‘Best schools in America’ don’t include New Haven’s

By CHRIS POWELL A hearing last week before New Haven’s Board of Alders about the city’s schools sure didn’t match the television commercial being broadcast by Governor Lamont’s re-election campaign, wherein the governor boasts that Connecticut’s are “the best schools in America.” Another gun control law won’t get tough on crime Connecticut shouldn’t punish formerContinue reading “‘Best schools in America’ don’t include New Haven’s”

New Haven school board is frank with public: Get lost!

By CHRIS POWELL New Haven’s Board of Education, of which Mayor Justin Elicker is a member, says city residents should not be told how well School Superintendent Madeline Negron is doing her job. Lamont and Tong applaud defeat of their party’s own water scheme Hospital rescues promise far higher medical costs Wesleyan’s vegetarian plaque mayContinue reading “New Haven school board is frank with public: Get lost!”