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Brennan-Rogers Teachers: “Show Me The Money!”
When Brennan-Rogers sixth-grade teacher Charlene Neal-Palmer graduated from the AFL-CIO Labor Leadership Academy and saw U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, she walked right up to him. Before she could even give him her name, she said, “Brennan-Rogers needs money.”. She clarified quickly: “The whole NHPS needs money.”...
CT develops new tools to fight state’s biggest climate problem: flooding
You don’t have to convince Jeff Manville that the costs to upgrade infrastructure in Southbury was money well-spent. Manville — born and raised in Southbury, first selectman since 2015 — is happy to show off the evidence on a hot, blue-sky day precisely one month after catastrophic rain in the Naugatuck Valley area broke Connecticut’s all-time 24-hour rainfall record in less than 12 hours. The expensive bridges that in some places had replaced decades-old culverts show no evidence of the water that ran over them when the storm hit.
Educators call for more funding as pandemic-era monies expire
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — School districts in New Haven and other Connecticut communities are calling for more help from the state and federal governments. And there’s a reason they rallied on Monday. “Millions and millions of dollars, federal dollars, that came through New Haven as a result of the pandemic, those funds are expiring […]
MacArthur Foundation announces 2024 ‘genius grant’ recipients. Many have CT ties.
The 2024 MacArthur Fellows were announced on Tuesday, and any many of them have connections to Connecticut. Many have had their work seen in the state, won local awards for their achievements or have taught or lectured at Connecticut-based schools. The “genius grants” are awarded to dozens of artists, scientists, economists, theorists and others who are considered trailblazers in their chosen ...
Dreamer Organizer Ties In Climate
Tabitha Sookdeo has a new job helping undocumented young people stay settled here — and addressing the conditions that lead some others to come here. To her, the two issues, immigration reform and climate change, are related. “It’s all connected,” Sookdeo said during a conversation Thursday on WNHH FM’s...
New Haven centers get $600K to boost mental health services
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Two New Haven community health centers are celebrating increased federal funding. Fair Haven and Cornell Scott Hill Health Centers are both getting hundreds of thousands of dollars. The emphasis for this new funding is not physical health, but mental. The Fair Haven Community Health Center is building and expanding. It […]
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