The Common Core requires the teaching of 200 narrow skills each year, skills that will never foster students’ growth as readers and writers. The Common Core keeps students on the foul line, practicing limited skills.
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Op-ed: Raising the minimum wage: A good start, but not enough
Too much of our debate is around how expensive public assistance programs are rather than about how large corporations make huge profits by paying such low wages.
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Op-ed: SB 445 — a step toward stopping the puppy mill train to CT
Over 70 percent of the USDA-licensed breeders supplying puppies to Connecticut pet shops in 2012 were cited for violations of the Animal Welfare Act within the past three years.
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Op-ed: Remove restrictions on nursing care services for CT vets
Research shows that APRNs provide high-quality care that produces patient outcomes comparable to those achieved by physicians, often at lower cost and with higher patient satisfaction.
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Op-Ed: Connecticut must stay the course on Common Core
Common Core emphasizes authentic comprehension. In the past, students could depend on memorization to pass an upcoming test, then forget the procedures afterwards; yet they’d need to relearn the material in the following years.
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Op-ed: College retention is everyone’s challenge
Too many challenged, first generation and under-represented students do not make it to campus after being admitted somewhere, in Connecticut and the nation.
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Op-ed: Juvenile offenders need a second chance
As the president of a university, I can confirm what all parents know — that the children who arrive on our campus have a lot of growing up left to do.
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Memo 2014: A collection of essays on Connecticut
We asked Mirror readers to send us their thoughts on what the state’s priorities should be. If cuts have to be made, where should they happen? What issues would they like state lawmakers and those running for office to consider? How can we improve the life of our state?
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Op-ed: Let’s commit to ending homelessness in Connecticut in 2014
America has always had those who are more and less fortunate. But we have not always had homelessness. We don’t have to.
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Op-ed: CT’s aging workforce – preparing for a big shift, talent shortages
If we don’t act now to prepare young people for these jobs, and provide more competitive skills for our older workers, we can expect critical impacts to tax revenue structure, service delivery, productivity and overall quality of life.
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Op-ed: Return power and control to towns and cities
I think virtually every town/city in this country relies too heavily on grants — it’s a huge problem that contributes to our fiscal woes at all levels of government. But this is a system of our own creation that we have let fester and grow out of control. We have these unholy alliances that are […]
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Op-ed: CT’s leaders need to focus on productivity
Water freezes at 32 degrees F. A physical law. Anyone wishing to ice skate has no choice but to wait until that physical law is satisfied. However, if we wish to play a game, all the “laws” or rules are man-made. We do as we like. “Baseball” exists nowhere else but in the collective mind. […]
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Op-ed: Common Core a huge leap forward for Connecticut
It’s unfortunate to read about the confusion and misinformation being spread about the Common Core Standards, which, in fact, focus on developing the skills that colleges and employers say students need to know in order to succeed.
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Op-ed: A Connecticut senior ‘disgusted’ with the state’s finances
We are losing seniors who cannot afford to live here, and young people who also cannot afford to live here.
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Op-ed: CT’s taxes are going up, and services are deteriorating
I think the most important issue facing Connecticut is taxes. It seems the taxes are continuing to rise, and services are continuing to deteriorate. If the state government is serious about protecting the middle class, then the taxes have to be cut, and government programs — like the free money given away to corporations being […]
