ScoreSheet: Connecticut's Digital Divide
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ScoreSheet looks at Connecticut stats that reveal the state of Connecticut. In this edition: Connecticut’s digital divide, by the numbers.
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Olivia, Liam Lead the Way: Most Popular Newborn Names in CT 2019
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America’s No. 1 name for girls born in 2019 ― Olivia ― also dominated on the state level according to data compiled by the Social Security Administration (SSA), taking the top spot in 25 states, including Connecticut.
Read More"We Are in a Precarious Position," Fauci Tells Connecticut Interviewers at Community Health Center
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“We are in a precarious position,” explained Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, who is leading the COVID-19 response at the NIH. Fauci returned as a guest this month on Conversations On Health Care, a radio program/podcast on healthcare issues produced by Community Health Center, Inc., based in Middletown and distributed nationally.
Read MoreCounting Crowds in an Era of Protest: UConn Professor Gathers Data To Quantify What’s Happening
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Amidst a year of protests across the country, UConn Associate Professor of Political Science Jeremy Pressman, is co-founder of the Crowd Counting Consortium (CCC), which collects publicly available data on political crowds reported in the United States, including marches, protests, strikes, demonstrations, riots, and other actions.
Read MoreCapital Community College Receives $3 Million Hispanic Serving Institutions Grant
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Capital Community College in Hartford, one of Connecticut’s 12 community colleges, has earned a $3 million, five-year federal grant to improve student achievement and increase retention and graduation rates of low-income students.
Read MoreAmong Nation’s Fastest Growing Cities, Stamford Leads CT at #286
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A new analysis of the 515 fastest growing cities in the U.S. shows just one Connecticut city has earn a place in the top 300, one in the top 400, and six others included in the bottom 100 – but making the list.
Read MoreHigher Education, Employers, State Must Respond to Accelerating Demographic Changes to Meet Economic Challenges
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“We can no longer ignore inequities faced by people of color and low-income individuals,” stressed a 2020 report by the New England Board of Higher Education and the Strada Education Network, looking at the region’s employment, education and prospects for economic growth.
Read MoreCIGNA Grant Aims to Advance Efforts to Add Diversity to Ranks of School Superintendents
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Amidst a summer of increased nationwide focus on racial equity and opportunity across many fields of endeavor, Connecticut-headquartered Cigna Corporation, a global health service company, donated $250,000 to expand an innovative program at Howard University in Washington, D.C. tackling systemic inequality in education by creating a pipeline of superintendents of color, specifically trained to lead in urban school districts.
Read MoreWill CT Legislature Resume Efforts to Attract More Teachers of Color?
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Of Connecticut’s approximately 50,000 professional public educators (teachers, administrators, school social workers, counselors, and other certified school employees) in the 2019-2020 school year, 9.6% were racial and ethnic minorities, according to the State Department of Education’s (SDE) data website.
Read MoreBest Place to Live, Blue Ribbon School: A Week in the Life of Cheshire, CT
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It’s been a very good week for the central Connecticut town of Cheshire, named as a Best Place to Live in the U.S. and home to a National Blue Ribbon School.
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