A Quality Preschool Education is Right Around the Corner
By Lena Rodriguez According to a report in the Connecticut Mirror (first published in October 2018, but just recently re-published), as of 2017, “Forty-one […]
CT Opinion, Education
CT State Library, Education
Hartford Public Library: Read. Go. Do.
Summer learning at the Hartford Public Library (HPL) is all about getting out into your community to learn together; aprender
CTMirror, Education
State changes course on state education commissioner
Bloomfield superintendent out, Meriden administrator expected to be tapped
Business, CT Business, Education, Uncategorized
CRT Hosts Summer Youth Employment Program
By Vicki Adame, CTLatinoNews.com HARTFORD — Starting Monday, nearly 200 young people will be part of the local workforce. But like many
Democracy>Politics, Education
State Representative Bobby Sanchez on new education laws
The General Assembly passed laws promoting the hiring of minority teachers and creating a course in Latino studies
CT State Library, Education
Connecticut libraries offering free summer reading programs
The Connecticut State Public Library’s Collaborative Summer Reading Program is in full swing and children of all ages can still
Education
Puerto Rico seeing large population declines among school-aged children
“The island is undergoing a “demographic winter” in which fertility rates are low, as migration from the island to the U.S. mainland continues, and deaths on the island exceed births.”
-Alejandro Macarron, Demographer
Democracy>Politics, Education
House, Senate pass bill adding Puerto Rican, Latino studies to school curriculum
“There is an appalling lack of knowledge about the value and the contributions of people of color… All children have a right to this knowledge.”
Rep. Pat Wilson Pheanious, D-Ashford
Education
Top 10 List: Connecticut High Schools
List includes the percentage of Latinos making up the student population at each school
Democracy>Politics, Education
Class Dismissed
Almost a year after Puerto Rico closed more than 260 schools, CTLN looks at the impact the closures had on the island’s communities.
Education, Law
More Police In Schools = More Latino Arrests
Having school resource officers (SROs) on campus did not appear to contribute to a safer school climate or improved academic outcomes
Democracy>Politics, Education
Former Puerto Rico Secretary of Education defends tenure
“Somebody had to be the responsible adult in the room.”