As we start to implement Common Core Standards, instead of playing the blame game, we should concentrate on moving those districts that are behind in implementation forward.
Opinion
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Op-ed: Buyers beware (of Common Core)
Let’s look the governor, the commissioner of education and the State Board of Education in the eye and say: No Sale.
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Op-ed: Let Connecticut’s people be heard!
By adopting ‘Initiative, Referendum and Recall,’ Connecticut citizens would have some meaningful leverage over their elected officials.
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Op-ed: Malloy should identify savings from SEBAC agreement
I believe Malloy should be forced to issue a report indicating the original plan to save $1 billion and the final results by item.
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Op-ed: Thank you, State Board of Education, for approving 4 new charters
Approving all four schools was the right thing to do – educationally, fiscally, and morally.
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Op-ed: Why telemonitoring makes sense for Connecticut’s chronically ill
The state should support advanced in-home telemonitoring services under our state’s private insurance plans, Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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Op-ed: CT Lawmakers: Don’t forget bill that widens ‘step therapy’
The Connecticut General Assembly has just six weeks left in its 2014 legislative session, with limited time set aside for votes on a number of important bills. As our state’s leaders work to complete their business for the year, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and its Connecticut Chapter hope that one bill in particular won’t be forgotten: S.B. 394, designed to improve the safety of an insurance practice called step therapy.
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Op-ed: Foul shots in the classroom: A Fable
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?