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...
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- 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 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 19, 2022
CT Post: Education Reform Now CT touts benefits of Right to Read Act
"What we really need to do is make a significant change, and we have to do it in every school," Dowell said. "Because the idea that a...
- Dec 7, 2022
About Last Night: Right to Read and Literacy in New Haven
It was an exciting night for proponents of Connecticut’s “Right to Read” legislation. In an event hosted by New Haven Reads at the Barack...
- Nov 30, 2022
Levers for More Equitable Teacher Pension Financing, Event on The Science Behind Reading
Levers for More Equitable Teacher Pension Financing Last week, State Comptroller Natalie Braswell announced that her office would...
- Nov 9, 2022
A Winning Night for CT Dems, “Right to Read” Center Stage at SBE Meeting
A Winning Night for CT Dems It might be Wednesday morning, but Election Night is still going in some key Connecticut races… Overall, it...
- 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 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...
- Oct 4, 2022
State Takes Strong Stance on Research-Based Literacy, Rep. Jim Clyburn Keynotes John Bailey Dinner
Extra! Extra! State Takes Strong Stance on Research-Based Literacy Big news on Thursday: the Center for Literacy Research and Reading...
- Sep 7, 2022
NAEP Shows Declines in Math + Reading, National Literacy Shift, and Stefanowski's Extremist Rhetoric
National Test Results Show Declines in Math and Reading On Thursday, the National Center for Education Statistics released new data...
- Aug 10, 2022
Primary Day Edition
The Results Are In! The morning after Connecticut’s Primary Day, the votes are in for a handful of seats for US Senate, US House, State...
- 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 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 22, 2022
State Makes Investments in Literacy, Segregation in CT Schools, Ed on the Ballot for Parents
State Department of Ed Makes Investments in Early Literacy (From left to right) Desi Nesmith, Irene Parisi, Senator Patricia Billie...
- Jun 1, 2022
National and Local Literacy Coverage, LGBTQ Student Rights, and How Ed Impacts the Race for Governor
Hot Off the Presses: More National and Local Coverage on Settled Science of Reading A week and a half ago, The New York Times (NYT)...
- 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...
- Feb 23, 2022
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....
- Dec 21, 2021
2021: A Year in Review
We are always trying to look toward the future, and most importantly what impact we can make for Connecticut students. But for today,...
- 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...
- Sep 29, 2021
Justice in the Classroom, Concerns Over School Air Quality, + ‘Right to Read’ Movement Growing
This weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized...
- Sep 8, 2021
School Boards in the Hot Seat, Student Borrowers Have Wages Garnished During Pandemic, and the Right
This weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized...
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