Calkins is Out at Columbia TC, News from Building Bridges Initiative, Need for Child Tax Credit
Lucy Calkins Officially Out at Columbia Teachers College In a dramatic about-face, Lucy Calkins' Teachers College Reading and Writing...
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- Aug 16
CT Addresses Math Through Tutoring, Dem Vision for School Choice, USEd on Affirmative Action
CT to Address Math Learning Losses Through Tutoring This week, the Connecticut State Department of Education’s (CSDE) launched its high...
- May 10
Congressional GOP Proposes Ed Cuts, NYC Emulates Right to Read, Voters of Color Favor School Choice
Congressional Republicans Propose Ed Cuts A couple of weeks ago, the US Department of Education put out a fact sheet regarding...
- Feb 8
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...
- 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...
- Jan 4
What’s New at the Capitol in 2023?
Happy New Year! The 2023 legislative session will begin later today. Governor Ned Lamont will be inaugurated into his second term at noon...
- 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...
- Nov 2, 2022
Election Day Countdown, SCOTUS Considers Race-Conscious College Admissions
Election Day Countdown We are coming down from the Halloween sugar high…Now the real scary season starts! Next Tuesday, voters in...
- 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 25, 2022
Daily Kos: Morning Digest
CT-Gov: SurveyUSA for Education Reform Now Advocacy CT: Lamont (D-inc): 52, Stefanowski (R): 34 Read the full article here.
- Oct 24, 2022
CTNewsJunkie: Latest Poll Finds Lamont Still Leading Stefanowski
By Christine Stuart In the DFER poll, Lamont leads by 35 points among women and by a nominal single point among men. Lamont leads by 30...
- Oct 24, 2022
RELEASE: Poll Shows Lamont 18 Points Ahead of Stefanowski, Dems More Trusted on Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: October 24, 2022 CONTACT: Amy Dowell | amy@dfer.org New Poll Shows Governor Ned Lamont (D) 18 Points Ahead of...
- Oct 4, 2022
State Takes Strong Stance on Research-Based Literacy, Rep. Jim Clyburn Keynotes John Bailey Dinner
Extra! Extra! State Takes Strong Stance on Research-Based Literacy Big news on Thursday: the Center for Literacy Research and Reading...
- Sep 14, 2022
Education on the Ballot, and the Value of Connecticut Higher Education
Education Is On the Ballot Yesterday, Emerson College Polling released a new survey, conducted for WTNH and The Hill in September, which...
- Sep 12, 2022
CT Post: What happened to critical race theory? CT Republicans ditched the messaging...
“I think it’s baiting people,” said Amy Dowell, the state director for Democrats for Education Reform. “I think it’s gaslighting...I...
- Sep 12, 2022
Register Citizen - Opinion: An education playbook for CT Democrats
Democrats, you have a record to stand on, the plans in place, and the resources to innovate and accelerate learning. Now, let parents...
- Sep 12, 2022
New Haven Register - Opinion: An education playbook for CT Democrats
Democrats, you have a record to stand on, the plans in place, and the resources to innovate and accelerate learning. Now, let parents...
- Sep 12, 2022
News-Times - Opinion: An education playbook for CT Democrats
Democrats, you have a record to stand on, the plans in place, and the resources to innovate and accelerate learning. Now, let parents...
- Sep 12, 2022
The Hour - Opinion: An education playbook for CT Democrats
Democrats, you have a record to stand on, the plans in place, and the resources to innovate and accelerate learning. Now, let parents...
- 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 10, 2022
Primary Day Edition
The Results Are In! The morning after Connecticut’s Primary Day, the votes are in for a handful of seats for US Senate, US House, State...
- Aug 3, 2022
CT's Long-Term Pension Debt, and Keeping Schools Safe and Healthy
Connecticut’s Long-term Pension Debt Yesterday, the CT Mirror's Keith Phaneuf wrote about a recent analysis of states' unfunded pension...
- Jul 20, 2022
Unfinished Learning, School Discipline for Students w. Disabilities, How Dems Can Gain Voter Trust
Path to Recovery - Ongoing Gaps and Unfinished Learning This month the NWEA—a research-based non-profit that develops Pre-K-12...
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