By Chris Powell With Governor Lamont’s veto of the wide-ranging housing bill recently passed by the General Assembly, Connecticut towns aren’t likely to reach the “fair share” quotas of “affordable” housing the bill set for them. But the legislature’s failure to approve other legislation may ensure that each town ends up with another quota —Continue reading “Bears are likely to triumph long before ‘affordable housing’ does”
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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”
Case of illiterate Hartford girl should become a national scandal
By Chris Powell Hartford’s school superintendent, Leslie Torres-Rodriguez, says she’ll investigate the case of the girl who, the Connecticut Mirror reported a few weeks ago, graduated this year from Hartford Public High School without being able to read or write or do more than rudimentary addition and who then somehow was admitted to the University ofContinue reading “Case of illiterate Hartford girl should become a national scandal”
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