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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.
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.
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.
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.
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..

Earlier today we announced the release of our new analysis of Connecticut’s Race to the Top application and how it stacks up against the applications completed by three other states—Colorado, Delaware and Florida.
The findings? Not good. Turns out Connecticut left 120 blanks in its application, which as CEO Alex Johnston put it, is equivalent to a college applicant submitting a transcript full of incompletes. With so much required information missing in its application, it’s unlikely that Connecticut will win money in Round 1, a fact recognized by leaders like US Representative Joe Courtney, gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont and former Stamford mayor Dan Malloy.
The good news is we still have a chance for Round 2, which begins in June. But we’re going to have to seriously boost our credentials before then, and the clock is ticking. Lawmakers need to make public education a top priority this session, and pass crucial reforms—such as measuring effectiveness, world-class standards, superstar principals, and money follows the child—that will transform Connecticut’s application from an incomplete one into a winning one.
We can’t let the opportunity to reform our public school system for the better (and get paid $200 million to do it) pass us by. Tell your state legislator to use this session to enact the reforms that will better our schools, close the achievement gap, and give us a real chance in the Race to the Top.
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