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May 18, 2012
Fairfield County Business Journal

With new federal data showing continued, middle-of-the-pack performance by Connecticut schools, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy found the middle ground among competing interests for a landmark education law.

For once, teachers were not front and center in the debate.

May 8, 2012
Wall Street Journal

HARTFORD—In a sweeping education deal with lawmakers and teacher unions here, Gov. Dannel Malloy gave ground on some of his farthest-reaching proposals but contended the compromise was still a historic overhaul of public-school policy in a state that has proved resistant to change.

May 8, 2012
Hartford Courant

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Monday night that his administration and lawmakers had reached an agreement on "meaningful education reform" — an agreement that he said adds nearly $100 million in new education spending and will help the state regain its competitive edge.

May 8, 2012
CT News Junkie

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Democratic legislative leaders celebrated what they called an “historic” agreement on a sweeping education reform proposal that believe will help Connecticut erase its largest-in-the-nation achievement gap.

At a 10 p.m. press conference, Malloy told a packed room of reformers and leaders of at least one of the state’s teacher unions that the bill the Senate is expected to take up later this evening is just a beginning.

May 7, 2012
The Hanging Shad

Say this for Gov. Dannel Malloy, love his policies or hate them, he has largely gotten what he wants in his first year and a half in office. He pushed through the largest tax increase in state history after inheriting a $3 billion-plus disaster of a state budget; he was able to wring desperately needed concessions out of the state employee unions (after first failing); he instituted the “First Five” job-creation program; and won hard-fought approval for the Jackson Labs economic development project..

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ConnCAN statement on Governor Malloy’s 2012 principles for education reform

ConnCAN CEO Patrick Riccards: “This is the kind of leadership we’ve been talking about”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- December 20, 2011
Contact: 
Jessica Bloom, ConnCAN
Tel: 
203-772-4017 x19
Email: 
jessica.bloom@conncan.org
New Haven, Conn

ConnCAN commends Governor Malloy for releasing an audacious set of priorities to guide education reform policy change in 2012.

“Governor Malloy put a marker down at the close of the 2011 session when he told the General Assembly that much more needs to be done on education reform,” said Patrick Riccards, ConnCAN’s CEO. “As we embark on what the governor has called ‘The Year of Education Reform,’ the mandate for change in Connecticut is stronger than ever. The governor has declared that we have both a moral and an economic imperative to guarantee every single one of our children success in school and in life, and we hope that state leaders will meet the governor’s challenge and come together around this bold agenda.

“This is the kind of leadership we’ve been talking about, and these are the kinds of policy changes that will catapult our students and our state back to the top.”

Over the past seven years, ConnCAN has pursued several of the ideas highlighted in the governor’s letter, especially during our “Vote for Ed!” and “Get Smart Connecticut” campaigns in 2010 and 2011.

“We are particularly excited about the governor’s emphasis on excellent teachers and principals, fair funding for the students and districts that are most in need, expanding high-quality school options, and transforming the lowest-performing schools and districts. These are the types of policies we have been working towards for years, and we look forward to partnering with the governor and other leaders across the state to make them happen,” said Riccards.

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