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Connecticut's slate of new social studies initiatives and standards:
'Think like a historian': State approves new social studies standards November 13, 2023
'Teaching with truth and complexity': Checking in on the state's Black and Latino Studies elective August 17, 2023
Meet the teaching cohort modeling culturally-responsive AAPI education in Connecticut May 19, 2023
Connecticut tribes co-create state social studies curriculum, centering 'our culture and our ways' January 26, 2023
How scholars are rethinking how history is taught:
Rewriting the Thanksgiving story, while centering Indigenous voices November 30, 2023
Examining the history and legacy of 'sundown towns' in Connecticut November 27, 2023
Uncovering the history of eugenics at Yale University, and its 'afterlives' October 2, 2023
How museums in the state are doing the same:
Taking a tour of the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut May 6, 2024
Artist Pablo Delano's 'Museum of the Old Colony' lands at Venice Biennale April 29, 2024
Exploring the 'new' Yale Peabody Museum April 1, 2024
Mohamad Hafez installs 'Eternal Cities' at the new Yale Peabody Museum December 4, 2023
Healing and humanizing through artifact: Visiting the Museum of Jewish Civilization November 16, 2023
Healing and humanizing through art: Visiting Palestine Museum US in Woodbridge November 9, 2023
Grassroots legislative efforts, including those led by disability groups:
A look at efforts to improve accessible parking regulation in Connecticut May 9, 2024
Connecticut disability advocates push for legislation to improve medical access February 15, 2024
Wheelchair repairs can take months: What local advocates are doing to change that July 17, 2023
Amazon responds to proposed bill aimed at warehouse 'quotas' May 15, 2023
Connecticut may continue 'incremental' expansion of HUSKY Health coverage May 4, 2023
Lawmakers call for nurse protections amid 'patient care crisis' January 24, 2023
Environmental coverage:
How new federal limits on 'forever chemicals' will affect Connecticut April 22, 2024
An update on efforts to address flooding in Hartford's North End, plus a look at how farms are faring January 22, 2024
Connecticut coral could play a key role in climate resilience July 31, 2023
Seeding the next generation of farmers in Connecticut July 13, 2023
A look at environmental justice efforts in Connecticut: 'It's everybody's problem' February 28, 2023
And...
Efforts to clean litter are lifesaving for wildlife July 8, 2024
'We need a moonshot for long COVID': What we know (and don't know) about the illness April 18, 2024
There's no singularity when it comes to honoring Lunar New Year, including in Connecticut April 11, 2024
Bigfoot gets all the glory, but Connecticut has its own cast of cryptids March 29, 2024
Author Rebecca F. Kuang on 'Babel,' revolution and students as visionaries March 26, 2024
'Kinks in the movement': Staging a curly hair revolution in New Haven March 25, 2024
Book ban requests still 'soaring' in Connecticut. Plus, vigil held at Capitol for Nex Benedict March 4, 2024
The 'wild rumpus' continues: Maurice Sendak's legacy lives on at Ridgefield Foundation February 12, 2024
Connecticut is the land of steady habits, but no steady identity January 25, 2024
'Before there was Salem, there was Connecticut': State formally pardons accused witches October 19, 2023
Cups, discs, wands and swords: Tarot and 'divination' in Connecticut August 11, 2023
Efforts to protect transgender care in Connecticut June 29, 2023
The delicate art of obituary-writing May 22, 2023
Students lead push to observe Muslim holidays in school calendars April 20, 2023
'A Scientist's Warning': Dr. Peter Hotez on the dangers of 'anti-science' April 10, 2023
In 'Reciprocity Project,' Indigenous voices reframe our relationship to the Earth February 10, 2023
'RuPaul’s Drag Race' spotlights Connecticut’s 'thriving' drag scene January 27, 2023
A parent and child's perspectives on the need for trans and nonbinary allyship December 29, 2022
Honoring Native American veterans November 10, 2022
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