With all eyes on Hartford, Bridgeport schools hang on by a thread
Gov. Dannel Malloy’s education cost sharing executive order maintained flat funding for the Bridgeport school system, but that wasn’t what Bridgeport Superintendent Aresta L. Johnson was hoping for,...
View ArticleConnecticut teacher pension contribution may rise 1 percent under new budget,...
Lawmakers may increase the teacher pension contribution rate from 6 percent of a teacher’s pay to 7 percent as part of a new, compromise budget package. Although proposal has drawn strong criticism...
View ArticleEducation bus hits the road for the 6th straight year
The Parent Express - a party bus loaded with education materials, books, and volunteers - took to the road on Wednesday to visit school children and parents in 10 different cities and promote the joys...
View ArticleConnecticut pays $14,374 per teacher for teacher pension debt
Connecticut pays $14,374 per teacher per year toward the teacher pension debt, money that could be used to increase teacher salaries or improve children’s education.
View ArticleTuition increases at Connecticut community colleges pay for fringe benefits
The cost of fringe benefits, including pensions, for Connecticut community colleges are growing faster than revenue, prompting tuition increases for more than 47,000 college students, according to an...
View ArticleCourt decision will force hard look at how much underperforming districts...
The Connecticut State Supreme Court ruled last week that Connecticut’s school funding formula did not violate the state’s constitutional mandate that every child be provided a “minimally adequate”...
View ArticleConnecticut teacher pension discount rate remains high compared to the rest...
Connecticut lowered the discount rate of the teacher’s retirement system from 8.5 percent to 8 percent in 2016, but it still remains higher than most other states. According to NASRA the median...
View ArticleParents file suit over Hartford magnet school racial quotas
Seven families with children in the Hartford public school system filed suit against the State Department of Education today over what they say are unfair enrollment quotas for Hartford’s magnet school...
View ArticleEducation savings accounts get a public hearing, drawing local and national...
A bill authorizing the state of Connecticut to conduct a study on viability of education savings accounts drew a bevy of experts and advocates to a packed public hearing before the Education Committee...
View ArticleConnecticut Department of Education threatens penalty for towns who reduced...
The Connecticut State Department of Education may penalize some towns for reducing their education budgets after Gov. Dannel Malloy cut education funding for municipalities.
View ArticleBill seeks to lower teacher pension contribution
Part of the bipartisan budget passed in November included raising teachers’ contribution toward their pensions from 6 to 7 percent, but a bill passed out of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee...
View ArticleCourt decision will force hard look at how much underperforming districts...
The Connecticut State Supreme Court ruled last week that Connecticut’s school funding formula did not violate the state’s constitutional mandate that every child be provided a “minimally adequate”...
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Connecticut teacher pension discount rate remains high compared to the rest...
Connecticut’s discount rate for its teacher pension system remains higher than most other states, according to a report by the National Association of State Retirement Administrators. States across the...
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Parents file suit over Hartford magnet school racial quotas
Seven families with children in the Hartford public school system filed suit against the State Department of Education, the Hartford Public Schools Board of Education and Gov. Dannel Malloy — among...
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Education savings accounts get a public hearing, drawing local and national...
A bill authorizing the state of Connecticut to conduct a study on the viability of education savings accounts drew a bevy of experts and advocates to a packed public hearing before the Education...
View ArticleConnecticut Department of Education threatens penalty for towns who reduced...
The Connecticut State Department of Education may penalize some towns for reducing their education budgets after Gov. Dannel Malloy cut education funding for municipalities. Groton, Southington,...
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Bill seeks to lower teacher pension contributio
Part of the bipartisan budget passed in November included raising teachers’ contribution toward their pensions from 6 to 7 percent, but a bill passed out of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee...
View ArticleCourt decision will force hard look at how much underperforming districts...
The Connecticut State Supreme Court ruled last week that Connecticut’s school funding formula did not violate the state’s constitutional mandate that every child be provided a “minimally adequate”...
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Connecticut teacher pension discount rate remains high compared to the rest...
Connecticut’s discount rate for its teacher pension system remains higher than most other states, according to a report by the National Association of State Retirement Administrators. States across the...
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Parents file suit over Hartford magnet school racial quotas
Seven families with children in the Hartford public school system filed suit against the State Department of Education, the Hartford Public Schools Board of Education and Gov. Dannel Malloy — among...
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