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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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Race To The Top Blog Archive

Weigh in on Connecticut’s Early Learning Challenge application!
September 6, 2011 - 3:50pm

After missing out on federal grants in the first two rounds of Race to the Top, Connecticut is trying to step up its efforts to win education dollars as a part of the national Early Learning Challenge announced in...

Back to the Race!
July 11, 2011 - 10:48am

In August 2010, Connecticut looked on as our neighbors on all sides won hundreds of millions in federal funding as part of the Race to the Top (RttT) competition.

2010 Year in Review
December 21, 2010 - 4:12pm

The blog at ConnCAN is taking a holiday break until January 3, so now is as good a time as any to point out that 2010 was a momentous year for education reform in Connecticut. As the days wind down, we wanted to reflect on some of the important events that helped put the issue on the front-burner of the political process in our state.

GUEST BLOGGER: Counting ConnCAN's Race to the Top wins
August 26, 2010 - 9:33am

Connecticut may have been sitting on the sidelines during Tuesday’s announcement of Race to the Top winners, but ConnCAN and its supporters have to be congratulated for exerting one of the boldest ‘Race’ campaigns in the country – declaring the state’s initial plan a loser even before the first round winners were announced and putting enormous pressure on state leaders to do better in...

World-class standards
July 8, 2010 - 4:23pm

 It’s official: the Common Core Standards are now the official benchmark for academic progress in Connecticut’s public schools. At yesterday’s meeting the State Board of Education formally adopted the standards, which are the result of a...

The magic number
July 7, 2010 - 10:40am

In the midst of the great debate over whether the edujobs bill should be funded by taking money from programs like Race to the Top, Mickey Muldoon poses some interesting questions on...

Don't let them move the finish line
July 1, 2010 - 9:16am

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Back in May, we told you that we had scored a major victory: Connecticut’s Race to the Top bill was signed into law, increasing our chances to win up to $175 million in Round 2 of the federal competition.

The competition
June 2, 2010 - 9:31am

The deadline for Round 2 of Race to the Top was yesterday, which means this is the final (sniff!) post of our four-month-long series on "The competition." To finish off, here's a recap of a few states we think are worth watching and why: 

The big day
June 1, 2010 - 10:45am

Today is the big day: the last day for states to submit their applications to Washington to be considered for Round 2 of Race to the Top. The stack of applications will be shorter this time around--about 34 states are expected to apply, compared to 41 in Round 1-- but with so many states having made significant improvements to their applications, the competition is expected to be tough nonetheless.

Heart strings and hard numbers
May 26, 2010 - 12:27pm

 Breaking news: Governor Rell just signed the Race to the Top bill into law. Now that we know the results of a hard-fought campaign, it's a good time to take a step back and remember why we’re fighting this fight. This 30-second video below helps remind us why—and it’s pretty adorable, too.

 

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