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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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Report presents major financial reforms to fix Connecticut’s dysfunctional education funding system

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Monday, Nov. 23, 2009
Contact: 
Karen Rutzick, ConnCAN
Tel: 
203-772-4017 x19
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202-406-0456
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Karen.Rutzick@conncan.org
New Haven, Conn

The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN) and education research firm Public Impact today released a groundbreaking report tracing the flow of funds through Connecticut’s public schools and offering a more rational system that will close that state’s yawning achievement gap.

Download the report.
 
As our state government struggles to close a growing deficit, the report, titled The Tab: How Connecticut Can Fix its Dysfunctional Education Spending System to Reward Success, Incentivize Choice and Boost Student Achievement, reveals that Connecticut spends $186 million a year on double funding for students who left traditional public schools for charter, magnet or technical schools.
 
The 48-page report offers a detailed reform plan grounded in three fundamental changes: 1) Revamp the state’s funding formula so that money follows children based on their needs, 2) Shine a bright light on education finance by creating a comprehensive and easily accessible data system on school funding, and 3) Remove fiscal barriers that stand in the way of creating great schools for everyone.
 
“Connecticut’s largest investment -- more than $7 billion per year -- is our public school system,” said Alex Johnston, ConnCAN Chief Executive Officer. “But our current tangle of funding does little to create excellent public schools for Connecticut kids. We have to get serious about changing the way we fund our public schools and that means all of the stakeholders to engage in order to get this right for our kids.”
 
The Tab was commissioned by ConnCAN and written by Public Impact, one of the nation’s leading education research groups. The product of more than six months of research, the report is designed as the definitive analysis to kick-start a multi-year initiative to fix Connecticut’s broken school finance system.
 
“Instead of layering reforms on top of a dysfunctional system, Connecticut has the opportunity to revamp the entire school finance system for the 21st century and become a national leader,” said Bryan C. Hassel, Co-Director of Public Impact.
 
The Tab assesses the current state of our school finance system, outlines the principles of a more effective approach, and proposes detailed solutions, including the costs of those solutions and a transition plan for implementation.
 
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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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