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January 18, 2012
New Haven Register

 Connecticut lost ground in the annual ranking of state laws that govern charter schools, mainly because other states such as Maine and New Mexico passed more progressive reforms in the past year.

January 15, 2012
Hartford Courant

 When Gov. Dannel P. Malloy put education reform on the front burner for 2012, he caught a wave of public sentiment that has been building for a couple of years in every corner of the state. Everybody from superintendents and the state's largest teachers union to business leaders, advocacy groups, parents and political leaders wants to improve the state's public schools.

January 15, 2012
CT Now / Fox 61

"Major education reforms for Connecticut are planned for this year, and I'm here with Michael Sharpe, Director of Jamoke Academy, one of the fastest rising charter schools in Connecticut, in Hartford, [and] Patrick Riccards, the new CEO/President of ConnCAN..."

January 8, 2012
CT News Junkie

By Patrick Riccards, CEO, ConnCAN

Last week, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made a passionate case for why we all must commit to education reform in 2012. Speaking at his education reform summit, the governor made clear that school improvement is a team effort, requiring the involvement of all stakeholders.

January 4, 2012
Connecticut Post

About the only top slot the constitution state still clings to is "largest achievement gap in the nation."

So educational reform advocates say much is riding on Malloy's pledge that 2012 will be the year of education reform.

Malloy is hosting an Education Workshop Thursday at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain. Many invited are convinced the policies that begin to take shape there may lead to legislation that can transform the state's failing schools and ultimately assist in growing the economy.

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A vision for Connecticut.

Tomorrow’s Connecticut is a state where no matter how humble your background, you receive an excellent public education. It’s a safe state, where prison sentences give way to college degrees. It’s a state whose students graduate with the skills to compete globally, propelling our economy to new heights.
 
Today’s Connecticut is a state where the children most dependent on our public schools all too often get the least effective education. It’s a state with the largest achievement gap in the country, where our students’ math skills are on par with the developing world. It’s a punitive state, where we spend more on jails than higher education. It’s a state whose economic future is in peril.
 
What stands between today and tomorrow’s Connecticut? It’s you.
 
The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now is building a movement of concerned citizens advocating to fundamentally reform our public schools through smart public policies.
 
We will not rest until every Connecticut child, regardless of race or class, has access to a great public school.
 

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