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Connecticut To Seek Permission Not To Use Standardized Test Scores In Teacher Evaluations Next Year; To Take Steps To Avoid Double-TestingConnecticut will seek permission to defer the use of standardized test scores next year to evaluate teachers' performance, now that U. S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has said he will consider such requests.

  Follow Your Town News On The Courant's Bristol Facebook PageThe stakes in this year's local elections just rose a few notches: Former council member Ellen Zoppo is planning to run for a District 3 council seat.

House Republicans on Tuesday make their most concerted effort of the year to change federal abortion law with legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks. 

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew won't win any prizes in penmanship, but his official signature which will go on the nation's currency is at least a slight improvement over the loopy scrawl he had a few months ago.

Bill Ayers, the Weather Underground co-founder who once supported President Obama, now thinks the commander-in-chief should be put on trial for war crimes.