Education budget cuts from this legislative session are slamming schools at all levels, from early education to higher education.

This hour, we hear from Connecticut Mirror budget reporter Keith Phaneuf, and education reporter Jessika Harkay.

Plus, we check in with the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, and Chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system Terrence Cheng.

GUESTS:
Keith Phaneuf: Budget Reporter, Connecticut Mirror
Jessika Harkay: Education Reporter, Connecticut Mirror
Fran Rabinowitz: Executive Director, Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents
Terrence Cheng: Chancellor, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities

Education budget cuts from this legislative session are slamming schools at all levels, from early education to higher education.
This hour, we hear from Connecticut Mirror budget reporter Keith Phaneuf, and education reporter Jessika Harkay.
Plus, we check in with the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, and Chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system Terrence Cheng.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Keith Phaneuf: Budget Reporter, Connecticut Mirror</li>
<li>Jessika Harkay: Education Reporter, Connecticut Mirror</li>
<li>Fran Rabinowitz: Executive Director, Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents</li>
<li>Terrence Cheng: Chancellor, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Checking in on the 'showdown' over public education funding in Connecticut

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Even before the pandemic, half of all adults reported experiencing measurable levels of loneliness. In 2023, a report from Surgeon General Vivek Murthy showed that loneliness and isolation has physical consequences like increased risk of heart disease, stroke and dementia.

Murthy stressed how social connection is the key to individual and community health and well being. This idea of social connection is something that today’s guest has spent a lot of time focused on.

Deb Bibbins is the Founder and CEO of For All Ages, an organization uniting older adults and younger generations, and its statewide initiative; the Connecticut Collaborative to End Loneliness.

We spoke to her at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven. She talks about how social connection is the foundation of our health.

GUESTS:


Deb Bibbins: Founder and CEO of For All Ages and the Connecticut Collaborative to End Loneliness

Listen back to our additional coverage on loneliness:


What’s going on with loneliness? 


'What's eating at America': Addressing the loneliness and isolation epidemic

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Even before the pandemic, half of all adults reported experiencing measurable levels of loneliness. In 2023, <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf">a report from Surgeon General Vivek Murthy</a> showed that loneliness and isolation has physical consequences like increased risk of heart disease, stroke and dementia.
Murthy stressed how social connection is the key to individual and community health and well being. This idea of social connection is something that today’s guest has spent a lot of time focused on.
Deb Bibbins is the Founder and CEO of <a href="https://forallages.org/">For All Ages</a>, an organization uniting older adults and younger generations, and its statewide initiative; the Connecticut Collaborative to End Loneliness.
We spoke to her at the <a href="https://www.artidea.org/ideas-summit-how-we-live">International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven.</a> She talks about how social connection is the foundation of our health.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>
Deb Bibbins: Founder and CEO of For All Ages and the Connecticut Collaborative to End Loneliness
</li>
</ul>
Listen back to our additional coverage on loneliness:
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/2023-07-12/whats">What’s going on with loneliness? </a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/2023-09-18/whats-eating-at-america-addressing-the-loneliness-and-isolation-epidemic">'What's eating at America': Addressing the loneliness and isolation epidemic</a>
</li>
</ul>
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Social connection as the foundation of our health

Housing in Connecticut has not only gotten more expensive, it’s much harder to find. The state vacancy rate is only 3.5% and the median rent is $2,000.

Housing touches every aspect of our life. From health to education to community, where you live, makes a difference.

So why is housing so hard to find? There’s no easy answer, but our guests say that in order to create a better future where housing is both accessible and affordable, you have to look at the housing systems that have been set up in the past.

This week, Connecticut Public will premiere the documentary Fighting For Home: How Housing Policy Keeps Connecticut Segregated.Today, we’ll hear documentary producer Sabrina Buckwalter and those featured in the film.

But before we get to that, we just had the first major heatwave of the summer. If you are hoping to cool down at a local pool, your options might be a bit limited this season. We learn why.

GUESTS:
Oscar Rodriguez: the Director of Aquatics, at the Leadership, Education, and Athletics in Partnership, Inc. (LEAP) in New Haven
Sabrina Buckwalter: producer of Fighting For Home: How Housing Policy Keeps Connecticut Segregated
Jacqueline Rabe Thomas: reporter with Hearst Connecticut Media Group or CT Insider
Shanay Fulton:Commissioner of Planning and Zoning in Middletown

Housing in Connecticut has not only gotten more expensive, it’s much harder to find. <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/news/2023-05-15/rent-increases-slowed-in-ct-but-the-cost-of-rent-isnt-dropping" data-cms-ai="0">The state vacancy rate is only 3.5% and the median rent is $2,000.</a>
Housing touches every aspect of our life. From health to education to community, where you live, makes a difference.
So why is housing so hard to find? There’s no easy answer, but our guests say that in order to create a better future where housing is both accessible and affordable, you have to look at the housing systems that have been set up in the past.
This week, Connecticut Public will premiere the documentary <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/watch/local-programming/fighting-for-home" data-cms-ai="0">Fighting For Home: How Housing Policy Keeps Connecticut Segregated.</a> Today, we’ll hear documentary producer Sabrina Buckwalter and those featured in the film.
But before we get to that, we just had the first major heatwave of the summer. <a href="https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/new-haven-pools-hot-summer-19523526.php?utm_campaign=twsocialflow&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=nhregister" data-cms-ai="0">If you are hoping to cool down at a local pool, your options might be a bit limited this season.</a> We learn why.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Oscar Rodriguez: the Director of Aquatics, at the <a href="https://www.leapforkids.org/" data-cms-ai="0">Leadership, Education, and Athletics in Partnership, Inc. (LEAP)</a> in New Haven</li>
<li>Sabrina Buckwalter: producer of Fighting For Home: How Housing Policy Keeps Connecticut Segregated</li>
<li>Jacqueline Rabe Thomas: reporter with <a href="https://www.ctinsider.com/author/jacqueline-rabe-thomas/" data-cms-ai="0">Hearst Connecticut Media Group or CT Insider</a></li>
<li>Shanay Fulton:<a href="https://shanayfulton.com/" data-cms-ai="0">Commissioner of Planning and Zoning in Middletown</a></li>
</ul>

How do we create more accessible and affordable housing in Connecticut?

A recent UConn study found that three-quarters of Black households with cars in the U.S. spend over 15% of their monthly income on car-related expenses. For these researchers, transportation shouldn’t have to mean car ownership.

This hour, we spotlight "walkability" and public transportation alternatives. Hear from city planners and civil engineers who are driving the conversation forward to deprioritize drivers and "stroads."

"Our mistake over the years is that we have allowed streets to become half roads and roads to become half streets," writes city planner Jeff Speck. "On one, commerce has been sacrificed to speed. On the other, speed has been sacrificed to commerce."

GUESTS:


Dr. Norman Garrick: Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at the University of Connecticut


Jeff Speck: City Planner and Author of Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

A recent UConn study found that three-quarters of Black households with cars in the U.S. spend over 15% of their monthly income on car-related expenses. For these researchers, transportation shouldn’t have to mean car ownership.
This hour, we spotlight "walkability" and public transportation alternatives. Hear from city planners and civil engineers who are driving the conversation forward to deprioritize drivers and "stroads."
"Our mistake over the years is that we have allowed streets to become half roads and roads to become half streets," writes city planner Jeff Speck. "On one, commerce has been sacrificed to speed. On the other, speed has been sacrificed to commerce."
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>
Dr. Norman Garrick: Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at the University of Connecticut
</li>
<li>
Jeff Speck: City Planner and Author of Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
</li>
</ul>

Checking in on the 'showdown' over public education funding in Connecticut

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