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Hamden Schools - Mediocre performance at extraordinary cost

September 7, 2010
Post-Chronicle

By George Levinson

Charter schools won't get federal jobs money

September 1, 2010
Connecticut Mirror

By Robert Frahm 

The state's allocation of federal stimulus money intended to save teaching jobs in cash-strapped school districts excluded charter schools, many of which serve students in Connecticut's poorest communities.

The experimental charter schools, along with the state's technical high schools and some public magnet schools, were left out under a formula used by the state to distribute the $110 million in stimulus funds approved by Congress in August.

Time to stop whining and make serious education reforms

August 31, 2010
Hartford Courant

By Rick Green

Maybe you saw what New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie did last week after he learned about the bungling behind his administration's failure to win $400 million in the federal Race to the Top competition that rewards states that adopt aggressive education reforms.

Christie fired his education commissioner.

Bravo. At least we know what matters to Gov. Christie, a Republican making waves across the country. That's more than I can say for Connecticut, land of timid leadership.

Hot topic: Connecticut misses out on another school reform grant

August 31, 2010
New Haven Advocate

By Betsy Yagla 

For the second time, Connecticut lost out on millions of dollars in competitive federal grants for education reform. Connecticut was not one of the 19 finalists announced in July. Last week, the U.S. Department of Education announced 10 winners, among them Connecticut’s neighbors Massachusetts ($250 million), New York ($750 million) and Rhode Island ($75 million).

Hwang to receive education award tomorrow at Fairfield U.

August 30, 2010
Trumbull Times

By Donald Eng

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ConnCAN grades 1,000+ Connecticut public schools A through F

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Dec. 21, 2009
Contact: 
Marc Porter Magee, ConnCAN
Tel: 
203-772-4017 x14
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marc.magee@conncan.org
Top 10 Connecticut schools announced in 14 categories
New Haven, Conn

The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN) today released its 2009-2010 School Report Cards, assigning letter grades to over 1,000 Connecticut public schools and 160 school districts based on their students‚ academic performance in four categories.

Click here to view the School Report Cards.

Using the data from the School Report Cards, ConnCAN also released the Top 10 Connecticut public schools in 14 categories.

Download the Top 10 Connecticut Public Schools.

In its fourth year publishing the School Report Cards, ConnCAN offers a new, easier-to-read 3-D graphic layout as part of the revamped ConnCAN website at www.conncan.org.

"The report cards are designed to help Connecticut parents serve as effective advocates for their children," said Alex Johnston, ConnCAN Chief Executive Officer. "Parents deserve to know how well their child‚s public school is meeting the needs of all of its students."

A few trends stand out among the Top 10 lists:

  • Of the four years ConnCAN has produced Top 10 public school lists, 15 schools have made the lists three or more times: High Horizons, Multicultural Magnet, Park City Magnet, and Winthrop School in Bridgeport; Amistad Academy and Elm City College Prep Middle in New Haven; Rogers School and Westover School in Stamford; Jumoke Academy in Hartford; Second Hill Lane School in Stratford; JP Vincent in Bloomfield; Nathan Hale Middle in Norwalk; Irving Robbins in Farmington; Broadview Middle in Danbury; and Bethel Middle in Bethel.
  • The Achievement First network of charter schools showed a very strong performance. For example, three of the top ten middle schools for African American performance were Achievement First schools. Achievement First Bridgeport Academy was also number one for middle school performance gains.
  • For the first time, Waterbury public schools had a notable presence in the Top 10 lists, with seven schools cracking the fourteen Top 10 lists.

The categories of Top 10 lists are: Improvement, African American Achievement, Hispanic Achievement, and Poor Student Achievement. Each category is scored separately for elementary, middle and high schools.

More than 60,000 people access the School Report Cards online each year. According to web research firm Alexa.com, more Connecticut parents get their school information from ConnCAN‚s School Report Cards than from the state‚s official websites, cmtreports.com and captreports.com.

 

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The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN) is an advocacy organization building a new movement of concerned Connecticut citizens working to create fundamental change in our education system.

To learn more visit: www.conncan.org.

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