While the vast majority of Connecticut parents regularly read to and engage in bonding activities with their young children, economic disparities and systemic barriers, such as work demands, lack of accessible books, and representation gaps, are limiting low-income and racially diverse families, according to new findings released recently.
Read MoreAccording to a recently released data analysis, Connecticut is the nation’s 15th most diverse state.
Read MoreFairfield County’s Community Foundation recently announced an increase in Community Impact grants to address the rising and urgent needs of 200 nonprofit organizations serving residents in the region.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Education has awarded Central Connecticut State University a $250,000 annual federal TRIO Educational Talent Search (ETS) grant, representing a $1.25 million investment over five years, to help students overcome barriers, achieve and prepare for successful post-secondary and career pathways.
Read MoreFour young Connecticut residents with intellectual disabilities are challenging the state’s use of a strict intelligence quotient (IQ) cutoff to determine eligibility for critical services.
Read MoreGoodwin University Magnet School System (GUMSS) has announced a major expansion of its partnership with General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB).
Read MoreHartford HealthCare and Yale New Haven Health are celebrating the grand opening of the Connecticut Proton Center this week, marking what is described as a new era in cancer care - bringing the state's first proton beam therapy center to patients.
Read MoreMeta is urging, for meaningful progress to happen, TikTok and YouTube to “join us and state attorneys general in adopting this new standard, to ensure teens use social media in a healthy and responsible way.”
Read MoreConnecticut is joining its neighbor New England states—including Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont—to host a regional policy summit to explore the potential role of advanced nuclear technologies in the region’s evolving energy system.
Read MoreConnecticut Main Street Center (CMSC) has awarded the Town of Deep River a $5,000 Main Street Accelerator grant to support the launch and expansion of its new Main Street Lamppost Banner Program.
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