by Zachary Janowski | Nov 30, 2010 | Education, Features, General, Municipal, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Video
Narrator: The City of Bridgeport is planning to build Connecticut’s most expensive new school ever. A difficult location and eco-friendly design contribute to the school’s high cost. Trumbull Planning and Zoning Commission, Special Meeting, November 9, 2010 Chris...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 10, 2010 | Education, Features, General, Video
A program that supports new advanced placement courses with outside funding has met with repeated opposition by teachers unions who object to bonuses paid to teachers for getting students to pass. Project Opening Doors, a nonprofit affiliated with EASTCONN, supports...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 10, 2010 | Education, General
July 30, 2010 Project Opening Doors was founded in 2007 with a $13.2 million grant from the National Math + Science Initiative. POD includes financial incentives for teachers and students to encourage participation in Advanced Placement testing. Dramatis Personae:...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 22, 2010 | Education, Features, General, Municipal, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Democratic candidate for governor Dan Malloy made a pitch to 3,000 teachers Wednesday night during a telephone town hall, using the opportunity to attack his opponent’s commitment to education funding and make other key distinctions. Malloy referenced the state’s...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 13, 2010 | Education, Features, General, Health Care, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut faces a $2 million potential lawsuit from a woman whose only two fertilized embryos were mistakenly implanted in another woman at a private clinic affiliated with the University of Connecticut Health Center. The state has already paid a $45,000 settlement...
by Zachary Janowski | Jul 16, 2010 | Education, Features, State Budget, Video
State Senator Kevin Witkos talks about the state policy of balancing the state budget with tuition dollars from state-run universities and colleges. Transcript Zachary Janowski: Hi this is Zachary Janowski from Raising Hale. Today we’re going to talk to Senator...