More Money Needed for Public Education
ECS isn’t broken: It just needs to be funded properly. That was the consensus from speakers at the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force hearing held in Waterford last night.…
More State Aid Necessary for World-Class Schools
Schools are in financial crisis. Class sizes are large. Academic programs are deteriorating. And resources are slim with teachers digging into their own pockets to buy school supplies. That’s the…
Is The Way We Fund Our Local Public Schools in For Big Change?
The co-chair of the new task force reviewing the state’s education financing system said today that the door is wide open to new approaches. Ben Barnes, the task force co-chair…
Warning: Uncertainty Ahead
Concession talks between state employee unions and the Malloy administration are coming down to the wire. State Capitol observers are increasingly anxious about the consequences of a breakdown. As the…