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 25
New Right to Read FAQ; the ROI of Higher Ed; and Teacher Shortages Prompt Student Relocation
New: “Right to Read” Implementation FAQ Following last week's meeting of the Reading Leadership Implementation Council—the Right to Read...
- Jan 18
Students Honor MLK, Update on “Right to Read,” SCOTUS Weighs Funding for Religious Charters
Students Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Over the long weekend, Connecticut citizens had the opportunity to honor the legacy of Dr....
- 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...
- 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 23, 2022
Fairfield University Is Worst in Nation for Pell, Teacher Shortages, Charities to Support
Fairfield University Is Worst in Nation for Pell Enrollment Over the weekend, The New York Times covered a troubling finding about...
- 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 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 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 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...
- 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...
- Aug 24, 2022
Protecting Vulnerable Kids, New England School Chiefs, Back-to-School Week
Centralized Oversight to Protect Vulnerable Kids Over the past week, two high profile incidents have demonstrated the importance of...
- 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 27, 2022
Updates: ROI of Higher Ed in CT, and Right to Read Implementation
Update: ROI of Higher Ed in CT "A growing number of Americans are questioning the value of going to college," reads an NPR headline from...
- 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...
- Jul 6, 2022
National P'ship for Student Success, HILL for Literacy in Bridgeport, Fed Charter Schools Program
NEW: National Partnership for Student Success Yesterday, the US Department of Education (USEd) announced the National Partnership for...
- Jun 8, 2022
CT Ranks 48th in Racial Equality in Ed, USEd Takes on For-Profit Colleges, Prom Returns!
CT Ranks 48th Out of 50 States in Racial Equality in Ed Yesterday, WTNH reported on a new study by WalletHub, which has ranked...
- May 18, 2022
"Right to Read" Implementation, ESSER Expenditures, CT Businesses Invest in College
An Update on “Right to Read” Implementation On Thursday, Chalkbeat reported that New York City (NYC) Mayor Eric Adams has announced an...
- May 11, 2022
Budget on School Construction, Updating Regs on Sex-Based Discrimination + Impact of Remote Learning
Budget Wins for School Construction In case you’ve missed the headlines over the past few months, a federal investigation is underway...
- Apr 27, 2022
One Week to Go! Unfinished Ed Business in the Legislature
One Week to Go! Unfinished Ed Business in the Legislature With the 2022 legislative session scheduled to end on May 4th, there’s still a...
- Apr 20, 2022
GOP Targets Social-Emotional Learning, The Latest on High Dosage Tutoring, COVID School Policies
Conservatives Target Social and Emotional Learning On Thursday, the Hartford Courant explored one West Hartford mom's experience with...
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