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Connecticut College receives $5 million for new science center TheDay.com “This gift is a vote of confidence in Connecticut College and the outstanding science education we provide,” said President Leo I. Higdon Jr. “We are deeply ... and more »

Malloy sets out goals to improve Conn. education New Haven Register (subscription) “I want to be measured by the success of making early childhood education available to all children of the state of Connecticut who otherwise could not ... and more »

Fate of Oxford's embattled superintendent to be discussed Ct Post Oxford Superintendent of Schools Judith Palmer Photo: Brian A. Pounds / Connecticut Post | Buy This Photo OXFORD -- The Board of Education is tentatively ... and more »

EDITORIAL: Seymour graduates treated as criminals New Haven Register (subscription) ... Seymour High School students like criminal suspects on their graduation day has to be a new low in the annals of public education in Connecticut. ...

There are fewer than 80 lines of human embryonic stem cells eligible to be used for federally funded research and, as of this week, four of them come from the University of Connecticut.

Wesleyan has named Anne Martin, one of Yale's six endowment directors, as its new chief investment officer.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed a bill today that requires the state's public colleges, universities, community-technical colleges and vocational-technical high schools to coordinate their development of a "green technology" curriculum.

Stimulus funds are essential to save teaching jobs, state schools chief says The Connecticut Mirror "You're talking about school districts being decimated," said Patrice McCarthy of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education. ... Schools chief seeks continuation of stimulus fundsCt Post all 6 news articles »

A federal judge on Monday ruled that Enfield High School and Enrico Fermi High School will not be able to hold their graduations at First Cathedral, culminating a months-long debate over whether it is unconstitutional to host students' ceremonies at the mega-church.

Harvard MBA Graduates Earn the Most During Lifetime Bloomberg Newly-minted MBAs at some programs, such as Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, earn high starting salaries, but experience a only a minimal increase ...

Unlikely coalition shaped education bill The Connecticut Mirror The recent landmark legislation that lawmakers and educators believe will shake up Connecticut's public education system, now awaiting ...

Charter schools gaining momentum Lexington Herald Leader Connecticut is really pushing hard. So is North Carolina. We think there are 12 states that really will be competitive, and I don't think they are going to ...

Robert A. Frahm

In a lengthy interview with New Haven Magazine late last year, Cheryl Norton talked about her goals as Southern Connecticut State University's president.

"Norton," the magazine said when it published the interview in December, "is still kicking butt and taking names."

But by then, Norton had been notified

Time for teachers to make concessions NorthJersey.com Almost one education employee was hired for every student! Despite these massive expenditures, students' scoring on proficiency tests has hardly budged ... and more »

A bill that would allow students to opt out of classroom experiments or dissections on animals if they raise a conscientious objection was passed Tuesday by the legislature's education committee.

A divided Connecticut Supreme Court on Monday opened the door to a fundamental change in the way the state funds public education, ruling that the Connecticut constitution guarantees students not just a public education, but one that can prepare them for employment or higher education.

Paul Goulet hopes Connecticut will help him get from under nearly $8,000 he's borrowed for college after losing his job in a paper manufacturing plant.

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FARMINGTON -- Gov. M. Jodi Rell and a coalition of regional hospitals announced today they are backing a $236 million investment in a new hospital at the financially troubled University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington.

Key to the plan is a new healthcare network involving former critics of

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State misses out on first round of education money The Hour Connecticut is not among the 16 finalists for the first round of funding under the federal "Race to the Top" school reform competition, prompting officials ... WEB FIRST: State not among finalists in Race to Top competitionMiddletown Press all 1,059 news articles »

Torrington superintendent wants iPods out of high school Waterbury Republican American ... a professor of educational psychology at the University of Connecticut NEAG School of Education, has said smart phones, video games and other technology ...

UConn Trustees Increase Tuition, Room, Board, Fees Hartford Courant The University of Connecticut Board of Trustees voted Thursday to increase tuition for in-state students by 5.66 ... UConn Tuition Going UpNBC Connecticut Students Protest UConn Tuition HikeWFSB Hartford all 20 news articles »

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Feb. 19--Greenwich state legislators are proposing a bill that would prohibit building cell towers within 750 feet of a school or day care, but some parents say that distance isn't far enough to ensure their kids' safety.

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 »

UB to work on miniature drones for the Army Bridgeport News The University of Connecticut and Connecticut Center for Advance Technology also are participating in the project. “The whole concept is to develop ...

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.

Robert A. Frahm

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

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.