Jul 28[Mention] "A quarter of CT students went MIA when COVID closed schools..."A quarter of CT students went MIA when COVID closed schools. Could holding live, online classes lure them back?
Jun 10[Mention] "Rojas: Segregation Limits Opportunity, Prolongs Inequity In Connecticut"By Emily DiSalvo Rojas participated in a virtual forum Tuesday about the effect of systemic racism on public education hosted by Democrat...
May 18[Mention] "Connecticut educators look to combat the ‘corona slide’"By KATHLEEN MCWILLIAMS “'But now they’ve lost a third of their year of school and it’s really challenging to have the expectation that if...
May 5[Mention] "Gov. Ned Lamont closes CT schools for rest of academic year due to coronavirus..."By KATHLEEN MCWILLIAMS, STEVEN GOODE and NICHOLAS RONDINONE “Amy Dowell, state director of Education Reform Now CT, said the prolonged sc...
May 5[Mention] "Education experts say work needed to prevent ‘COVID-19 slide’"By Linda Conner Lambeck "'The state should therefore direct districts to use new funding on extra learning time for make-up instruction t...
May 4[Mention] "Tech ‘will never replace a good teacher,’ but it’s a good tool"By Linda Conner Lambeck "Amy Dowell craves a sense of normalcy. A time when she can put her kids back on a Westport school bus and focus ...
Apr 24[Mention] "Will extra education aid go to remedy learning lost... – or close budget holes"by JACQUELINE RABE THOMAS “'I still have to figure out how to address that within the new context, [...] which will require extended day,...
Apr 5[Mention] "Colleges say coronavirus stimulus relief needed, but not enough" By Linda Conner Lambeck " At Southern Connecticut State University, a 250-bed medical station has been erected to help with non-COVID-19 ...
Apr 3[Mention] "Pandemic Forces State Higher Ed Leaders To Think Outside the Box" By Emily DiSalvo “'For many [students] this has been a very difficult transition but they are resilient and they are working very hard,' ...
Apr 2[Amy's "Stamford Advocate" Op Ed]: "State Should Not Roll Back School Testing"By Amy Dowell "As an education advocate and a public school parent myself, I am supportive of the necessary steps districts must take dur...
Mar 9[Mention] "Higher tuition rates and lower graduation rates setup Latino students to fail"“'This data shows that our institutions of higher education are sometimes leaving our most vulnerable students worse off than before they...
Jan 10[Mention] "CT charter school advocacy group rebrands amid education reform debate" By Brian Zahn “Although NECSN would not comment on its legislative priorities, Education Reform Now Connecticut State Director Amy Dowell...
Jan 10[Amy's "CT NewsJunkie" Op Ed]: "The Numbers Tell A Different Story for Students"By Amy Dowell “...we set out to study where Democratic voters’ priorities lay on many issues related to children and families, issues tha...
Dec 2, 2019[Mention] "CT colleges net prices can affect low-income students, according to a new report" By Rachel Philipson “'The takeaway from this study is that too many Connecticut students are simply not set up for success. Connecticut c...
Nov 21, 2019[Mention] "Failure of Connecticut's colleges begins in its primary schools" By Chris Powell "Education Reform Now's director, Amy Dowell, notes that students who drop out after amassing college loan debt may be wo...
Nov 20, 2019[Mention] "Failure of Connecticut's colleges begins in its primary schools"By Chris Powell "Education Reform Now's director, Amy Dowell, notes that students who drop out after amassing college loan debt may be wo...
Nov 19, 2019[Mention] Hearst Editorial: "Best and the rest of the past week" By Hearst Connecticut Media Editorial Board "Thumbs down to Connecticut colleges with disconcerting graduation rates. The group Education...
Nov 19, 2019[Mention] "Report shows CT colleges lag" By NICK TABIO & MASFI KHAN "The report from the nonprofit, which was released on Nov. 12, found that many Connecticut four-year colleges ...
Nov 16, 2019[Mention] "Report decries college costs and completion rates at some Connecticut colleges" By Linda Conner Lambeck "State Sen. Will Haskell, D-Westport, co-chair of the legislature's Higher Education Committee, called the report...
Nov 14, 2019[Mention] "Low graduation rates and high costs across Connecticut colleges, report says" By Erica Moser "A new report from the nonprofit Education Reform Now CT shows that multiple four-year colleges in the state have low 6-ye...
Nov 14, 2019[Mention] "CT colleges get mixed grades in report on student costs and completions" By Phil Hall “'This data shows that our institutions of higher education are sometimes leaving our most vulnerable students worse off tha...
Nov 13, 2019[Mention] "Study - Many CT colleges not delivering for students" By Kathy Megan "Many of Connecticut’s four-year colleges have low graduation rates and some also charge low-income students considerably ...
Nov 13, 2019[Mention] "Report Condemns CT Colleges for Low Graduation Rates, High Costs"By Shawn R. Beals "Amy Dowell, state director of Education Reform Now CT, said the results of the study are important to share with consu...
Nov 13, 2019[Mention] "Too many CT colleges not delivering for their students, education group says"By Kathleen Megan "'Almost certainly, our institutions of higher education could do more to counsel these students and support them throu...
