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CT pilot aims to recruit more job coaches for people with disabilities
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1636+ words) by P.R. Lockhart, CT Mirror September 11, 2026 But to make that transition, the state needs to overcome a related challenge: a shortage of the counselors, coaches and support staff who help workers with disabilities succeed in the workplace. As efforts to address…...
Opinion: Teachers are omitting a big part of financial literacy
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (453+ words) by Zoe Callaway, CT Mirror September 10, 2026 Connecticut parents and students are gearing up for a new school year, and this fall brings a welcome addition to classrooms in the state and in many others nationwide. Personal finance courses, long an…...
CT official argues fiscal reform could help address special ed crisis
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (1173+ words) by Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror September 8, 2026 Special education programs face a funding crisis this year that cannot be solved unless Connecticut reforms controversial state budget caps that have diverted billions of dollars to pay down pension debt, Comptroller Sean Scanlon…...
Opinion: Bridgeport's superintendent search is a sham
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (292+ words) by John Weldon, CT Mirror September 7, 2026 Since November 2024, after getting rid of the former superintendent, firing everyone she hired (except for Deputy Superintendent Royce Avery), and virtually bankrupting the school system (all of which caused the state to intervene) the…...
Assistant principal at New Haven school under DCF investigation
1+ week, 2+ day ago (532+ words) by Laura Glesby | New Haven Independent, CT Mirror September 3, 2026 The New Haven Police Department and the state Department of Children and Families are investigating James Hillhouse High School Assistant Principal Daniel Bonet, who was placed on administrative leave on May…...
Opinion: Education expert starting with the wrong question
1+ week, 3+ day ago (768+ words) by Joseph Sokolovic, CT Mirror September 3, 2026 Based solely upon my reading of the Connecticut Mirror’s article on the last meeting of Gov. Lamont’s Blue Ribbon Commission on K-12 Education, one thing became abundantly clear: the governor’s hired expert is trying…...
Opinion: What Bridgeport and Fairfield reveal about who shows up for school
1+ week, 4+ day ago (381+ words) by Mychael Williams, CT Mirror September 2, 2026 Bridgeport and Fairfield share a border. When it comes to school attendance, they can look like two different Connecticuts. During the 2024–25 school year, 33.1% of Bridgeport Public Schools students were chronically absent, compared with 8.8% in…...
Demonstrators ring in semester with calls to 'democratize Yale"
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1357+ words) by Theo Peck-Suzuki, CT Mirror September 1, 2026 A large crowd of blue-shirted students, faculty and alumni gathered at Yale University’s Cross Campus Tuesday to protest what they described as the erosion of the elite school’s democratic values under the second Trump…...
CT’s phone-free schools can restore more than student attention
1+ week, 5+ day ago (489+ words) by Alejandro J. Ramos, CT Mirror September 1, 2026 For the past three years, I have worked closely with cohorts of college students through research and civic-learning programs at the nonprofit organization I lead. They meet regularly, conduct research, wrestle with difficult public…...
CT student test scores tick up but remain below pre-COVID era
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1043+ words) by Theo Peck-Suzuki and Sasha Allen, CT Mirror August 31, 2026 Students in almost every grade and demographic performed slightly better on their state assessments this year, according to data released today by the Connecticut State Department of Education. In most cases,…...