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Lawmakers and union leaders hope to extinguish the teacher shortage crisis with higher wages for educators and accelerated grant funding for school districts as part of a bipartisan plan to tackle the state’s educational woes this legislative session. Members of the Connecticut Education Association, American Federation of Teachers and the Connecticut House of Representatives met in Hartford Tuesday to outline several proposals to reduce burnout and increase support for public school staff.

The governor has ordered that state flags be lowered in honor of 39-year-old State Rep. Quentin “Q” Williams (D-Middletown), who was killed in a crash early...

National, state and local lawmakers as well as advocacy groups mourned the death of State Rep. Quentin Williams of Middletown on Thursday morning.

Officials only budgeted $30 million — far below all indications of demand — and stipulated all grants would be proportionally reduced if funding proved insufficient.

Editorial: Recognition Well Deserved For Paraeducators- This editorial ran in the Oct. 5 edition of the Record-Journal: They may be called paraeducators or instructional assistants or related titles, but whatever the terminology used, the work these dedicated individuals do to support students and...

At the school board meeting this week, members of Hartford schools’ six unions presented the board with the results of a survey that shows systemic low morale and a lack of confidence in Superintendent of Schools Leslie Torres-Rodriguez and in the direction the system is headed.

Connecticut paraeducators are urging lawmakers to adopt a handful of recommendations that would improve professional development opportunities and bring “dignity and respect” to a profession they say is often overlooked.

“I’ve introduced this bill several times, and I believe this is the year we can get it across the finish line,” Senate President Pro Tem Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, recently told a labor audience.

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The unconventional protest came after many teachers in the state said they could not get access to N95 masks or at-home rapid tests.