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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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What’s new in the world of education reform.

Welcome to ConnCAN's blog from the front lines of Connecticut’s education reform movement. Posts by Jessica Bloom, ConnCAN’s Communications and Civic Engagement Manager, Scott Harris, ConnCAN's Communications Associate, and friends. Leave your comments to join the conversation.

 

Now it’s getting interesting: Gov. Malloy pitches three parts of his education reform plan in one week
February 3, 2012 - 4:24pm

Next Wednesday, Gov. Malloy will give his State of the State address and he’s expected to spend a lot of time talking about education reform. But this week, we got three glimpses of what he might have in mind for the future of Connecticut’s schools.

From Patrick's desk: "Obama got it right" on linking education to workforce readiness
February 2, 2012 - 2:36pm

In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama directly linked the strength of our public education system to our nation’s economic future, calling on Congress to pass legislation improving teacher quality, college readiness and high school graduation rates. Tying the two agendas together was the subject of another National Journal Experts roundtable blog and our CEO, Patrick Riccards, weighed in.

From Brittany's desk: Why I'm excited to be ConnCAN's Development Associate
January 30, 2012 - 2:38pm

As a student of teaching, I've witnessed the selfless dedication and masterful pedagogical craft that inspire heartwarming films year after year. But I've also un-learned a naive idea inspired by some of these movies: that fixing public education means asking educators to sacrifice it all or "save" their students. In a truly effective, sustainable system of education, no one should have to sacrifice it all....

From Scott’s desk: my reflections on the Connecticut Policy Institute’s school choice panel
January 26, 2012 - 12:24pm

It’s National School Choice Week, and important conversations about how to guarantee great public schools for every child are happening all over our country. Along with some other ConnCANers, I attended one of those discussions last Thursday.

Our reaction to PEAC-approved teacher evaluation guidelines
January 25, 2012 - 4:29pm

Today, the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) agreed to new guidelines for teacher evaluations, and there's some good news leading into their February 10 deadline to report recommendations to the State Board of Education: guidelines for a teacher evaluation system focused on student learning and student achievement....

It's National School Choice Week!
January 25, 2012 - 10:34am

This week, advocates, policymakers, and parents are gathering at events and rallies across the country for one purpose: to expand high-quality public school options for students. And our CEO, Patrick Riccards, once again joined the National Journal Education Experts Blog to talk about why choice is such an important part of...

ECS Task Force interim recommendations: a swing and a miss
January 23, 2012 - 2:29pm

Since it was created in July, we’ve been following the work of the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force. Gov. Dannel Malloy sent the group a letter in December asking them to “advance a bold agenda for school finance reform” even in the interim recommendations, which have just been released. We were hopeful that this panel...

Calling all teachers: help Teach Plus carry your voice to Washington!
January 23, 2012 - 10:37am

On January 31, our friends over at Teach Plus, a fantastic organization working to improve outcomes for children by transforming the teaching profession, will head to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s office to share the results of a national survey on the teaching profession (you can RSVP for this event or watch it live at www....

This week's sweetest edu-tweets!
January 20, 2012 - 12:42pm

Happy Friday, reformers! Here are the week’s sweetest edu-tweets and if you want to make sure you get these 140-character marvels, make sure to follow @conncan on Twitter!

MLK’s legacy was front-and-center of the education debate this week.

@alspur we must commit ourselves to giving all kids a...

We still have a lot of work to do on high school graduation rates
January 19, 2012 - 3:06pm

Nearly one in five Connecticut students aren’t graduating high school on time – that’s the headline from a recent State Department of Education (SDE) analysis, and it serves as a strong call to action as we move into the “Year for Education Reform.”

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