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More to Think About: Education Supreme Court: Connecticut’s Education System Is Flawed, But Not Unconstitutional by Christine Stuart ctnewsjunkie.com HARTFORD, CT — The state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Connecticut’s education system is imperfect, but not unconstitutional. The decision may signal the end of 12 years of litigation over whether the state has been providing enough funding for […]
Imperfect Choices: With Integrated Schools Out Of Reach, Segregated Options Gain Favor Twenty years after Sheff v. O’Neill — Connecticut’s decree that racial isolation in Hartford schools violated children’s constitutional rights — neighborhood schools have been left in the ruling’s shadow. Kathleen Megan and Matthew Kauffman Contact Reporters Connecticut’s network of regional magnet schools, long hailed […]
TROUBLED SCHOOLS ON TRIAL: FIRST OF SEVEN STORIES WHEN POVERTY PERMEATES THE CLASSROOM Struggling to cope with past sexual abuse and a mother who works long hours at a low-wage job, Alex regularly breaks down while at school. The screaming, crawling and crying of this 5-year-old at North Windham Elementary School – and the arrival […]
Community Renewal Team (CRT) Capital City YouthBuild AmeriCorps program is currently recruiting young people from Hartford, between the ages of 18-24. The participants selected will have the opportunity to obtain their high school diploma and develop skills for success while pursuing a career in Construction or Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). Participants who have their high school diploma, […]
The Dalai Lama said: “If every 8-year-old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.” This school replaced detention with meditation. The results are stunning. By James Gaines Imagine you’re working at a school and one of the kids is starting to act up. What do you […]
WEEKENDS THIS FALL AND WINTER Upcoming Weekend Courses For students ages 13–18 | From 4 weeks to 12 weeks Meet thought leaders shaping a wide range of industries and explore topics you won’t find in a typical high school setting. From sports management and the environment, to arts, culture and more, our weekend courses provide […]
Frank Roswell Fuller Scholarship Fund Bank of America, Trustee c/o Trinity College Hartford, CT Origin of the Fuller Scholarship Fund Frank Roswell Fuller was born in Hartford on August 23, 1873, and attended local public schools. He went to New York City at the turn of the century and commenced a long and successful career in […]
New York City might be a liberal hub, but that doesn’t mean white parents want their children going to school with black kids. Rebecca Klein Editor, HuffPost Education New York City didn’t experience school desegregation in the 1960s and ‘70s like other metropolitan areas. Unlike in Little Rock, Arkansas, the National Guard was never brought in […]
Interested in STEM, teens? Hartford Public Library has programs just for you! YOUmedia is where teens ages 13 to 19 go to Hang Out, Mess Around, and Geek Out! Tricia George, Director of YOUMedia & Teen Services, and Gabbie Barnes, Teen Librarian, spent the first week of January in Austin, Tex., meeting with other YOUmedia specialists […]
The Oppressed Majority: A Poignant French Short Film about a World in Which Men Are Subject to Sexism by Maria Popova A tragicomic day in the life of a man who struggles for equality in a mirror-image society dominated by women. “Those who travel with the current will always feel they are good swimmers,” NPR […]