Education
The School and State Finance Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy organization, focused on education funding and state finance issues, committed to providing independent analysis, building public knowledge, improving transparency, and developing fair, sustainable solutions. http://ctschoolfinance.org
State Department of Education http://edsight.ct.gov/Output/District/HighSchool/1030011_201617.pdf
ConnCan is a non-profit, state wide educational advocacy organization. Since 2005, it has empowered and mobilized community members in advancing an equity vision in education by advocating for legislation focused on students. https://conncan.org/
https://www.teachercontracts.conncan.org
Demographic & Economic Data
Connecticut Economic Resource Center: Two page summaries of demographic, social and economic data by CT town. http://profiles.ctdata.org
The Yankee Institute for Public Policy Studies is a non-profit research and citizen education organization founded in 1984. One of America’s oldest state-based think tanks, Yankee develops and advocates for free market, limited government public policy solutions in Connecticut. https://yankeeinstitute.org/
Safety Data
Connecticut Pedestrian Safety Guide was developed in 2017 as part of the Pedestrian Observational Safety Study to address safety issues on a town level. The PSG is a statewide, data-driven safety guide for all of Connecticut’s traffic safety partners and meant to serve as a safety tool for reducing pedestrian fatalities and injuries. https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DOT/documents/dresearch/CT-2303-F-19-1.pdf?la=en
The CT Crash Data Repository is comprised of crash data from The Department of Public Safety (DPS) and The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT). It provides timely, accurate, complete and uniform crash data.https://www.ctcrash.uconn.edu