The federal government’s investigative arm has found that charter schools in Connecticut and 27 other states enroll fewer students with disabilities than public schools. In Connecticut, the difference is 3 percent. In a letter released with the report, U.S. Department of Education officials said they will be issuing guidance to charter schools on their obligation […]
Students with disabilities and charter school enrollment
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ConnCAN creates teacher contract data base
ConnCAN, the education reform group that often bumps heads with teachers’ unions, has created a data base of teachers’ contracts that it says will provide unprecedented ability for administrators, parents and others to see how local contracts stack up. “We know that many, many teachers work much longer days than what is required in their […]
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Malloy Should Stand Up for Election Transparency
Last week, Gov. Dan Malloy vetoed House Bill 5556, which would have brought needed transparency to Connecticut elections and made the Constitution State a national leader on campaign finance disclosure. At a time when outside groups are poised to swamp elections with historic levels of undisclosed political spending, it is unfortunate Malloy rejected this robust […]
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Malloy Should Stand Up for Election Transparency
Last week, Gov. Dan Malloy vetoed House Bill 5556, which would have brought needed transparency to Connecticut elections and made the Constitution State a national leader on campaign finance disclosure. At a time when outside groups are poised to swamp elections with historic levels of undisclosed political spending, it is unfortunate Malloy rejected this robust […]
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Radio silence for Rowland on Wilson-Foley case
Congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley said Tuesday that federal investigators want to know what former Gov. John G. Rowland did to earn $30,000 in consulting fees from her husband, Brian Foley. News broke Monday about a federal investigation into the Rowland-Foley business relationship, but Wilson-Foley said investigators first approached her husband weeks ago as she was […]
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Report: Connecticut was among nation’s worst at saving for public benefits
With states’ savings for employee retirement benefits at an all-time low, Connecticut ranked among the worst of the worst in 2010, according to a new report this week from the Pew Center on the States. Reeling from recession-driven investment losses, a pension raid to prop up state finances and a history of not saving for […]
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Alexion tapped as ‘First Five’ recipient
New Haven — Alexion, a global pharmaceutical company, was announced Tuesday as the recipient of up to $51 million in economic development aid that will help the company become the anchor tenant in the new Downtown Crossing project near the Yale medical campus. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy joined New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, his political […]
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Lembo launches ‘virtual roundtable’ to discuss policy with Connecticut
State Comptroller Kevin P. Lembo Tuesday launched what he is calling a “virtual roundtable” to gain residents’ insights into policy debates and questions. The comptroller said he would pose questions regularly through two sites: on Facebook at “Comptroller Kevin Lembo” and on the Office of the State Comptroller’s website at www.osc.ct.gov. “The virtual roundtable is […]
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Reports: Feds investigating Rowland ties to Wilson-Foley campaign
A federal grand jury is investigating the consulting and campaign activities of former Gov. John G. Rowland, who advised congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley, Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie reported Monday in his blog, Daily Ructions. Mark Greenberg, another congressional candidate who says Rowland also approached him about a consulting contract in 2010, issued a statement […]
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Campaign 2012: Another day, another jobs tour
Manchester — The U.S. Senate campaigns of Republican Linda McMahon and Democrat Chris Murphy have at least one thing in common: They can read polls that say no issues come close to jobs and the economy in 2012. That is why AdChem Manufacturing Technologies played host Monday to Murphy, the latest candidate for state or […]
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Obama’s ‘Dream’ policy hailed by Hispanics, but with caution
Washington — President Obama’s move to halt the deportation of immigrant youths is being praised as “life-changing” by advocates in Connecticut and across the nation, but its impact is unclear among disaffected Hispanic voters upset at the administration’s record-setting deportation rate. A poll by Latino Decisions taken earlier this year in swing states with large […]
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Thanks to Dodd, Connecticut lawmakers disclose mortgages
Washington — For the first time ever, Connecticut’s congressional delegation and other members of the U.S. House and Senate must now disclose information about their personal mortgages. They can thank former Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd, whose controversial receipt of a questionable home mortgage deal four years ago inspired the new requirement. Among members of the […]
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Restructured probate court system sends dollars back to state’s coffers
Two years removed from the verge of fiscal collapse, Connecticut’s restructured Probate Court system has returned more than $10 million to state’s coffers over the past two fiscal years. And though the restructured system’s administrative budget now includes an annual assist from the General Fund, probate courts will return nearly three-quarters of the state money […]
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Yale researchers capture the bulk of new stem cell grants
Yale University researchers captured nearly three-quarters of the $9.8 million in stem cell research funds awarded Monday by a state panel, according to a list released by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s office. Besides the $7.25 million awarded in total to 13 projects overseen by Yale researchers, the Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee also assigned $2.55 […]
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Malloy at TPC, just don’t ask him to golf
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was happy to attend the opening ceremonies of the Travelers Championship today, a golf tournament that has produced nearly $30 million for local charities over the years, while drawing tourists and a worldwide television audience. But Malloy confesses that the nuances of golf held little allure for him during his formative […]