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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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Goal 4: Money Follows the Child


 

 

Connecticut’s antiquated school finance system has become fiscally unsustainable. It is high time that we begin the transition to a common sense, transparent, funding system where money follows children based on their learning needs.

Connecticut is one of just three states where charter schools rely on a separate line-item appropriation in the state budget every year. A “money follows the child” system would have funded charter school students equally instead of at the 75 percent of per-pupil funding as traditional public schools they currently receive and removed the effective cap on charter school students due to this uniquely restrictive funding system.

The Race to the Top law lifts the caps on the number of seats allowed in our high-performing public charter schools but it doesn’t lift the other cap that comes from a lack of money for those seats. 

Read ConnCAN's Charter School Issue Brief, which examines Connecticut's charter law and how it factors into the state's Race to the Top application.

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