Hartford Research

I started researching on The Hartford Currant's website and was most interested in researching crime and education.   
I read an article about Hartford's gun violence.  On July 5th, Mayor Pedro Sagarra reinstated a multi-department task force to combat gun violence which has been a major problem in the city.  So far the task force has made twenty-five arrests and the number of shootings has been reduced by 80%.  Jim Rovella who is the chief inspector of the task force attributes their success to the fact that they have been focusing more on nonfatal shootings, because he believes that nonfatal shootings can escalate into homicides.  He also believes that it is a group of 75 to 125 who are doing the shootings, and most shootings are out of retaliation or are drug related.  It is no mystery that violence is a major problem in Hartford which was something that I was initially nervous about before coming to Trinity, but I'm happy to know that the police and the mayor are being proactive and their efforts are obviously working.
I read another article about public schools in Hartford. As schools in the city have just opened for the new school year students were welcomed back with a longer school day and a strong emphasis on bettering the school systems.  The new school day will be 7 hours and 15 minutes, half an hour longer than what it was last school year.  The new superintendent Christina Kishimoto is encouraging teachers to pay extra attention to students' feelings about school in the first few weeks because she believes achieving success early on in the year will lead to a more promising school year.  As a proud former public school student, I am really interested in the school systems in Hartford.  I was fortunate enough to live in a town where the public schools had a strong curriculum and reputation and I believe that students everywhere should have access to a good, free education that will prepare them for college. I hope that Hartford public schools are able to further improve.