By CHRIS POWELL Beating up on Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families is easy and politically satisfying. Child neglect and abuse are rampant and worsening in the state and are beginning to overwhelm the agency’s social workers again, if not yet quite as much as the staff was overwhelmed when it was under federal courtContinue reading “Child neglect is vast in Connecticut and DCF may not be so bad”
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Why so much special education? And minimum wage bunk
By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut is facing another expensive anomaly. The state’s Hearst newspapers report that while public school enrollment has fallen substantially since 2006, from 578,500 to 498,000 students, a decline of 14%, students receiving “special education” — students who have intellectual and physical disabilities — have increased by 39%, from 68,500 to 95,000. Indignation industry triumphsContinue reading “Why so much special education? And minimum wage bunk”
Who’ll notice prison audit? And Bronin has a health issue too
By CHRIS POWELL Anyone seeking to learn how poorly state government runs would never start by paying close attention to the proceedings of the General Assembly, which remains largely indifferent to government operations. The legislature is much more interested in making government bigger than in making it more effective and efficient. ‘Social equity’ is euphemismContinue reading “Who’ll notice prison audit? And Bronin has a health issue too”
Public schooling’s danger exceeds home schooling’s
By Chris Powell At this week’s hearing at the state Capitol on false claims of home-schooling that conceal child abuse, state officials stressed that they weren’t accusing home-schoolers of doing anything wrong. They were only asserting the need to check periodically on children who have been removed from public schools — to make sure thatContinue reading “Public schooling’s danger exceeds home schooling’s”
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