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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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Boucher to be honored by ConnCAN

July 20, 2010
Ridgefield Patch
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State Sen. Toni Boucher, R-26th District, will be honored with the ConnCAN Tip of the Cap Award by Alex Johnston, CEO of Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now at Wilton High School on July 26 at 8 a.m.

ConnCAN was founded in 2005 by educational entrepreneurs in Connecticut who believe that closing the education gap requires not only innovative educational models but also issue-based advocacy. The mission of the organization, located in Hartford and New Haven, is to provide "great schools for all" by running results-oriented issues campaigns.

More information about ConnCan is available at www.conncan.org.

Senator Boucher said in a press release that she is honored to have been chosen to receive the ConnCAN Tip of the Cap Award.

"I became involved in government, first as a member of the Wilton school board and later as a member of the State Board of Education because I so strongly believe that ensuring a good quality education is our moral obligation to all of Connecticut's children, and the key to our state's future," she said. "Ensuring an education for all is a social responsibility we all share." 

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