by Zachary Janowski | Feb 24, 2012 | Education, Features, General
In 2005, Bridgeport hired a special education teacher. After one year, she left Bridgeport to teach in another school district. After a year in that school district, she left to teach in another school district. In 2008, she quit for “personal reasons” only to take...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 23, 2012 | Education, Features, General
Of the 1,395 first-year teachers hired in Connecticut for the 2005-06 school year who did not choose to leave their job, school districts denied tenure to only 71 teachers, meaning 95 percent of eligible teachers received tenure. According to data obtained from the...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 22, 2012 | Education, Features, General
Ninety-three Connecticut school districts did not fire a certified teacher between Fall 2004 and Summer 2010, according to a review of state Department of Education data, including 20 of the 50 largest districts. Danbury (12th), Manchester (16th), East Hartford (17th)...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 21, 2012 | Education, Features, General
The average American is 17 times more likely to get laid off or fired than a Connecticut teacher, according to an analysis of state and federal data. The average local and state government employee in the U.S. was six times more likely to get fired or laid off than...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 17, 2012 | Features, General
The legislative session begun last week will have to make do with 15 fewer leaders than two years ago: only 94 of the General Assembly’s 187 members have leadership titles this time around. In addition to the 94 leaders, another 43 legislators are committee chairmen...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 2, 2012 | Features, General, Health Care
A working group on healthcare organized by House Speaker and Congressional candidate Chris Donovan recommended Monday the state create a government-run insurance company and allow small businesses to join the state employee health plan. Donovan, D-Meriden, convened...
