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Connecticut school districts hired more than 1,900 new educators of color between 2017 and 2021, finally meeting the state’s goal of raising the statewide percentage of educators of color to 10%, from 8.3% in 2015. It’s a modest improvement, but teacher diversity still lags behind students — an urgent dilemma, given the well-documented benefits a diverse teaching staff presents to students.
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut faces a deepening crisis in children’s mental health care, according to multiple experts and lawmakers.
“Our goal is to hit the pavement and find people with unique stories — good, bad, ugly and indifferent about the pandemic,” said Samariya Smith, who is leading the project.
The first donations collected at Hartford’s Ukrainian National Home are now bound for war-ravaged Ukraine in a shipping container the size of an 18-wheeler tractor trailer. And there are enough items — ranging from medical supplies and snacks for the military to clothing, blankets and candles for civilians — to fill three more containers.
Supporters of the legislation said it would help keep sales in the market regulated; some hemp and cannabis advocates were wary it would re-criminalize marijuana.