Board of Regents – Chris Powell column

One scandal after another with dodgy college regents

By CHRIS POWELL Now that the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system has lost a second straight highly paid chief executive — the “chancellor” — because of misconduct of some kind, maybe Governor Lamont should find some agency other than the system’s Board of Regents to appoint the next one. Legislators are worrying most aboutContinue reading “One scandal after another with dodgy college regents”

Democrats would abolish public control of schools

By Chris Powell In Connecticut it’s nearly impossible for municipal school boards to fire teachers, and Democratic state legislators have set about to make it even harder. ‘Rule of law’ advocates have many blind spots Connecticut Public isn’t public about its salaries Connecticut fails to notice that poverty is exploding The Connecticut Mirror’s Jessika Harkay reports that theContinue reading “Democrats would abolish public control of schools”