Court orders CT to do the right thing by her students

The State Superior Court on Wednesday ordered an overhaul of the way Connecticut educates its children in public schools. Saying the state is “defaulting on its constitutional duty,” Judge Thomas Moukawsher ruled in the 11-year old case that the state’s method of doling out money to school systems around the state is patently gamed to favor wealthier …

Baltimore schools won’t close for Muslim holidays

On Tuesday, the Baltimore County school board failed to vote to close schools for Muslim holidays such as Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr, when they coincide with a school day. The dissenting school board members said the schools can only close for secular reasons. Oddly, the schools are closed over Christmas (not a secular holiday) and Easter (also not …

Proposed Hartford school budget would eliminate 235 full-time positions

This is the Courant story, and this is the situation: Hartford has under-performing, low-resource schools already. What do you think the elimination of so many positions will accomplish? Forty-seven of those eliminations come from consolidating four schools, but the rest? I’ve been in Connecticut for 30 years now, and I wonder: How many generations of …

If we stopped honoring racists by naming schools after them…

…that would allow us to honor people who really deserve the attention, yes? Read this Mother Jones piece on not just lowering the Confederate battle flag, but renaming all those schools after supporters of a white supremacist state, such as Nathan B. Forrest, pictured.

Have a Coke and a…uh…

80 Percent of Public Schools Have Contracts With Coke or Pepsi, says Mother Jones. Even if you don’t consider the other contents, check out how much sugar‘s in those drinks — which makes this kind of corporate double-speak, yes?