This is the sixth session in a series hosted by Fairfield County's Center for Housing Opportunity. This conversation focused on the ties...

The Right to Read Act, led by Sen. Pat Billie Miller, D-Stamford, and the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus would establish an independent...

“Before third grade you’re learning to read and after third grade you’re reading to learn,” Dowel said. The bill up for debate Wednesday...

WATR interviews Amy Dowell about ERN's forum, on the "Right To Read CT" Campaign. Click here to listen to the segment.

By Amy Dowell During this year’s pandemic, the same equity interests guided [Commissioner Cardona] to advocate for schools to stay open...

By Laura Meckler, Valerie Strauss and Matt Viser "He was described in similar terms by Amy Dowell, the Connecticut state director of...

By Rebecca Klein "He’s remained calm and deliberate during debates on school reopenings, though the issue is fraught with tension,...

By Linda Conner Lambeck Amy Dowell, the Connecticut state director for Democrats for Education Reform, said Cardona will bring the right...

Tipping Point is a yearly conference that explores the challenges and opportunities that surround affordable housing in Connecticut. This...

By Amy Dowell "For a state with Connecticut’s resources, reputation for great schools, and one of the best-educated workforces, our...

WATR interviews Amy Dowell about ERN's forum, on the Impact of Systemic Racism on Public Education Policy Click here to listen to the...

A quarter of CT students went MIA when COVID closed schools. Could holding live, online classes lure them back?

By Emily DiSalvo Rojas participated in a virtual forum Tuesday about the effect of systemic racism on public education hosted by...

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...

By KATHLEEN MCWILLIAMS, STEVEN GOODE and NICHOLAS RONDINONE “Amy Dowell, state director of Education Reform Now CT, said the prolonged...

By Linda Conner Lambeck "'The state should therefore direct districts to use new funding on extra learning time for make-up instruction...

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...

by JACQUELINE RABE THOMAS “'I still have to figure out how to address that within the new context, [...] which will require extended day,...

By Linda Conner Lambeck " At Southern Connecticut State University, a 250-bed medical station has been erected to help with non-COVID-19...

By Emily DiSalvo “'For many [students] this has been a very difficult transition but they are resilient and they are working very hard,'...

By Amy Dowell "As an education advocate and a public school parent myself, I am supportive of the necessary steps districts must take...

“'This data shows that our institutions of higher education are sometimes leaving our most vulnerable students worse off than before they...

By Brian Zahn “Although NECSN would not comment on its legislative priorities, Education Reform Now Connecticut State Director Amy Dowell...

By Amy Dowell “...we set out to study where Democratic voters’ priorities lay on many issues related to children and families, issues...