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Committee to examine education funding
February 4, 2010
New Haven Register
By Elizabeth Benton
The state Board of Education will convene a new committee this year to examine a comprehensive overhaul of state education funding, including money for magnet, charter and traditional public schools.
Education outsider gradually gaining allies
February 1, 2010
Connecticut Mirror
By Robert Frahm
In public education circles in Connecticut, Alex Johnston has not always been a welcome guest.
As head of the New Haven-based school reform group Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN), Johnston often rankled the public school establishment with his blunt criticism of schools he believes are failing to educate the state's poorest children.
Panel Weighs Changes To Charter Funding
January 28, 2010
New Haven Register
By Elizabeth Benton
A state Board of Education committee met Wednesday to review proposed changes to charter school funding, including a model long backed by charter advocates that would transfer state money from local districts to charters, based on student enrollment.
Advocate says charter school changes needed
January 28, 2010
Connecticut Mirror
By Robert Frahm
Connecticut's restrictions on charter schools could jeopardize its chances of winning millions in federal stimulus money, an outspoken school reform advocate told state officials Wednesday.
Unless the state removes barriers to the growth of charters, "we are not going to be competitive" in the federal school reform competition known as Race to the Top, Alex Johnston said after meeting with members of a State Board of Education committee.
Charters, Unions Clash Over State Money
January 27, 2010
New Haven Independent
By Melissa Bailey
Charter school advocates – including a member of the city’s Board of Ed – clashed with union reps Wednesday over a plan that would take $27 million from the New Haven public schools and give it to charter schools.
The action took place before the state Board of Education’s Legislation and Bylaws Committee, which convened Wednesday morning to consider a charter school funding proposal by the education watchdog group ConnCAN.
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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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