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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..

The 10th annual National Charter School Conference kicked off yesterday in Chicago, with Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, giving the first keynote address. The conference, which will run through July 1, brings education advocates, policy experts, parents, teachers and school administrators from across the country together to discuss the current state and future direction of the nation's public charter schools. CEO Alex Johnston and RI-CAN Founding Director Maryellen Butke are there now (hint: if you want to get live updates on the conference, follow Maryellen on Twitter, or follow the hashtag, #ncsc).
This year's theme is "Innovators in Education: Leading the Race to the Top." The conference has an impressive lineup of keynote speakers, including Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Find more about the conference here. And if you're attending and want to give the rest of us updates, make sure to comment on this post!