Kerri Ana

Category: Commentary

20 Nov
Access Commentary Community Hartford West End

Family Faces Eviction from West End Home, Despite Paying Mortgage on Time

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Interracial marriage was not permitted in many states during the early 1960’s. In fact, anti-miscegenation laws existed in the majority of the United States through...
19 Aug
Beyond Hartford Commentary Hartford Shopping Transportation

Suggestion Box: Bike to Shop

by Kerri Ana Provost
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The purpose of Bike to Work is to encourage people to use bicycles more than automobiles. The intentions are good, but the event feels like...
19 Feb
Access Asylum Hill Commentary Community Cultural Interest Free Hartford

#younghARTford: Second Time Around

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Enough Elephants in the Room for a Circus Hartford is a small, diverse city. The 2010 census data indicates that 38.7% of its population identifies...
04 Feb
Asylum Hill Clay Arsenal Commentary Education Hartford North East

When the Media Teams Up with Public Schools

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Those not immersed in the field of education might believe the recent attention to Common Core and teacher evaluations came out of nowhere. With the...
30 Jan
Beyond Hartford Commentary Education Hartford

Policy Delay a Sign of Responsiveness?

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Governor Malloy issued a letter to the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council on Tuesday urging more “flexibility” and a delay regarding the planned changes to teacher evaluations....
09 Jan
Commentary Education Hartford

Opportunity or Charade? BOE Talks Money for School Design

by Kerri Ana Provost
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After Board of Education members were sworn in without fanfare on Tuesday, the conversation picked up basically where it left off last year, but with...
06 Jan
Commentary Downtown Hartford

Grid, Interrupted: The Bushnell Neighborhood

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Today Real Hartford introduces a new series: Grid, Interrupted. This will be a glimpse at some of a street or block’s history. ——   A...
02 Jan
Clay Arsenal Commentary Education Hartford North East

Lame Duck Superintendent Pushing Again to Hand Over Clark and SAND

by Kerri Ana Provost
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Mayor Segarra and the Board of Education could intervene any time to stop outgoing Superintendent Kishimoto from pushing an agenda that the community has loudly...
05 Dec
Commentary Hartford Transportation West End

Scenes from the Sidewalk: Installment 76

by Kerri Ana Provost
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This was the scene on Wednesday (and on many other days over the years) on Scarborough Street. The bike lane is not where you (or...
02 Dec
Access Commentary Hartford

Ban the Box: What does the law say?

by Kerri Ana Provost
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As we move into the holiday season, some see it fit not to push toward creating a more just world, but to punish those who...