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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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...
- Mar 30
EVENT: Resource Equity and the Teaching Workforce, Biden's Ed Agenda, and Implementing FAFSA Reqs
Friday’s Forum: Resource Equity and the Teaching Workforce Recently, ERN CT and the Equable Institute released a report that created a...
- Mar 16
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
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
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
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
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 9
2022 Legislative Session Kicks Off; School Masking Decisions Go Local; Legacy Preference in CT
Kicking Off the 2022 Legislative Session Today marks the start of the 2022 legislative session. Both the House and Senate kick off at...
- Feb 8
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...
- Jan 12
Dems Weigh Tensions Over School Closures; New Leadership for Danbury Charter; Elite Colleges Sued
Dems Weigh Tensions Over School Closures An article in this weekend's New York Times explores the growing tensions between districts,...
- 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...
- Oct 27, 2021
New ERNA Poll of CT Voters, Legacy Preferences in College Admissions, Lucy Calkins' Failing Grade
This weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized...
- Oct 25, 2021
New Poll Asks Voters About Critical Race Theory, College Admissions, COVID Protection Inside Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: October 25, 2021 CONTACT: Amy Dowell | amy@dfer.org New Poll Asks Connecticut Voters About Critical Race...