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Westport R ex Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Job loss will continue in Connecticut through 2011, according to the latest quarterly economic forecast by UConn's Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis , and growth may not resume until 2012 or even later.

Yale University, the top-rated Ivy League school founded in 1701, won lower 15-year tax-exempt yields than Harvard University, also ranked AAA, thanks in part to demand from its home state of Connecticut.

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University of Connecticut officials will recommend a tuition increase next week that, if adopted, will mark a milepost in the long trend of shifting public higher education costs to students.

The 5.8 percent increase in tuition and fees would mark the first time that revenue from students would exceed

State Educators Hail Obama's Budget Proposals Hartford Courant Connecticut is set to receive $455 million under Obama's proposed budget to help develop better schools, improve student achievement and make high school ... and more »

With colleges and universities across the country trimming budgets and programs, Quinnipiac University defied the trend Thursday with its bullish announcement of plans to establish and build a $75 million medical school that will admit students within three or four years.

Connecticut gets poor grade in how it prepares students Danbury News Times Connecticut received a C for delivering well-prepared teachers; a B- for expanding the teaching pool; a D+ for identifying effective teachers; ...

Non-Profit News Start-Up Connecticut Mirror Aims to Inform and Empower ... PR Newswire (press release) The Connecticut Mirror, set to launch on January 25, will focus on state government, politics, education, healthcare and social services initially. ... Look for Connecticut Mirror, coming soon.Hartford Courant (blog) all 6 news

Mandated insurance coverage for autism treatment and a higher minimum wage are among a handful of new state laws that take effect today.

The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and the University of Connecticut Center for Land Use Education and Research today launched a new website, Connecticut Environmental Conditions Online that includes the latest and most accessible online maps and tools for viewing Connecticut's environmental and natural resource information.

Confronted with the news 600,000 more Americans jobs vanished last month, and still stinging from a presidential reprimand, a group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers struck a deal Friday night to break a U.S. Senate deadlock over a massive economic stimulus package.

Pepsico chief executive Indira Nooyi inevitably tops the list of what Forbes calls "Eight Indian-Flavoured CEOs" who lead US corporations with revenues of at least $2 billion as the premier business magazine chronicles the rise of Indians in corporate ranks in America.

Connecticut officials say state colleges and universities awarded about 38,000 degrees in spring 2009, almost 4 percent more than in 2008.

Legislative Democrats have a unveiled a plan to borrow $1 billion to help improve Connecticut's infrastucture and create more than 16,000 jobs.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development-stage antibiotics company with a broad product pipeline based on its innovative discovery platform, and Yale University today announced the discovery by Thomas Steitz, Ph.D., co-founder of Rib-X and Yale University professor, of important new ribosomal structures of

SCSU grooming math, science students New Haven Register (subscription) The initiatives are part of Southern Connecticut State University's new Center for Excellence in Mathematics and the Sciences that is rolling out this year. ... and more »

NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, U.S. Congressman Jim Himes, Norwalk Mayor Richard Moccia and the GE Hispanic Forum will host the region’s first BEE Healthy* Kids Fitness Buzz at Jefferson Science Magnet Elementary School in Norwalk, Connecticut. The program, part of a national health awareness program from General Electric Company

AVON & HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This year Achieve Hartford! is rewarding 22 teachers from 12 elementary schools for its 2009-2010 Teacher Grant Program. A total of $21,000 will be awarded to these teachers for their innovative, curriculum enhancing projects. This is the first year teachers will receive their funds on a debit card provided

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BTS USA, the global leader in accelerating strategic alignment and execution is pleased to announce the completion of four-year license deal, valued at approximately SEK 5.6 million, with a leading international consulting firm. The solution is a unique business and financial acumen program developed by BTS, that

QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY PLANS TO OPEN MEDICAL SCHOOL WITH EMPHASIS ON PRIMARY CARE AND GLOBAL HEALTH

The ability to deliver a single assessment to different devices, in multiple languages and contexts, is among improvements in version 5 of the Questionmark™ Perception™ assessment management system.

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Parents would have the authority to shake up or even close failing public schools in Connecticut under a proposal outlined by members of the legislature's Black and Puerto Rican Caucus Thursday.

That idea and others, including income tax breaks

Robert A. Frahm

University of Connecticut officials will recommend a tuition increase next week that, if adopted, will mark a milepost in the long trend of shifting public higher education costs to students.

The 5.8 percent increase in tuition and fees would mark

Swift student recognized as gifted by Board of Education TownTimesNews.com She was also honored with a certificate of excellence from the Watertown Board of Education. Gifted children throughout the state of Connecticut competed ...

Its that time - apply for scholarships now The Dolphin Ronald McDonald House Charities ® of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts will award a total of $50000 to 22 local high school seniors this academic year ...

Report urges clergy to educate about sex Tampa Tribune On Tuesday, the Connecticut-based Religious Institute unveiled a report that calls for clergy and congregations to break the silence on these hot-button ... and more »

Hayes, Charles lead UConn to 63rd straight win Gaea Times (blog) 1 Connecticut roll to its 63rd straight victory with a 95-62 win over DePaul on Wednesday night. The Huskies (24-0, 11-0 Big East) used a late spurt to ... and more »

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She enjoys student teaching, carries a perfect 4.0 grade point average and expects to complete her master's degree in the summer, but Stephanie Salafia's dream of becoming a public school teacher is on hold.

She is one of hundreds of prospective

Windsor School Board Votes To Stop Holding Graduations At Church Common Dreams (press release) "The decision by the Windsor Board of Education, and similar recent actions by other school districts in Connecticut, will help ensure that no graduating ... and more »

State School Group To Help With Superintendent Search Hartford Courant CABE Search Services, a division of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, will look for candidates with its human resources specialists. ...

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Educators expressed relief Wednesday at being spared major cuts in school funding in Gov. M. Jodi Rell's recommended budget adjustments, but they said the forecast remains ominous, including more layoffs.

The key recommendation for schools was to

NEW HAVEN -- In public education circles in Connecticut, Alex Johnston has not always been a welcome guest.

As head of the New Haven-based school reform group Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now

Educators expressed relief Wednesday at being spared major cuts in school funding in Gov. M. Jodi Rell's recommended budget adjustments, but they said the forecast remains ominous, including more

Two state Senate leaders want Connecticut to become the third state in the country to set standards for how high schools handle athletes with concussions.

With the support of the Connecticut

Connecticut's restrictions on charter schools could jeopardize its chances of winning millions in federal stimulus money, an outspoken school reform advocate told state officials Wednesday.

Unless the state removes barriers to the growth of charters, "we are not going to be competitive" in the

The Sheff vs. O'Neill school desegregation lawsuit ranks as one of the most influential legal cases in the history of Connecticut's public schools. Civil rights groups filed the case on behalf of 17

Hoping to transform America's public schools, the U.S. Department of Education is challenging states to design winning school reform plans in a competition for more than $4.3 billion in economic

As magnet schools sprouted across the state following the court order to desegregate schools in Hartford, so did a patchwork of financial formulas designed to pay for them. The state also has developed

Connecticut's Sheff vs. O'Neill desegregation court ruling led to a spurt in education funding, a $2 billion expansion of magnet schools and renewed attention to the state's troubled urban districts.

Panel Calls For Reforms In Charter School Funding Hartford Courant They say Connecticut taxpayers are paying $186 million a year in duplicate costs for students attending charter schools.State education officials say ... Panel weighs changes to charter fundingNew Haven Register (subscription) all 45 news articles »

After 35 Years In Education, Buckley Elementary School Principal In Manchester ... Hartford Courant A graduate of Central Connecticut State University, she was a special education teacher for about 10 years in Windsor. In the mid-1980s, Maiorano worked at ...

Griswold working to produce more grads Norwich Bulletin ... outlined the plan for the Board of Education this week. She is working with a grant of about $2200 from the Connecticut Consortium on School Attendance ...

Bethany College Announces Baccalaureate, Commencement Speakers State Journal She is the author of the Central American Accreditation Guidelines for Excellence in Education. Fennell was born in Connecticut, and she entered the ...

For Dave McMichael it was homecoming in January as the longtime Don Nehlen assistant returned to West Virginia University to replace Doc Holliday as tight ends coach and, perhaps more importantly, special teams coordinator on Coach Bill Stewart's staff.

The first criminal case involving "sexting" reached a U.S. appeals court on Friday - a case that asks whether racy cell-phone photos of three girls amount to child CENSOREDography or child's play.

Courtesy photo Ron Barnes studies notes during filming of the "Go South!" documentary that will show in the annual Martin Luther King service Sunday at Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist.

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Learning lights, camera, action Waterbury Republican American Next week, the Torrington resident will start teaching a technical stage craft class for Northwestern Connecticut Community College in Winsted. ...

PHILADELPHIA The first criminal case involving "sexting" reached a U.S. appeals court on Friday - a case that asks whether racy cell-phone photos of three girls amount to child CENSOREDography or child's play.

The Ocean Dunes Resort and Conference Center in Myrtle Beach is hosting 2010 Magic at the Beach magician's convention through today, capped with a Champions of Magic show at 8 p.m. at the Palace Theatre, which is open to the public.

FCAT works Tampa Tribune It should also be noted that Illinois, Michigan and Connecticut rank behind the Sunshine State. I will be the first to admit that the FCAT is a flawed test. ...

Officials at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury believe the time has come to introduce money management as a voluntary program at the school.

David McMichael was been named as one of the new coaches for the WVU Football team.

The state has promised them the same money this year as last, but that won't ease the rising costs of union contracts, utilities and insurance.

Milforda TMs superintendent of schools has been arrested, accused of inappropriately touching two people.

The Milford schools superintendent has been arrested on fourth-degree sexual contact and breach of peace charges after two female principals filed sexual harassment complaints against him.

Superintendent Arrested On Sexual Contact Charges WFSB Polansky was named the University of Connecticut's Outstanding Superintendent in 2007. Eyewitness News went to Polansky's Trumbull home for a comment from ... Milford school chief arrestedNew Haven Register (subscription) all 8 news articles »

The first criminal case involving "sexting" reached a U.S. appeals court on Friday - a case that asks whether racy cell-phone photos of three girls amount to child CENSOREDography or child's play.

It is now official - former UConn tight ends coach Dave McMicael is on board at West Virginia.