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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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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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