By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut’s public school teachers are feeling resentful again. The other day their biggest union, the deceptively named Connecticut Education Association, reported a poll of its members that was full of the usual findings: Teachers feel overworked, underpaid, and disrespected. Overimpressed by college, Democrats get arrogant Senator Winfield and other Democrats want openContinue reading “Teachers aren’t trying to stop the collapse of education”
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State government’s growth causes record spending on lobbyists
By Chris Powell Lobbyists in Connecticut have a bad reputation, and it may get worse with the recent report from the Office of State Ethics that spending on lobbyists exceeded $28 million in the first quarter of this year and may reach a record high by the end of the year. Does Trump’s budget really spell doomContinue reading “State government’s growth causes record spending on lobbyists”
Business executives warn Connecticut about too much higher education
By Chris Powell What a wonderfully subversive and politically incorrect idea has exploded from the committee set up by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities to study the problem of the state’s estimated 119,000 “disconnected” and alienated young people. Meeting this week at New London City Hall, the group heard a vice president of Yale NewContinue reading “Business executives warn Connecticut about too much higher education”
A grossly premature parole; and teachers aren’t underpaid
By Chris Powell Next time the governor and state legislators boast about the decline in Connecticut’s prison population, remember the recent report in the Hearst Connecticut newspapers about the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. By a vote of 2-1 after a hearing in January, the board approved parole for a Bridgeport man who hadContinue reading “A grossly premature parole; and teachers aren’t underpaid”
Education lobby is outraged that it has to compete for money
By Chris Powell For decades and maybe even centuries the sages have noted that to govern is to choose. Charles de Gaulle elaborated that governing is “to choose among disadvantages.” Leaders of Connecticut’s education lobby and the state legislators they control will have none of this wisdom. They’re sore at Governor Lamont for proposing toContinue reading “Education lobby is outraged that it has to compete for money”
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