The Editor's Notepod, Thur., Apr. 7, 2011

Hartford Healthcare and subordinate institutions, including Meriden's MidState, have some explaining to do concerning the external hard drive a former employee downloaded patient information onto and then what? Lost a computer? Lost a job? A full explanation of circumstances is in order, and never mind employee privacy.

Connecticut is getting a taste of what Governor Malloy’s Plan B is, as orders are given to department heads to take the steps for reducing the workforce to accommodate a reduced budget.

While the efforts to wrestle fairly with regulating ages at which Connecticut children begin kindergarten, the real issue is that a child should be mature enough to deal with the classroom, Unfortunately, the situation is distorted by many parents’ need to have children in school or care (because they must work) combined with a lack of cash to pay for services privately.

Educational reforms enacted last year by Connecticut’s leg
islature in the hope of qualifying for federal money (which was not granted) are likely to be shelved for a couple of years due to the economy. The state board of education is offering symbolic resistance to the delay, as it should.