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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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Sweet tweets

Posted August 20, 2010 at 9:19am

Happy Friday, tweeters. Here's our list of the sweetest edu-tweets of the week. If you want your tweets to make here next week, find us on Twitter!

 

Most attention-grabbing tiny URL. 

@sgermeraad LA Times: Union boss Weingarten breaks w/ UTLA, says val-add should be used in LAUSD #teacher eval, just not published http://bit.ly/bOD6Ob

Good, tweetable summary of the inspiration behind the ed reform movement.

@sugman @conncan Kozol's classics may have sparked reformers like Wendy K and Geoff C...Davis Guggenheim's @WaitingSuperman" may spark 1000's more

 

Proving that every child can learn. 

@OhioGadfly @EdEquality Thanks for lifting up our analysis showing poverty-growth districts in OH that maintain academic achievement! http://ow.ly/2smY3

 

Most uplifting tweet.

@charteralliance August 18: Top Story - In Chicago, ‘Charter Schools Succeeding On Almost Every Measure’ http://fb.me/Bw221AD7

 

Our best.

@conncan Watch a video of a Stamford mom as she discusses why CT's public schools need reform now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J37XgUXF0I

 

 

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