Finding the right mix to observe teachers

Bridgeport science teacher Christine O’Neil yearns for more feedback on how to become a better teacher, but her principal rarely has the time to observe her more than twice a year. Bridgeport science teacher Christine O’Neil talks observations with the state’s consultant for teacher evaluations “I would love to have a dozen pop-in visits each […]

At least four major components of the omnibus energy bill that never made it to the floor of either chamber of the General Assembly in the just-completed annual legislative session are likely to make their way into the special session in two weeks. While the move is expected to rectify some key issues — in […]

When it came time for U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to decide where he would make the announcement on which states landed an exemption to the federal No Child Left Behind requirements, he said Connecticut was the obvious choice. “Connecticut is absolutely a winner,” Duncan told a beaming Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in a crowded function room […]

An openly skeptical legislative panel, the Program Review and Investigations Committee, launched an inquiry Tuesday into whether Connecticut gets its fair share of federal funding. The committee also approved new studies into the state’s Medicaid program, as well as the availability of substance abuse treatment for youth covered by private insurance. The studies, which will […]

Connecticut has won its bid for a waiver to the federal No Child Left Behind requirements, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced in a conference call with reporters Tuesday afternoon on his way to the state Capitol to meet with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. Connecticut joins 18 other states that have also received a waiver […]

Connecticut will find out today whether the Malloy administration’s bid for a waiver from the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law has been granted. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will host a conference call on the waivers this afternoon, but Duncan also is scheduled to appear at the state Capitol with Gov. […]

The call for help came from an emergency room nurse. Her patient, the mother of a young son, tried to commit suicide while the boy was home. “She was worried about the kid,” Nana-Kyi Johnson, a social worker assigned to the Department of Children and Families’ 24-hour hotline, said of the nurse. Nana-Kyi Johnson, a […]

Democratic congressional candidate Dan Roberti pitched 12 debates in a radio appearance today on WNPR. And that’s a dozen debates before the Democratic primary on Aug. 14, not the general election in November. Roberti is competing with state House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan and former state Rep. Elizabeth Esty for the Democratic nomination for the […]

You might not see much in common between a hospital admission and bungee jumping, but Dr. Scott Ellner does. “Anytime somebody comes in to have a procedure done or just have some sort of hospital admission, there’s a 1 in 500 chance during that encounter that that person may not survive,” said Ellner, a trauma […]

Connecticut’s trucking and petroleum industries are warning that a nearly 30 percent hike in diesel fuel taxes since last summer — including a nickel bump on July 1 — will hurt their businesses and stymie the state’s economy in general. And the lobbyist for Connecticut’s largest truckers’ association said his group would urge state lawmakers […]

Washington — The $631 billion defense bill approved Thursday by the Senate Armed Services Committee rejects Pentagon cuts that would have slowed the flow of business to Connecticut’s defense industry and eliminated a mission of its Air National Guard. “What we have is really a very robust budget even in the face of challenges,” said […]