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	<title>Education Matters &#187; Linda Conner Lambeck</title>
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		<title>Principal hired for new Bridgeport Military Academy for $133K</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 22:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEPORT — The district’s new Bridgeport Miltiary Academy High School has a principal. Byron N. Williams was officially hired by the district this week for $133,005 a year but has been working in the district since last September. The board voted 8-0 with one abstention to approve the appointment. Williams was not at the meeting<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/05/14/principal-hired-for-new-bridgeport-military-academy-for-133k/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>No one votes, preschool slots get awarded anyway.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEPORT — Amid claims that both the school board chair and school board have conflicts of interest that prevented them from voting, renewal of the district’s $11.4 million school readiness grant is moving forward without local school board approval. Board member Maria Pereira called it a conflict of interest for Board Chairman Kenneth Moales Jr.,<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/05/14/no-one-votes-preschool-slots-get-awarded-anyway/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Survey: UConn president&#8217;s salary was 13th highest in 2012</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/05/13/survey-uconn-prez-salary-was-13th-highest-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Connecticut&#8217;s Susan Herbst didn&#8217;t break the top 10 for the country&#8217;s highest-paid public college presidents in 2012, but she came close. A new survey conducted by the Chronicle of Higher Education puts Herbst&#8217;s salary and other compensation at $738,000. The compensation includes a base salary of $500,000, plus $50,000 in deferred compensation that was<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/05/13/survey-uconn-prez-salary-was-13th-highest-in-2012/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Potential school time changes get hearings.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEPORT &#8212; The district has posted a flyer on its website inviting the public to community forums on the potential change to school start times. Hearings will be held at Central High, 6 p.m, Thursday, May 9; Harding High on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m., and Bassick on Tuesday May 14 at 6 p.m.<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/05/13/potential-school-time-changes-get-hearings/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Local charter school survey on line for Bridgeport parents, teachers</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/05/09/local-charter-school-survey-on-line-for-bridgeport-parents-teachers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 18:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEPORT &#8211; Parents and staff will get to sound off on the idea of creating a new locally funded charter school in the city by filling out a survey now on line on the Bridgeport Board of Education website. Here is the link:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EIJlIsbqiCCuio9wlVaTUMHthekjcgt5WhzK-hyjqXU/viewform?pli=1 The plan, outlined to the board of education this week, would put a<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/05/09/local-charter-school-survey-on-line-for-bridgeport-parents-teachers/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dunbar School may get the Jumoke treatment</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/05/08/dunbar-make-get-the-jumoke-treatment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 03:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEPORT &#8211; While teachers were being feted at the Holiday Inn on Wednesday and parents were holding a do-over election with a lot of outside group interest, district officials and a planning committee were holding a meeting at Dunbar School to talk about how they would turn around the failing school once it is in the<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/05/08/dunbar-make-get-the-jumoke-treatment/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Board of Regents President pick says he&#8217;s ready.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/05/03/board-of-regents-president-pick-says-hes-ready/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Gregory W. Gray, a search committee&#8217;s pick to be the next president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education, said Friday in a phone interview that he will be a different type of leader than his predecessor, Robert Kennedy. Kennedy left last fall after it was revealed he gave out nearly $300,000 in<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/05/03/board-of-regents-president-pick-says-hes-ready/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where the teacher shortages are</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 20:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Wanted: Bilingual education and special education teachers. The state&#8217;s annual list of teacher shortage areas is out and once again, bilingual education and comprehensive special education teachers top the list of hardest to fill positions, according to a report issued Wednesday by the State Department of Education. Also on the list this year: remedial<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/05/01/where-the-teacher-shortages-are/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Board of Regents loses a candidate</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/04/30/board-of-regents-loses-a-candidate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of three candidates for president of  Board of Regents for Higher Education has withdrawn his name from consideration. Jack Warner of South Dakota has notified officials he is no longer interested in the job.  The Argus Leader in South Dakota today reported that Warner has said he intends to remain in South Dakota. An<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/04/30/board-of-regents-loses-a-candidate/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Arrests are shrinking in Bridgeport schools.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/04/25/arrests-are-shrinking-in-bridgeport-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEPORT &#8211; At a news conference on Wednesday to  show of  the city&#8217;s new Security Command Center, officials said arrests had gone down 40 percent this year but couldn&#8217;t provide numbers. &#160; Today, school officials say that so far this year there have been  73 school-based arrests compared to 181  by this time last year.<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/04/25/arrests-are-shrinking-in-bridgeport-schools/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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