticut Supreme Court’s landmark Sheff v. O’Neill desegregation decision, issued nearly 21 years ago, which found Hartford students “suffer daily” from the inequities caused by severe racial isolation.
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Education Commissioner Wentzell: ‘Our English learners need more support’
“The efforts around English learners are one of our most important priorities,” says state education Commissioner Dianna Wentzell said. “… Our English learners need more support than they are currently getting, and we know that because of our data.” The Mirror sat down recently with Wentzell to speak about the state’s approach to providing that support.
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UConn Health finds itself pretty ill fiscally
University officials say UConn Health’s fiscal picture is the worst it has been in a long time – and it is going to continue to deteriorate unless major changes are made.
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English learners: Other places are showing what works
School districts across the country that have committed to reaping the benefits of dual-language instruction have found ways to make big gains in the face of obstacles, both perceived and real.
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East Hartford again surfaces in DeVos’s school-choice pitch
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday again held up the story of a student who graduated from East Hartford High School 17 years ago to push her case for school choice.
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House backs measure to make vo-tech system its own agency
The House of Representatives voted 96-50 Saturday night to approve and send to the Senate a bill that would make the state’s vocational-technical school system an independent state agency beginning on July 1, 2019. The system currently is under the state Department of Education.
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College aid for undocumented students ends without a vote
A years-long campaign to allow undocumented students to receive financial aid at Connecticut’s public colleges almost certainly will not achieve its goal this year, and its future chances are in doubt.
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Landmark CT desegregation case heads back to court
The administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, which is under a court order to desegregate Hartford schools, is attempting to redefine a segregated school – from one that is more than 75 percent minority to one that is more than 80 percent minority. The change would raise the threshold at which the state is responsible for stepping in to desegregate a school but also might allow more minority students to attend some magnet schools.