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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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The movement is growing.

There is growing consensus about the reforms needed to provide a great education for every American student. What’s missing is the vehicle to turn those reforms into law where most education policy is made: America’s 50 state capitals.

In the past five years, the team at ConnCAN pioneered just that vehicle: a world-class, state-based advocacy campaign for greater choice, flexibility and accountability in our public schools. Our breakthrough success in Connecticut is the inspiration for a new nonprofit organization to bring this model across the United States. It’s called 50CAN: The 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now.

50CAN is kicking off with the December 2010 launch of RI-CAN: The Rhode Island Campaign for Achievement Now. In November 2010, we welcomed aboard the executive director for our second state campaign, MinnCAN: The Minnesota Campaign for Achievement Now. Our goal is to launch 12 state campaigns within the next three years and reach half of the country by 2015.

Want to learn more and join the movement? Email 50CAN President Marc Porter Magee at marc.magee@50can.org.

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