Education
Harnessing Technology For Exploration
The current system bleakly promises “make an investment and personal sacrifice now and maybe you will be rewarded later”, the new trend in technology reinforces the intrinsic value of each youth’s time and through this...
Hartford’s Sheff Case Requires Action From Lawmakers
Connecticut has a nasty habit of overlooking how wealthy and overwhelmingly White our suburbs are, while we have so many poorer and majority minority cities. Our school districts reflect our divided communities and the Sheff...
Stop Making Students Take Impossible Tests
Our students do not have a hard time reading and writing. They have a hard time reading and writing in a stilted, academic format, under pressure, for two hours at a time. Failing these tests...
Leadership by Lawsuit and “Students First”
Given all we know about the structure of the system office, Connecticut’s deeply entrenched system of political ties, friendships, and cronyism, is this how we want to safeguard one of our state’s most important public...
No College? No Problem
“Skills-based hiring” is catching on as fewer employers require college diplomas, a major step toward shrinking the racial wealth gap.
5 ways high school students can earn college credit
As the cost of higher education soars, more and more students want to get a jump on earning college credits. EDsmart looked at ways students could accomplish that goal.
