Patrick McCaslin (@patrickmccas.bsky.social)

Patrick McCaslin

@patrickmccas.bsky.social

data reporter @ctinsider focusing on education

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Many of Connecticut's urban school districts have fewer librarians today than they did five years ago.

bit.ly‘Dire straits’: Connecticut’s biggest cities are cutting a key school resource — librariansMany of Connecticut's urban school districts have fewer librarians today than they did five years ago.

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Philip Bump

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My team at Hearst has ginned up a weekly newsletter of interesting data visualizations. After some tech hiccups, the first edition is out! My contribution, true to form, is a visual look at how the U.S. makes Bluesky gloomier. link.ctinsider.com/view/6661dd2...

Patrick McCaslin

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Comp sci enrollment is down for the third consecutive year in Connecticut classrooms. At first blush, it looks like AI is scaring kids away from CS... www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...

ctinsider.comConnecticut computer science enrollment is falling. Could AI be part of it?Connecticut computer science enrollment declined for the third year in a row.

Patrick McCaslin

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But there's more to it. John Tusch, the president of the CT comp sci teachers assoc, pointed out that schools are struggling to provide a comp sci education due to budgeting problems, teacher shortages and tending to other priorities necessitated by grad requirements.

Patrick McCaslin

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To (somewhat) sum it up, he said: "I don't think it's that we're losing the fad. I think we're fumbling the ball."

Patrick McCaslin

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Connecticut's state test is kind of difficult! See how you stack up against our state's 3rd, 5th and 8th graders with our quiz www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...

ctinsider.comAre you smarter than a CT third grader? Take our quiz.Readers test themselves on Smarter Balanced questions.

Patrick McCaslin

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This test gets used to make so many judgment calls about schools, like whether they're making progress or underperforming, that I think it's useful to see the skills that get tested. (Of course, our quiz uses just a few of many sample questions).

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if you ever need a lot of barn photos, volunteers documented ~8,500 buildings for connecticutbarns.org. here's a barn for every occasion (4 occasions) + my favorite photo www.ctinsider.com/news/article...

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Luca Powell

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The One Big Beautiful Bill arrives in Connecticut today. The first cuts from Medicaid are 4,000 noncitizens, including Afghans/Iraqis who helped in American wars. The second group, some 108,000 poor residents, could lose their healthcare starting January of next year.

Patrick McCaslin

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Teachers make an average of $89,593 in Connecticut, the 6th highest in the country. But that only takes you so far in one of the costliest states. www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...

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