Education
With three kids who have each learned, grown, and thrived in our public schools, I know that our students and educators need our full support. When I served on the Cheshire Town Council, I fought for a budget that ensured strong funding for public schools. We have an responsibility to our children and their future to invest in smart, effective education programs.
“Teaching to the test” and budget cuts at the local, state, and national levels, are failing our kids, our businesses, and our educators. We must insist on real results, but we have an obligation to ensuring our schools have the resources they need to prepare our kids to compete for 21st century jobs. That means incorporating Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education into our curriculums as well as developing a system of strong training at our technical high schools and at commuity colleges. It is the responsibility of all of us - parents, businesses leaders, elected officials, community leaders and educators alike - to build not only a strong foundation for our public schools, but also for our children and our workers to compete and thrive.
For more information on my work and views on education or to let me know your thoughts, questions or concerns, please contact me. I look forward to hearing from you.
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NEW BRITAIN — The state’s two U.S. senators joined U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty at her Day of Kindness stop Monday in the city. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal met up with Esty at YWCA New Britain for the opening of the statewide observance of the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings.
“The community of Newtown, in addition to asking for and demanding action at the federal as well as at the state level to prevent gun violence, is asking us to honor those lives lost not just in Newtown, but the over 30,000 Americans a year that are lost to gun violence,” Esty said.
Observing a moment of silence this week for the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre is good, U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty says, but there's a way to do more: Try a "week of kindness."
Esty on Monday joined the Newtown Action Alliance's annual Week of Kindness campaign kickoff.
The nonprofit association calls on people to do thoughtful and generous acts in the days surrounding Dec. 14, the anniversary of the 2012 mass shooting that killed 20 children and six educators.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Manufacturing Universities Act, a bipartisan bill authored by Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5), today was approved by the U.S. Senate and now heads to President Obama’s desk for signature.
Esty’s bill was included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed the House by a vote of 375-34 on Dec. 2 and passed the Senate today by a vote of 92-7.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) today applauded the inclusion of provisions to support summer nutrition for low-income children and prevent lead contamination in our water infrastructure in the continuing resolution to fund the government through April 28, 2017.
“Every child needs and deserves healthy meals and clean water. These are not partisan issues,” Esty said. “This funding represents smart, critical investments in our nation’s children, and I’m proud we could work in a bipartisan way to make them a reality.