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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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The competition

Posted March 3, 2010 at 5:00pm
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Tomorrow is the big day—Education Secretary Arne Duncan will be holding a press conference call at 2:30 p.m. to announce the round one finalists for the Race to the Top. So instead of our usual look at who Connecticut’s biggest competition is, we want to give you a heads up on all of the great handicapping out there:

EdWeek bloggers Michele McNeil and Lesli Maxwell have bracketed their predictions March Madness-style, in addition to a more in-depth look at their top picks. (If you want even more information on their round one picks, check out previous editions of “The competition”—we’ve profiled all but one of the states on their list). For the most part they agree with Thomas Carroll’s earlier analysis of who the front-runners are. Ed reform blogger Andy Smarick doesn’t think anyone will get the finalist list completely right, but he does offer some general predictions about what the finalist states will have in common.

In addition to the handicapping, Rick Hess provides some interesting facts about states’ applications, and the New America Foundation has compiled data on the states likely to be announced tomorrow.

Whoever the finalists are, the list will probably be a short one—the Wall Street Journal reports that as little as five states could be selected. Stay tuned tomorrow to find out who they are, and what that means for Connecticut.
 

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