by Zachary Janowski | Aug 21, 2012 | Blog, Education, General
Jonathan Pelto had an interesting post over the weekend about unemployment in Connecticut. He criticizes the typically-reported unemployment rate and mentions the problems pointed to by other unemployment measures, something I have written about here and here. Pelto...
by Zachary Janowski | Aug 9, 2012 | Education, Features, General
Cincinnati students learned more in the years after their teacher received an evaluation, according to a new study, findings that should encourage Connecticut’s implementation of a teacher evaluation system. Experienced teachers and administrators observed teachers in...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 29, 2012 | Education, Features, General
Wallingford schools will receive almost $70,000 in federal grants, according to the New Haven Register, for “electronic success programs,” teaching entrepreneurship and starting an aquaculture program. The Register reports Wallingford officials didn’t even know about...
by Zachary Janowski | Jun 14, 2012 | Education, Features, General
Forty-one Connecticut school districts can educate two high school graduates for less than the cost of one Hartford graduate, according to Department of Education data. That means nearly half of the 111 districts reviewed are twice as efficient as Hartford public...
by Zachary Janowski | May 16, 2012 | Education, Features, General
Allan Taylor, chairman of Connecticut’s state Board of Education, gave an interview with Choice Media TV a week ago while the General Assembly was still debating education reform. The video is still worth watching. Taylor and the state board remained somewhat...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 14, 2012 | Education, Features, General, Video
Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of schools in Washington, D.C., and founder of StudentsFirst, speaks on the steps of the Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut. The event was hosted by the Connecticut Parents...
