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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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Summer 2010 Compass
  • From Alex's Desk: Defeats and Victories 
  • Making Smart Choices in Hartford
  • A New New Haven
  • Profiles in Advocacy: Michael Sharpe
Winter 2010 Compass
  •  Our Race to the Top
  • The Competition
  • Profiles in Advocacy: Laurie McTeague and Marianna Kulak McCall
Fall 2009 Compass
  • Moon Shot: Connecticut's $4 Billion Race to the Top
  • Spending Smart: Public Impact
  • From Alex's Desk: A Fall Full of Reform
  • Profiles in Advocacy: Emily Eisenlohr
Spring 2009 Compass
  • Mind the Gaps: ConnCAN’s Most Ambitious Legislative Campaign to Date
  • Success Stories
  • From Alex’s Desk
  • Profiles in Advocacy: Jonathan Sackler
  • Advocacy Rundown
Fall 2008 Compass
  • Hartford’s CommPACT School: The ConnCAN Interview
  • Vox Populi, Vox Dei: What’s Going On? A Look at Education in Hartford.
  • From Alex’s Desk
  • Faith in Hartford Schools
  • The Fight against Blight
  • Winter Calendar
Spring 2008 Compass
  • Ed Sector’s Elena Silva: The ConnCAN Interview
  • Speakers Bureau
  • From Alex’s Desk
  • TNTP’s Ariela Rozman
  • Charter Network Gets Active
  • Global Youth Service Day
  • Summer Calendar
Winter 2008 Compass
  • Tom Vander Ark: The ConnCAN Interview
  • More CT Success Stories
  • From Alex’s Desk
  • Building with Books Drive
  • Allies for Bridgeport Youth
  • Spring Calendar
Fall 2007 Compass
  • CT’s Success Stories: The ConnCAN Interviews
  • New 2007 School and District Report Cards
  • From Alex’s Desk
  • Connecticut Parents Called to Action
  • December 6: Stamford Achieves Hosts Susan Eaton
  • Winter Calendar
Summer 2007 Compass
  • Steven Adamowski: The ConnCAN Interview
  • Petition Drive Comes to Hartford
  • From Alex’s Desk
  • Hartford Youth Scholars
  • Back-to-School Rally in Hartford
  • Fall Calendar
Spring 2007 Compass
  • Capitol Progress
  • Empowering Connecticut’s Parents
  • From Alex’s Desk
  • Norwalk Forum
  • Refugee Education in New Haven
  • Summer Calendar

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