Jacqueline Rabe Thomas
Investigative ReporterJacqueline Rabe Thomas was an investigative reporter with Connecticut Public’s Accountability Project from July 2021 until August 2022.
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There's been a spike in car thefts in Connecticut, but the numbers don’t actually show that children are to blame for the rise, and violent car thefts remain rare. Thefts might also be subsiding as schools, community programs and courts reopen. -
The Lamont administration will pay nearly $150,000 each month to a vendor to primarily monitor COVID testing results for the 5,838 state employees who have declined to get the vaccine. -
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![September 17, 2021 - Teacher Kristen Record for years would get sick when school returned, and she equated it to seasonal allergies. Turns out the air quality in her school was making her and others in her school sick. [Photographed by Allison Minto]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/05d623e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4846x2700+0+262/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbc%2Fcf%2F4ee2f73e441c81350c6aadd75290%2Fatm9819a.jpg)
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Almost a month into this school year, Bridgeport still has 16 special education teaching positions it needs to fill. Statewide, between 95 and 250 teaching positions go unfilled each year. Most are in high-poverty districts. -
A second driver is expected to be arraigned Wednesday in the hit-and-run that killed a New Britain jogger. -
As the delta variant and high infection rates threaten to send kids back to remote learning, students with disabilities are positioned to miss the most school unless something changes. -
As students head back to class this week, Connecticut Public’s Accountability Project reveals more details around what led to the departure of UConn’s president over the summer, what legislators and faculty believe needs to be fixed to avoid future incidents like this, and what’s next for that top position. -
Districts face a Sept. 27 deadline to record the vaccination status of school workers, a move some had been reluctant to take on their own. -
Charlene Russell-Tucker, who is serving as the state’s acting commissioner, is believed to be Connecticut’s first Black education chief.
![September 17, 2021 - Teacher Kristen Record for years would get sick when school returned, and she equated it to seasonal allergies. Turns out the air quality in her school was making her and others in her school sick. [Photographed by Allison Minto]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f742d38/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4846x2700+0+262/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbc%2Fcf%2F4ee2f73e441c81350c6aadd75290%2Fatm9819a.jpg)
