CT Blogger Posts

Connecticut and Rhode Island have a few similarities, but their approach to public education is not one of them. Where Connecticut's Supreme Court has strengthened access to public education, Rhode Island has cut it, leaving a disparity that will only grow in time.

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy ran as pro-campaign finance reform candidate, so it seems especially duplicitous for him to change the rules to gather as much cash as he can. He even backs the Democratic Governors Association's lawsuit against the state, in an attempt to coordinate his campaign with their coffers.

Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy is trying to force charter schools down the throats of his constituents. But parents and friends of Clark Elementary School have risen up in anger, stopping the delivery of that school into private hands. The hands of, it turns out, close associates of the Governor.

Connecticut's right-leaning, education-slashing governor, Dannel Malloy, touted in a press conference Wednesday the "major investment" he was making in Connecticut's public education. After a 5% cut in overall education spending, that is a bold statement, indeed.