From Linda Conner Lambeck, CT Post: Butler Business School and two sister schools in the state have closed without warning, leaving as many as 1,200 students saddled with more than $20,000 in loans each and without the diploma that would enable them to start paying off their debt.
Entries from May 21st, 2013
Blumenthal: Better Than No Deal At All
January 1st, 2013 · 3 Comments · News and Events
U.S. Senator Dick Blumenthal’s statement after voting for a Senate deal on the fiscal cliff: “I’m frustrated and unhappy that we couldn’t reach a better solution much sooner, but this deal is better than no deal at all. Avoiding the fiscal cliff protects the nation’s middle class–including 1.4 million families in Connecticut–from steep severely damaging [...]
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Super Pay Or Super Value? Assessing The Worth Of School Chiefs
January 1st, 2013 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events
Paul Vallas recently told OIB he’d be open to an extended contract offer from the Board of Education beyond the end of the school year in June. If he works out a contract with the BOE it would likely make him the highest paid school superintendent in city history.
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