Governor's Budget; The Push for Racial Admissions Data on IPEDS; + College Board on AP Black History
Money Talks: Will the Governor’s Budget Prioritize Ed? Governor Ned Lamont will deliver a budget address for the biennial 2024-25 budget...
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- Jan 11
Remembering Rep Williams, Fed $ for R&D on Ed, Biden’s New Student Loan Proposal, New Faces of CT Ed
Remembering CT State Representative Q Williams Last week, the State of Connecticut began to mourn the loss and honor the life of State...
- Dec 14, 2022
Remembering Sandy Hook, the US Student Debt Crisis, and Federal Guidance on COVID Relief Spending
Remembering Sandy Hook Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newton, Connecticut—the deadliest...
- Nov 16, 2022
GOP Rhetoric Falls Flat, Killingly Board Ignored Student Needs, USEd Invests in Career Pathw
“Parental Rights” Rhetoric Falls Flat One week after the midterms, it’s clear that the most extreme education rhetoric of the GOP has...
- Nov 9, 2022
A Winning Night for CT Dems, “Right to Read” Center Stage at SBE Meeting
A Winning Night for CT Dems It might be Wednesday morning, but Election Night is still going in some key Connecticut races… Overall, it...
- Oct 26, 2022
Poll Shows Dems Leading on Ed, Science of Reading on the National Stage, and NAEP Results
New DFER CT Poll Shows Democrats Leading on CT Education On Monday, we released a new poll of likely Connecticut voters, conducted by...
- Oct 19, 2022
CFBP on “Transcript Trap” Abusive, Meriden Math Efforts Make National News, Student Loan Forgiveness
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finds “Transcript Trap” Abusive The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) “Student Loan...
- Oct 12, 2022
Chronic Absenteeism, Economic Challenges, and Wage Supports for Early Childhood Educators
Chronic Absenteeism Impacting Educational Attainment Recently, the Washington Post reported on an analysis by Johns Hopkins University...
- Sep 21, 2022
Indoctrination by Book Banning, Anti-Racism Programs Needed in CT Schools
Indoctrination by Book Banning The free speech nonprofit PEN America has released a new report this week that looks at how advocacy...
- Sep 7, 2022
NAEP Shows Declines in Math + Reading, National Literacy Shift, and Stefanowski's Extremist Rhetoric
National Test Results Show Declines in Math and Reading On Thursday, the National Center for Education Statistics released new data...
- Aug 30, 2022
SBAC Data Shows Significant Pandemic Slide, Biden’s New Student Loan Offering Gets A LOT of Feedback
SBAC Data Shows Significant Pandemic Slide Late last week, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) published the results of...
- Jul 13, 2022
CT Praised for Summer Learning, Fed Investments in Ed Fall Short, the Work to End Legacy Preference
CT Makes Ed Headlines for Both Summer Learning and Data Transparency It's #SummerLearningWeek! Our national affiliate, Education Reform...
- Apr 5, 2022
New Alliance Districts, ERN Assessment Toolkit, and Undercounting Latinos in the Census
Stratford Joins Alliance District Program This past Wednesday, Stratford Superintendent Uyi Osunde announced that the school district had...
- Mar 16, 2022
Invitation: How Teacher Pensions Impact Resource Equity; Biden's Spending Bill; + CT Equity Bills
You’re Invited! "Who Benefits? How Teacher Pensions Impact Resource Equity" At the end of 2021, the Equable Institute partnered with ERN...
- Mar 9, 2022
The Condition of CT Ed; Ed Committee Approves Sheff; Higher Ed Committee Tackles College Access
The Condition of Education in CT On March 2nd, Commissioner of Education Charlene M. Russell-Tucker submitted to the State Board of...
- Mar 2, 2022
Rebalancing Charter Authorization; Local Masking Decisions Underscore Inequity; and Mandating FAFSA
Rebalancing the Charter Authorization Process Over the weekend, the News-Times covered the ongoing issue of overcrowding in the Danbury...
- Feb 23, 2022
Dems React to Sheff; Ed Equity Bills We're Watching; and CT Prepped to Address Reading Declines
Dems React to Sheff Settlement Last month, Governor Lamont and Attorney General Tong had announced a new settlement in the Sheff v....
- Feb 16, 2022
End Legacy Preferences in CT; Gov's Budget Misses Opportunity for Kids; and CT Senate Dems Agenda
ALERT: Your Help Needed TODAY to End Legacy Preference in CT Last week, Connecticut's Higher Education Committee introduced new...
- Feb 8, 2022
ERN CT 2022 Policy Priorities
The 2022 policy priorities for our affiliate, ERN CT, are designed to promote great educational opportunities and achievement for all by...
- Feb 2, 2022
State Pursues Sheff Settlement; CSDE + ERN: “CT Earns Top Equity Rating;" Sec. Cardona's Priorities
State Pursues Settlement in Sheff v O’Neill On Thursday, Governor Lamont and Attorney General Tong announced that Connecticut had reached...
- Dec 21, 2021
2021: A Year in Review
We are always trying to look toward the future, and most importantly what impact we can make for Connecticut students. But for today,...
- Nov 17, 2021
Addressing Legacy Preferences at Yale, Ineffective Special Ed in CT, + Balanced Literacy Must Go
This weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized...
- Nov 10, 2021
How Dems Can Walk the Walk on Ed + Equity, Bridgeport Staffing Woes, New CT COVID Mitigation Policy
This weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized...
- Oct 19, 2021
Mental Health Emergency for Kids, Pre-Covid NAEP Results Disappoint, + CT Leads on Childhood Vax
This weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized...
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