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We can’t remake our public schools without you.
We can’t remake our public schools without you.
ConnCAN needs your support right now to make sure that every child in Connecticut, regardless of race, ethnicity, or class, has access to a great public school.
By George Levinson
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.
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.
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).
By Donald Eng
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:
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.