Kathleen Megan
Hartford Courant
Hartford, CT, United States
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Parents worry children and adults with disabilities will lose hard-won ground as services shut down due to COVID-19
With day programs and other services shut down because of COVID-19 – and with the temporary loss, for some, of aides at home – many of them have oversight of their children all day, every day. → Read More
COVID-19 Disruption Has Special Ed Students And Their Parents Feeling Left Behind
With the closure of schools across Connecticut because of COVID-19, family routines have been shattered, but for none more so than those, like Randy Ewart and his wife, Michelle,... → Read More
State To Launch Distance Learning to Cope With Coronavirus
Cardona Suggests Districts Should Prepare For Significant Time Away From Classrooms HARTFORD, CT – With all state schools closed because of the coronavirus outbreak, local districts are launching plans... → Read More
Connecticut communities score high on LGBTQ issues, civil rights group says
Connecticut cities and towns scored higher than average in a national assessment of laws and policies supporting the LGBTQ community, with Stamford and Hartford at the top in the state, according to a report released Tuesday by the educational arm of the Human Rights Campaign. → Read More
Report: Many of Connecticut’s four-year colleges have low graduation rates, overcharge low-income students
Many of Connecticut’s four-year colleges have low graduation rates and some also charge low-income students considerably more than they would have to pay elsewhere, according to a report from the non-profit organization Education Reform Now Connecticut. → Read More
In switch, Meriden educator is expected to be tapped as next commissioner of education
In a dramatic reversal, Miguel Cardona, an assistant superintendent in Meriden, is expected to be chosen as Connecticut’s next state education commissioner, rather than Bloomfield Superintendent James Thompson, sources close to the search committee said Tuesday. → Read More
UConn trustees approve budget with plan to close $26.7 million deficit
The UConn Board of Trustees on Wednesday unanimously approved a $1.33 billion budget for the university’s Storrs and satellite campuses for next year and a $1.13 billion budget for the Farmington-based health center. → Read More
Central Connecticut professors depart university after sexual misconduct investigations
Two Central Connecticut State University theater professors investigated on suspicions of engaging in sexual misconduct with their students have left the university. → Read More
Senator’s health scare helped prompt bill on EpiPens
Sen. Matt Lesser, D-Middletown, knows firsthand just how critical it can be to have an EpiPen available in case of an allergic reaction. → Read More
Connecticut Senate endorses early voting, but not with margin to get on 2020 ballot
The Senate endorsed a constitutional amendment Wednesday that would create an early voting system, but failed to pass it by the margin necessary to place it on the 2020 November ballot. → Read More
Connecticut’s homeschoolers are unregulated, and they want to keep it that way
Home-schooling families in Connecticut are relieved that the General Assembly has backed off on a proposal for more regulation. → Read More
For Connecticut’s first openly gay Kid Governor, it’s been a difficult path
Ella Briggs, Connecticut’s Kid Governor who is proudly out of the closet, will never forget the day she got sent to the “naughty chair” in kindergarten for putting pants on her gingerbread person. → Read More
CCSU seeks to dismiss two professors after sexual misconduct investigation
Central Connecticut State University President Zulma R. Toro said Monday that the school was acting to dismiss two professors after a nine-month investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct. → Read More
Connecticut state colleges to weigh tuition scenarios, including some free college models
Mark Ojakian, president of the financially-troubled Connecticut State Colleges and University system, said Thursday he is embarking on a deep analysis of various tuition scenarios, including some free college models, to be weighed by the Board of Regents for Higher Education. → Read More
CCSU cop fired for alleged sexual assault of female officer following probe
The chief administrative officer of CCSU was first placed on leave in June. → Read More
Hartford schools get almost $600K in state funds to cover costs of displaced students from Puerto Rico
The Hartford school district is about to get close to $600,000 in state funds to cover the additional costs of educating students who were displaced from Puerto Rico because of Hurricane Maria. → Read More
Amount of revenue from partnership between Capital Community College and the Artists Collective uncertain
The Artists Collective and Capital Community College would collaborate on an educational and enrichment program and share the revenues under a new agreement being considered. → Read More
Malloy aide Ben Barnes appointed as CFO for state university system
The CSCU system names Governor Malloy's budget chief, Ben Barnes, as the new CFO for the university and college system. → Read More
College leaders reserve judgment on DeVos' proposed regulations on sexual misconduct
Campus leaders see various problems in regulations proposed by US Secy of Education Betsy DeVos → Read More
Hartford Foundation will invest $2.9 million for 29 Hartford-area municipalities to fund local initiatives
In a major initiative, the Hartford Foundation is going to establish 29 separate $100,000 community funds — one for each of the cities and towns in the region — to use as people in those communities want. → Read More