Higher Ed

Aug 28

Positive New Data at Start of School Year; and Must-Read: How Busing, School Desegregation Shaped Kamala Harris’s Views

Positive New Data at Start of School Year As the back-to-school season begins, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) is...

Jul 24

Wednesday Weekly: Kamala Edition!

The buzz is everywhere: VP Kamala Harris is poised to be the Democratic candidate for the 2024 presidential election. President Biden has...

Jun 5

NEW: Right to Read Implementation Tracker; and Pressure to Fix FAFSA

Tracking Implementation of “Right to Read” Today, the Right to Read CT Coalition published a new “Implementation Tracker” that charts the...

May 23

Coming from Districts: Increasing Educator Diversity Plans; and CT’s Literacy Center Makes Strides,

Coming Soon from Districts: Increasing Educator Diversity Plans On Monday, the CT Post covered efforts to diversify the educator...

May 9

Sine Die

Gavel down! Last night marked the end of a short and busy 2024 legislative session. A huge THANK YOU to Education Chairs, Senator McCrory...

May 7

Take Action, Support Students

With one day left in the legislative session, are you communicating with your elected leaders about the education equity priorities that...

Apr 3

National Conversation on School Attendance, Yale and Trinity Students Speak Up for Legacy Ban

National Conversation on School Attendance On Friday, The New York Times had a piece about school absences, the impact that the pandemic...

Mar 20

Mid-Session, These Are the Top 10 Education Equity Bills to Watch

The daffodils are blooming, the birds are chirping, and we’re about halfway through the 2024 Legislative Session. With the deadline for...

Mar 6

CT's Legacy Bill Makes National Headlines, and Efforts to Address Teacher Diversity

Connecticut’s Legacy Bill Makes Headlines On Thursday, some of the members of Connecticut’s Committee on Higher Education and Employment...

Feb 28

Teacher Cert and the Praxis II, and Legacy Preference Ban Gets a Public Hearing

Tracking Teacher Certification: Exploring the Praxis II On Monday, the Connecticut Educator Certification Council (CECC) had another...

Feb 21

CONTROVERSY OVER CT’S NEW KINDERGARTEN ELIGIBILITY AGE, EDUCATION FUNDING BATTLE CONTINUES, PUBLIC COLLEGES SEEK STATE INVESTMENT

CONTROVERSY OVER CT’S NEW KINDERGARTEN ELIGIBILITY AGE Legislation passed in 2023 changed the kindergarten entrance age in...

Feb 13

LITERACY TRAINING BEGINS FOR HARTFORD PARENTS, SAGA CONTINUES OVER FAFSA DELAYS

LITERACY TRAINING BEGINS FOR HARTFORD PARENTS Lots of love for this special event! On Monday night, Hartford Parent University and the...

Feb 7

2024 Legislative Session Commences, Fight Renews Over $150M in Ed Funding, Sen. Looney Calls for Adjusting Guardrails to Fund Higher Ed

2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMMENCES Gavel! Gavel! Gavel! The 2024 legislative session kicked off today, with a State of the State...

Jan 24

Time’s Up for Legacy Preference, CT a Model for Biden’s 2024 Education Agenda, Quick CT Election News

Time’s Up for Legacy Preference "CT could become first state to ban legacy admissions in higher education," exclaimed a CT...

Jan 17

Congress Weighs Child Tax Credit, BPRC Hears from Advocates, Vote of No Confidence in CSCU Leadership

Congress Weighs Child Tax Credit According to a story in the Hartford Courant yesterday, U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro is continuing...

Jan 10

Legislators Weigh Session Ed Agenda, CSCUs Deploy Retirement Incentive, Districts Consider Consolidation

Legislators Begin to Weigh Session Education Agenda Last night, the legislature's Black and Puerto Rican Caucus (BPRC), chaired by...

Jan 3

FAFSA Delays Impact Higher Ed, New District Reporting Requirements, and Teacher Burnout

FAFSA Delays Impact Financial Aid Offers from Colleges Happy New Year! At the start of 2024, a delay in the release of the US Department...

Dec 15, 2023

2023: A Year in Review

Partners and Allies, It has been a very busy year for Democrats for Education Reform CT! We want to thank the state leaders who have...

Dec 13, 2023

Senate Takes Up Bill on Education Research, Colleges Balance Free Speech and Harassment Protection

Senate Takes Up Bill on Education Research Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to...

Nov 8, 2023

Municipal Elections Go Blue, USEd Takes on Antisemitism and Islamophobia, Right to Read Expands PD

Municipal Elections Go Blue Across the State Nationwide, Democrats saw clear wins as votes were counted in last night's off-year...

Nov 1, 2023

Spotlight on Bridgeport Elections and BOE, Cell Phone Policies in Schools

Spotlight on Bridgeport Elections and BOE Just six days away from Connecticut’s municipal elections, we’re spotlighting the controversial...

Oct 25, 2023

Biden Rolls Out Consumer Protection for College Kids, + SAT Data as an Indicator of Opportunity Gaps

Biden Rolls Out Consumer Protection for College Students Yesterday, the Biden administration announced a new plan to provide protections...

Oct 11, 2023

Racial Disparities in BA Attainment, Mental Health + Absenteeism, ERN Series on School Choice

Racial Disparities in BA Attainment This past Thursday, James Murphy, head of Higher Education at our national affiliate, Education...

Oct 4, 2023

State Board’s 5-Year Plan, Higher Ed Committee Forum on Student Diversity, Math Instruction in CT

State Board’s 5-Year Plan: Equity, the Whole Child, Literacy, Career Pathways, and More Last week, Inside Investigator reported that the...

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