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New Turnaround Teacher 'Trying To Get It Right' In Tough School

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 05.25.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. "Is Ganesh an elephant or a man?" Jason Schneider asked his 7th graders. As they delve...

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Prison Guard's Help Needed Back At School

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Student Behavior, New Haven Independent, Video, Wexler/Grant School, Connecticut Schools, School Behavior, Floyd Lesane, Manson Youth Correctional Institution, New Haven, New Haven Connecticut, New Haven Schools, Student Conduct, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. "Mr. LeSane, Jason needs you!" the assistant principal called out across the cafeteria. ...

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Future Principal Tackles Hallway Hangouts

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 05.04.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. The problem: middle-schoolers are hanging out in the halls, coming late to class. The sol...

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Breakfast In The Classroom Changing Student Performance

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 04.17.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. In the first month of a new experiment inside a Dixwell school, the number of kids eating...

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Schools Find Time For Art Amid Test Prep, Education Reform

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Youth Art, Video, Connecticut Schools, Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy, Science Park, New Haven, School Art, Education Reform, New Haven Schools, Arts Education, New Haven Connecticut, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. Arts leaders who fear that testing is squeezing out creative learning may find some hope ...

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New Evaluation System Forces Out 34 Teachers

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 11.13.2011

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This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. New Haven, CT -- New Haven's new method of grading teachers spurred low performers to imp...

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Desiree Fontaine, TV Personality, Charged With Shoplifting

Posted 05.25.2011

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Desiree Fontaine, a TV personality in New Haven, Conn., was arrested this weekend after being accused of shoplifting. Fontaine allegedly shoplifted...

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Is There a Fort Hood-New Haven Connection?

Aimee Liu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yale University, Veterans PTSD, New Haven-Connecticut, Fort Hood, Major Hasan, Psychology, Fort Hood Shootings, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Media News
Aimee Liu

Could it be that there is something about the steady exposure to stories of the horror of war that twists the psyche?

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Chimp owner: Conn. woman was mauled on the job

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An attorney representing the owner of a chimpanzee that mauled and blinded a woman is calling the attack a work-related incident and said her family's case should be treated like a workers' compensation claim.

The strategy, if successful, would severely limit potential damages in the case and insulate the chimp owner from personal liability.

The 200-pound chimpanzee named Travis went berserk in February when his owner, Sandra Herold, asked her friend and employee Charla Nash to help lure him back into her house in Stamford. The animal ripped off Nash's hands, nose, lips and eyelids, and she remains in stable condition at the Cleveland Clinic.

Nash's family filed a $50 million lawsuit against Herold, saying she was negligent and reckless for lacking the ability to control "a wild animal with violent propensities."

But Herold's attorney, Robert Golger, says in recent court papers that Nash was working as an employee of Herold's tow truck company, Desire Me Motors, at the time of the attack. He argues that Travis was an integral part of the business, saying his picture was on the wrecker, he appeared at the garage daily and he attended numerous promotional events.

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New Haven Police Find Pipe Bombs, Explosives In Man's Car

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Two Connecticut men face charges of bomb making and other offenses after police say they found them in a Mercedes with explos...

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Police arrest Raymond Clark in case of murder of Yale student Annie Le

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW HAVEN, Connecticut -- A Yale University lab technician was arrested today and charged with the suffocation death of a graduate student whos...

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Newspaper Boy: Announcing Ross Douthat Watch

Linda Hirshman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ross Douthat Watch, New York Times, Ross Douthat New York Times, Ross Douthat, Bill Kristol Ross Douthat, New Haven-Connecticut, Politics News
Linda Hirshman

Douthat may be pulling the discourse rightward from his high perch for a very long time. The Chief Justice John Roberts of punditry.

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