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May 18, 2012
Fairfield County Business Journal

With new federal data showing continued, middle-of-the-pack performance by Connecticut schools, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy found the middle ground among competing interests for a landmark education law.

For once, teachers were not front and center in the debate.

May 8, 2012
Wall Street Journal

HARTFORD—In a sweeping education deal with lawmakers and teacher unions here, Gov. Dannel Malloy gave ground on some of his farthest-reaching proposals but contended the compromise was still a historic overhaul of public-school policy in a state that has proved resistant to change.

May 8, 2012
Hartford Courant

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Monday night that his administration and lawmakers had reached an agreement on "meaningful education reform" — an agreement that he said adds nearly $100 million in new education spending and will help the state regain its competitive edge.

May 8, 2012
CT News Junkie

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Democratic legislative leaders celebrated what they called an “historic” agreement on a sweeping education reform proposal that believe will help Connecticut erase its largest-in-the-nation achievement gap.

At a 10 p.m. press conference, Malloy told a packed room of reformers and leaders of at least one of the state’s teacher unions that the bill the Senate is expected to take up later this evening is just a beginning.

May 7, 2012
The Hanging Shad

Say this for Gov. Dannel Malloy, love his policies or hate them, he has largely gotten what he wants in his first year and a half in office. He pushed through the largest tax increase in state history after inheriting a $3 billion-plus disaster of a state budget; he was able to wring desperately needed concessions out of the state employee unions (after first failing); he instituted the “First Five” job-creation program; and won hard-fought approval for the Jackson Labs economic development project..

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Posted February 29, 2012 at 11:24am

Governor Malloy is kicking off a series of town hall meetings this week to “drive home the importance of fixing what's broken in Connecticut's public schools.” Your voice is critical when it comes to how lawmakers approach policy change, so I’m hoping you’ll join us.

Posted February 24, 2012 at 3:08pm

This week, the legislature’s Education Committee held two public hearings – for a total of nearly 20 hours – on SB 24, Governor Malloy’s comprehensive education reform bill. The Appropriations Committee also held a hearing on the proposed education budget.

Posted February 24, 2012 at 10:55am

81 percent say schools and districts ought to be able to dismiss teachers and administrators with a documented history of poor performance. 59 percent say educators should be promoted and received tenure based on their success with increasing student achievement growth. And 85 percent of Connecticut’s public school educators say that, with a highly effective administrative team and a positive school environment, they can help all kids achieve academically, regardless of the challenges those children face at home.

Posted February 16, 2012 at 11:11am

Last week, Governor Malloy released Senate Bill 24, "An Act Concerning Educational Competitiveness," outlining his proposals for the Year for Education Reform. 

Posted February 14, 2012 at 12:23pm

For the first time ever in Connecticut, a group of six organizations representing stakeholders from all across the education spectrum came together today to present a shared set of priorities for education reform. You can check out the joint statement here. The groups are:

Posted February 10, 2012 at 3:01pm

If you haven’t been following our Twitter feed or our Facebook page, you might have missed a huge week for education reform in Connecticut (speaking of which, if you aren’t following us on either one of those two platforms, now would be a great time to do so).

Posted February 8, 2012 at 1:11pm

"Let’s be honest with ourselves, and let’s speak bluntly: many parts of our system of public education are broken."

That was the call to action that marked Governor Malloy's State of the State address today and kicked off the 2012 legislative session.

Governor Malloy said last year that he would focus on education reform in 2012. Judging by everything we just heard in his State of the State speech today, he’s about to come through in a big way.

Posted February 7, 2012 at 4:39pm

If you’ve been following our blog over the past week or so, you know there’s been a lot of news about education reform in Connecticut. Last Tuesday, it was removing red tape. Last Thursday it was improving early childhood education. Last Friday it was shoring up our vocational-technical high school system. Even bigger news still dropped yesterday about expanding access to and quality of Connecticut’s public schools of choice and the formation of a Commissioner’s Network to intervene in chronically failing schools.

Posted February 7, 2012 at 11:57am

We blogged at the end of last week that the governor is starting to put out some very promising ideas on education reform leading up to his State of the State address on Wednesday, and today he continued by proposing an increase in funding equity and high-quality school options for Connecticut’s students.

Posted February 3, 2012 at 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.

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