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Mark Pazniokas on Feb 28, 2020 05:45 pm
The Office of State Ethics is trying once again to tighten the ethics code. But just a little.
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Stephanie Luczak on Feb 28, 2020 04:58 am
Last fall, there were several pieces published in the Hartford Courant and CTMirror related to the many strengths and challenges Connecticut has faced over time and what is driving our population to stay here or leave. However, absent from these fight-or-flight debates was a discussion of how race influences the phenomenon.
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Matthew Chudoba on Feb 28, 2020 04:58 am
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey might have folded a few years ago, but don't worry Connecticut, there's a new circus in town. It's called CT2030. With all of the changes the transportation plan has undergone since Gov. Ned Lamont first unveiled it last November, the only reasonable take away is that the "2030" part of it meant 2,030 different versions.
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Michael P. Alfano on Feb 28, 2020 04:58 am
The editorial written by Aram Ayalon about edTPA complained, without justification or facts, that edTPA is overly rigorous, demands too much of pre-service teachers, is managed by unqualified overseers employed by a greedy, for-profit entity and makes it more difficult to attract new teachers of color. These accusations could not be more wrong.
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Irina Comer on Feb 27, 2020 04:58 am
H.B. No. 5044 (Raised) An Act Concerning Immunizations (the "bill") proposes to eliminate the religious exemption to vaccination. This proposal has become a perennial favorite, notwithstanding that it perennially fails to gain traction. I strongly encourage legislators to allow it to fail again this term.
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Fran Rabinowitz on Feb 27, 2020 04:58 am
As educators and school administrators, we believe school immunization laws should grant exemptions to children for bona fide medical reasons. All other children should be required to be vaccinated to enroll in school in order to attain "community immunity."
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