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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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ConnCAN grades 1,000+ Connecticut public schools A through F
Top 10 Connecticut schools announced in 14 categories
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Dec. 21, 2009
Contact:
Marc Porter Magee, ConnCAN
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203-772-4017 x14
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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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