Museums may emerge from the past few months, replete with sudden shutdowns, economic downturn, industry layoffs, and developed on-the-fly virtual programming, as an even more valuable and appreciated resource than before. That’s what new national data indicates, and Connecticut museums are among those encouraged by the news.
Read MoreConnecticut’s success-to-date in knocking down the spread of the coronavirus can be attributed to many decisions made by the state’s leaders and individual residents across the state. Among those efforts which have received less attention, but contributed to the progress, is a special committee of experts quickly set up by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE).
Read MoreConnecticut is in the midst of developing a statewide model curriculum for a year-long high school level course on Black and Latino history. It is to be made available to students beginning as soon as next year. But even as that effort proceeds, some are suggesting that it won’t be enough.The thinking is that aspects of Black and Latino history should be incorporated into the curriculum beginning at the elementary school level. If Connecticut’s legislature enacts such a requirement, it would not be the first state to do so.
Read MoreWith input from across the state, Connecticut’s new curriculum for a year-long high school course in African American/Black and Puerto Rican/Latino studies is already taking shape, in accordance with a new law – Public Act 19-12 - passed by the state legislature. The 150-member Advisory Committee involved in its development meets again later this month.
Read MoreTestimony last March from hundreds of supporters helped to pass a law that launched development, now underway, of a high school course focused on Black and Latino history. Said one state resident, 16 months ago: “We can’t begin to heal and move forward as a country until we have done the profoundly important work of reckoning with our past and learning our history. People’s lives, my son’s life, literally depends on it.”
Read MoreAmidst increasing calls for Connecticut’s government leaders to declare racism a public health emergency, a new report by the University of Connecticut’s Rudd Center for Good Policy & Obesity is raising renewed concerns. According to the 73-page report and analysis, “systemic and institutional barriers to health and opportunity … contribute to poorer health outcomes and persistent health disparities” among Black and Hispanic youth nationwide.
Read MoreAs the most unpredictable, unexpected and unprecedented school year comes to an end, the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) has announced the recipients of the 2020 Principal of the Year Awards.
Read MoreThe Healing Meals Project, based in Bloomfield and serving the Greater Hartford region, is described as the state’s only non-profit that experientially teaches about healthy foods from ‘start to finish,’ preparing and delivering delicious, organic meals for families dealing with a serious health crisis. Top vote-getter in the Red Sox Foundation IMPACT awards, they’ve earned a $10,000 grant.
Read MoreSikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, is the 2020 recipient of the Connecticut Medal of Technology in recognition of X2 Technology, a generational leap in rotary wing innovation that enables helicopters to complete tasks traditional helicopters can’t today. Matt Fleury, CEO of the Connecticut Science Center, is selected as an Honorary Member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, and 36 new members of the Academy are elected.
Read MoreHartford and Rancho Cucamonga (California) have been selected as the winners of the 2020 Richard H. Driehaus Form-Based Codes Award, presented by the Form-Based Codes Institute at Smart Growth America. Each year, the Driehaus Award recognizes communities that have adopted and implemented exemplary form-based zoning codes.
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