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12/18/2025

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12/17/2025

The decline of literacy rates over the past decade is a national emergency. Fewer than a third of the nation’s fourth graders had proficient reading scores last year, and the share is even lower among poor children. The causes are many, including ineffective teaching methods, misallocated spending, digital technology and long Covid-19 school closures. NYT 12-15

12/17/2025

Personal locator beacons... they are costly, but if you hike alone anywhere you should have one on you at all times. After all how much is your life worth to those that love you.

12/16/2025

For every 1,000 children who get measles, one or two will die, according to the C.D.C.

There have been no deaths shown to be related to the MMR vaccine in healthy people.

Do the math

12/16/2025

12/15/2025

Connecticut officials who oversee agencies connected with child protection and safety say that the death of Jacqueline "Mimi" Torres-Garcia , an 11-year-old, is the latest example of why they believe the state needs regulations on homeschooling.

12/15/2025

In 48 states, registered s*x offenders and adults with a conviction of crimes against minors can still home-school a child, effectively removing the child from the observation of other adults and peers, even if that child’s safety is under active investigation by child protective services. In 12 states (including Texas), parents aren’t required to submit any documentation to home-school. They can simply remove a child from school, and then they will no longer be subject to any mandatory state assessments or contact with officials.

12/14/2025

In the absence of any federal law or Supreme Court decision, home-schooling regulation was left to the states. In large part driven by fundamentalist ... lobby groups like the Home School Legal Defense Association (H.S.L.D.A.), home-schooling had become formally legalized in nearly every state by ... the 1990s. Over the following three decades, H.S.L.D.A. and an associated network of smaller organizations have been staggeringly successful in furthering their anti-regulation agenda and quashing dissent. Current home-school laws still differ by state, but in nearly all states the lack of oversight beggars belief.

NYT 12-14-25

12/14/2025

From the NYT today...It was the lack of state oversight or standards that allowed our situation. It was the laws that failed me. Today, as home-schooling numbers continue to surge, similar laws fail to protect millions of kids.

12/04/2025

I was not aware until a few months ago, that in Connecticut, Medicaid; the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) do not cover the cost of diapers. In many other states, SNAP does include the cost of diapers.

Some parents have no choice but to leave their baby in a soiled diaper for extended periods or even reuse previously soiled diapers, which increases the risk of urinary tract infections, hepatitis, and severe diaper rash. It’s a terrible situation for any parent to be in.

There are so many Connecticut organizations in dire need of donations and our generosity. Please consider supporting The Diaper Bank of Connecticut

Basic needs throughout the lifespan. Providing diapers, period supplies, incontinence products and other basic health needs to families throughout CT. DonateGet involved meeting a critical Need Our Promise We work to raise awareness that too many in our community lack access to basic needs that are....

12/01/2025

This holiday season, The New York Times Communities Fund has partnered with seven evidence-based charities that invest in education at critical junctures across people’s life spans. We urge readers to consider donating.

Formerly known as The Neediest Cases Fund, the New York Times Communities Fund, supports a global community of people in need, and our recent profiles are free for all. Thanks to generous readers, The Fund has raised over $330 million since it was established in 1911.

12/01/2025

The New York Times, November 30 2025