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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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Why education reform?
Those who insist that we’ll never fix America’s public schools until we fix poverty have it exactly backwards. We will never solve poverty in America until we fix our public schools.
Connecticut is quickly becoming the new South. The only state whose poor students perform worse in math than Connecticut is Alabama. Our state has the largest achievement gap between rich and poor kids in the nation.
We are paying the price for our failing public schools. Connecticut ranks last in the country for job growth. We spend more on prisons than on higher education.
Connecticut, and the entire nation, was built on the promise of universal education for all. Public schools are the cornerstone of our democracy.
Our future is inextricably linked to the education of our children – all of them. Dig in to the issues.
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