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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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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.

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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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