Natasha Sokoloff@nasokoloff

@insider_ct @hearstcmg education reporter 🗞️ | prev. @urjournalism, @urcollegian, @vistamagenta natasha.sokoloff@hearstmediact.com📧

 Hartford, CT
Joined August 2020
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No Kings protest at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford. Police estimated between 5,000 and 7,000 protesters.
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Connecticut Sen. Saud Anwar stuck in Middle East after Israel strikes in Iran ctinsider.com/news/article/c…

Connecticut Sen. Saud Anwar stuck in Middle East after Israel strikes in Iran

Anwar had said in the video that he came to Iraq after the end of Connecticut's legislative session "to learn more about this part of the world."

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12 Jun 2025
Kennedy named eight new members to the panel on Wednesday. ctinsider.com/news/article/r…

UConn and Yale professors among experts ousted by RFK Jr. from CDC panel on vaccines

It was a move that shocked the scientific community and drew sharp criticism from public health groups.

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12 Jun 2025
Yale is among the 24 universities defending Harvard in court. ctinsider.com/news/education…

Yale joins schools backing Harvard in legal battle against the Trump administration

Yale is among the 24 universities defending Harvard in court.

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11 Jun 2025
A total of 96 municipalities are flat funded for the next two years. ctinsider.com/news/education…

See how much education funding your CT town is set to receive under the new state budget

Some towns are seeing millions of dollars more in education funding over the next two years, while others are seeing little to no change at all.

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9 Jun 2025
Before the pandemic, graduation rates had been increasing for years. ctinsider.com/news/education…

Why are fewer Connecticut high schoolers graduating on time in recent years?

Before the pandemic, graduation rates had been increasing for years.

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8 Jun 2025
Special education, universal preschool and free school meals were also key initiatives. ctinsider.com/news/education…

Book bans, cellphones and school start times: Which education bills did and didn't pass in CT

Special education, universal preschool and free school meals were also key initiatives.

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5 Jun 2025
Very thorough look from @nasokoloff at what Connecticut's new state budget means for higher ed ctinsider.com/news/education…

UConn and CSCU colleges brace for cuts in new Connecticut budget: 'A real disaster'

Both the University of Connecticut and the CSCU system have been allocated millions less than they requested.

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4 Jun 2025
Here's how the state's two-year, $55.8 billion budget plan funds education in Connecticut. ctinsider.com/news/education…

How Connecticut's new $55.8 billion budget plan impacts education in the state

Here are five education-related takeaways from the state's new budget.

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2 Jun 2025
With @nasokoloff: Gov. Lamont says CT spends more on education than any state. The reality is more complicated ctinsider.com/news/education…

Gov. Lamont says CT spends more on education than any state. The reality is more complicated

The way Connecticut funds its schools leads to sharp disparities from one district to the next.

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1 Jun 2025
It's been said Connecticut spends more per pupil than any other state. Not only is that not true, there are some tough truths on how the average skews as high as it does. Good reporting here from @nasokoloff and @AlexPutterman ctinsider.com/news/education…

Gov. Lamont says CT spends more on education than any state. The reality is more complicated

The way Connecticut funds its schools leads to sharp disparities from one district to the next.

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29 May 2025
UConn named in discrimination complaint as group requests federal investigation trib.al/QgIOuuH

UConn named in discrimination complaint as group requests federal investigation

Some UConn scholarship funds are paused while administration considers revisions.

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28 May 2025
Connecticut public universities faculty call on system leaders to use reserves to prevent cuts trib.al/rrr6DK2

Connecticut public universities faculty call on system leaders to use reserves to prevent cuts

CSU-AAUP faculty union members urged the Board of Regents to commit to using reserve funds to prevent cuts.

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28 May 2025
Faculty, programs could be cut from CT public colleges. Staff members are pushing back trib.al/4pRbNNP

Faculty, programs could be cut from CT public colleges. Staff members are pushing back

The CSCU system has more than $600 million in reserves.

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23 May 2025
'Invisible' crisis: Student homelessness in CT hits record-high, advocates fear more are at risk trib.al/ExsQkMM

'Invisible' crisis: Student homelessness in CT hits record-high, advocates fear more are at risk

In the 2023-24 school year, 5,463 students were experiencing homelessness.

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21 May 2025
Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem announces plans to 'revolutionize' Coast Guard at commencement trib.al/pQ22kKe

Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem announces plans to 'revolutionize' Coast Guard at commencement

A few dozen protestors gathered outside of the New London, Conn. graduation Wednesday.

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21 May 2025
Today we turn things over to @nasokoloff and @victoriastavish. They offer a smart and thorough look at gaps in resources, opportunity and achievement along racial and socioeconomic lines in CT schools. ctinsider.com/connecticut/ar…

Connecticut is known for quality schools and high test scores, but also the biggest disparities

"What we have seen, unfortunately, is a very persistent, continuous gap between white students and students of color," one expert said.

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21 May 2025
Connecticut is known for quality schools and high test scores, but also the biggest disparities trib.al/xTRyKEW

Connecticut is known for quality schools and high test scores, but also the biggest disparities

"What we have seen, unfortunately, is a very persistent, continuous gap between white students and students of color," one expert said.

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21 May 2025
In CT forum, diplomats explain how Trump's border policies have altered US relations with neighbors trib.al/z43Ee16

In CT forum, diplomats explain how Trump's border policies have altered US relations with neighbors

Consuls general from Canada and Mexico spoke in Hartford Tuesday evening.

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18 May 2025
10 key findings in new Connecticut education report: academics lagging, increased homelessness trib.al/SFLrTwI

10 key findings in new Connecticut education report: academics lagging, increased homelessness

High school graduation rates have slowly been declining in Connecticut.

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