Elementary & Secondary statistics include Strategic School Profiles, which contain a wealth of information on community data, student performance (Mastery Tests, CAPT, and SAT scores, graduation and dropout rates), student need, enrollment by race/ethnicity, district resources (budget, teachers per pupil, etc.), and district revenues and expenditures. There are also statistics for Higher Education.
The official homepage of the State of Connecticut links to nearly every department in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, but there is much more to this searchable site. A few of the department webpages are highlighted below.
Pending and passed legislation can be searched for by several methods. Transcripts of House and Senate sessions are available. For students, there's also a section on how a bill becomes a law in Connecticut.
Search over 900 licenses, permits, and registrations administered by Connecticut licensing agencies. The State is making all licensing forms and applications available online through this website. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download or view the forms.
Located on the Connecticut Department of Public Health's web site, this page makes information about practicing Connecticut physicians available to the general public. The Profiles include biographical and current practice information, medical school attended, post-graduate training, and board certification and specialty areas, as well as information on any malpractice suits or disciplinary actions that may have been filed against the physician.
Information on jobs in Connecticut, unemployment (filing claims, extended benefits, and more), training services, tax forms for employers, veterans' programs, and welfare-to-work programs.
Links to FAQ's, tax assistance, electronic filing, and more. To go directly to tax forms for individuals and businesses, follow this link. (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download forms.)
Information on benefits, hospitalization, "Stand Down 98" and a wealth of other services provided by the DVA.
School Profiles http://www.csde.state.ct.us/public/der/ssp/index.htm
Reports available annually on November 1st. The report includes student needs, school resources, school performance, and student performance. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required in order to read some of this material.
Information on the library's mission as an archive of public records, state issues such as the Sheff vs O'Neill case, links to the CT Library network, and public library usage statistics.
Known as "The Blue Book", includes historical information, lists the holders of major offices in each branch of government, lists counties and towns, some census information, and miscellaneous facts. One of the basic resources on Connecticut government.
State Statutes http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/Statutes.asp
There are several ways to search the statutes. The easiest choice is option (3) Browse one chapter at a time. Options (1) or (2) require you to input terms and select databases.
An initiative of the Connecticut Humanities Council, Connecticut’s Heritage Gateway is designed for for tourists, teachers, families, and history buffs. A calendar of events, maps and listings of places to go, and photographs from Connecticut's history are all available.
This extensive list from WRCH (Lite 100.5) focuses on weekend happenings around the state. Concerts, theatre, things to do with kids, and many other types of events are included.
Links to local daily and weekly newspapers, sports, and classifieds. Use this site to find the New Britain Herald, Middletown Press, Torrington Register Citizen, and Bristol Press, as well as the Imprint and Shoreline newspapers .
Content-rich site includes articles from today's news, an articles archive, special columns (some available only on the Web), searchable obituaries, compendium of special-focus articles, and classifieds. You must register in order to read the articles, but registration is free.
The focus here is on the station's news program and on local community information (and Internet resources). There is also a link to the state sex offenders database.
WFSB's website includes links to the day's major stories, as well as access to many regular news features, polls, bios, links, and editorials. Links to CBS and programming schedules are provided.
This site is heavily oriented towards Fox programming, but also contains links to the News at 10, station contact information, and Connecticut weather, sports, and activities. Online grocery coupons are also available.
This site contains an equal mix of news headlines, "local living" links, and NBC-related links. There is also a link to the Connecticut sex offenders database.
Connecticut History Online (CHO) is a collaboration between the Connecticut Historical Society, the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut, and Mystic Seaport. The site currently contains about 14,000 images which may be searched by keyword, subject, creator, title and date. Geographical sites may also be searched. Detailed image descriptions are provided. Teachers will be interested in the tools created especially for middle and high school students.
Find out about Connecticut (and the other forty-nine states) public and private schools, universities and colleges, and public libraries. School statistics include enrollment by grade and race, number of students and teachers, and number of students per teacher. College statistics include enrollment information (number, by gender, by race), awards conferred, financial aid, and on-campus crime. Library statistics include circulation figures, library collection, and services provided.
The United Way and its partner agencies provide help and resources for counseling, legal services, visiting nurses,families in crisis, programs for parenting skills, raising healthy, safe kids, literacy, and even the Red Cross and Boy Scouts.
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