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Charter schools won't get federal jobs money

September 1, 2010
Connecticut Mirror

By Robert Frahm 

The state's allocation of federal stimulus money intended to save teaching jobs in cash-strapped school districts excluded charter schools, many of which serve students in Connecticut's poorest communities.

The experimental charter schools, along with the state's technical high schools and some public magnet schools, were left out under a formula used by the state to distribute the $110 million in stimulus funds approved by Congress in August.

Time to stop whining and make serious education reforms

August 31, 2010
Hartford Courant

By Rick Green

Maybe you saw what New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie did last week after he learned about the bungling behind his administration's failure to win $400 million in the federal Race to the Top competition that rewards states that adopt aggressive education reforms.

Christie fired his education commissioner.

Bravo. At least we know what matters to Gov. Christie, a Republican making waves across the country. That's more than I can say for Connecticut, land of timid leadership.

Hot topic: Connecticut misses out on another school reform grant

August 31, 2010
New Haven Advocate

By Betsy Yagla 

For the second time, Connecticut lost out on millions of dollars in competitive federal grants for education reform. Connecticut was not one of the 19 finalists announced in July. Last week, the U.S. Department of Education announced 10 winners, among them Connecticut’s neighbors Massachusetts ($250 million), New York ($750 million) and Rhode Island ($75 million).

Hwang to receive education award tomorrow at Fairfield U.

August 30, 2010
Trumbull Times

By Donald Eng

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Connecticut fails in Race to the Top contest

March 4, 2010
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Connecticut has failed in its application for a piece of a $4.3 billion federal grant rewarding states with the most ambitious education reform plans.

Federal education authorities announced Thursday a list of finalists for the Race to the Top grant program. These include 15 states and the District of Columbia.

Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island are among the finalists. Connecticut is not. Finalists will be whittled down to a smaller number of winners, to be announced in early April.

With the rejection, Connecticut loses out on the possibility for about $175 million over four years. State officials say they didn't have high expectations for this first round of the fiercely competitive grant. But the experience will help them refine educational reforms they'll offer for a second round of applications that are due June 1.

"We knew at the time our chances were slim, but we felt we should go through the process anyway so we could learn and be better prepared for the second round," Waterbury School Superintendent David Snead said Thursday.

Connecticut officials have been criticized by some for forwarding a weak application that left many questions blank.

Marc Porter Magee, chief operating officer of the education reform group ConnCAN, said Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Education Commissioner Mark McQuillan need to work with lawmakers to pass reforms quickly to improve the state's chances in the second round.

"If we do that, we think we have a very strong chance in the second round of Race to the Top," Magee said. 

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