Connecticut needs more people from some of its largest demographic groups in its labor force — and making wages fairer will be crucial to achieving that goal, according to a new report from the ...

Support education equity in Connecticut With H.B. 5283, legislators have the opportunity to make long-term investments in students and communities by Dylan Council April 29, 2022 @ 12:01 am April ...

“Race continues to play a significant role in driving disparities in school funding,” Baker said. For example, he said, the least funded schools in Connecticut for decades were located in Waterbury, ...

Connecticut’s disparities are clear: Ending hunger requires new solutions by Katie Martin and Brittney Cavaliere October 12, 2021 @ 12:01 am Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook ...

The funding of public schools in Connecticut is unfairly distributed and directly leads to the cycles of the wealth gap and education disparity. I have seen it loud and clear. When I was in high ...

This persistent achievement gap in Connecticut is tied to the state’s income disparities, Director of Yale’s Education Studies Program Elizabeth Carroll wrote in a Wednesday email to the News. This ...

NEW HAVEN — A new study by Connecticut Voices for Children concludes the black-white achievement gap in the state is because of a gap in opportunity — and the state’s future could be at risk ...

Inside Connecticut's Education-Funding Turmoil Talk about money and test scores often obscures the hopes and struggles of the people who form under-resourced school communities. By Lara N. Dotson ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The Connecticut Education Association just released a survey that details how much of a toll the pandemic is taking on local schools. According to the organization ...

Racial disparities in Connecticut’s COVID-19 deaths — gaping in the early days of the pandemic — narrowed over time as the crisis spread outward from urban to rural areas, a new Yale School ...

Education. Gov't Data Show Race, Region Disparities in School Reopening The survey casts new light on a period of particularly bitter debate in the school reopening process ...

Cardona was appointed to the top education post in Connecticut just months before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in March. When schools moved to remote learning, he hurried to deliver more than ...