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Time to stop whining and make serious education reforms

August 31, 2010
Hartford Courant

By Rick Green

Maybe you saw what New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie did last week after he learned about the bungling behind his administration's failure to win $400 million in the federal Race to the Top competition that rewards states that adopt aggressive education reforms.

Christie fired his education commissioner.

Bravo. At least we know what matters to Gov. Christie, a Republican making waves across the country. That's more than I can say for Connecticut, land of timid leadership.

Hwang to receive education award tomorrow at Fairfield U.

August 30, 2010
Trumbull Times

By Donald Eng

Conn. learns why it lost out on fed funds

August 28, 2010
New Haven Register

By Abbe Smith

In the most recent round of federal Race to the Top awards, Connecticut scored lower than every state it borders.

The state learned last month that it did not make the list of finalists, but didn’t get details about why it missed out on the $175 million it was seeking until final scores and reviewer comments were released this week.

State's teacher evaluation plans too weak, federal reviewers say

August 25, 2010
Connecticut Mirror

By Robert Frahm

The weakness of a plan to link teacher evaluations to student performance was a key factor in Connecticut's failure to qualify for millions of dollars in federal school aid, according to a government report released Wednesday.

The proposed evaluation system lacks detail, won't be ready for years, and fails to include adequate provisions for rewarding successful teachers or removing ineffective ones, said reviewers for the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top school reform competition.

The business of education

August 25, 2010
Connecticut Business News Journal

By Melissa Nicefaro

In every Connecticut city and town, public education is by far the largest budget item. Yet the schools’ stewards don’t always treat those dollars as their own

When terms such as “layoffs,” “closures” and “belt-tightening” are tossed around, the education industry may not be the first that comes to mind. That was true until this year, anyway.

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The competition

March 3, 2010 - 6:00pm

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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