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CT child advocates hope to blunt impacts of new education law

Child advocates across Connecticut are imploring Gov. Ned Lamont to increase state funding for subsidized preschool and child care slots. It would offset the impacts of a new law, which requires children to be five years old before Sept. .

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Ohio children are being harmed by toxic chemicals

Children of color and from low-income families in Ohio and across the nation are not only exposed to more dangerous toxic chemicals including lead, tailpipe and other air pollution, plastics and pesticides; they also experience disproportionate harm to brain development compared to their white and higher income peers, according to a new report. Devon Payne-Sturges, associate professor of environmental health at the University of Maryland and the report s co-author, said five decades of data show poverty exacerbates the effect of pollution. "Studies have found that the combined experience, say, of exposure to lead in the environment and being from an impoverished community, or a low-income family actually worsened the negative cognitive impacts," Payne-Sturges reported. " .

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Capitol Report: Connecticut sees success in fighting school absenteeism

The Connecticut Department of Education said the new Learner Engagement and Attendance Program, or LEAP, is helping bring students back to the classroom.

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Bristol Central High School unveils new healing garden

A dedication ceremony was held for a new healing garden at Bristol Central High School on Friday.

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Connecticut to include Sikhism in new social studies standards

Connecticut to include Sikhism in new social studies standards
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