Feb 26A vote advances immunization exemptions, phonics debates in CT, BPRC holds a hearing, and moreThis weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized ...
Feb 25ERN CT Testimony Before the Black and Puerto Rican CaucusTestimony Before the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus Amy Dowell, Connecticut State Director Education Reform Now Connecticut February 25, 2...
Feb 5ERN CT RELEASE: Response to Governor’s Budget AdjustmentsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 5, 2020 CONTACT: Amy Dowell | Amy@edreformnow.org Education Reform Now CT Responds to Governor’s Budget Ad...
Jan 30ERN CT RELEASE: Education Reform Now CT Unveils 2020 ‘Equity in Education’ AgendaFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 30, 2020 CONTACT: Amy Dowell | Amy@edreformnow.org Education Reform Now CT Unveils 2020 ‘Equity in Educatio...
Jan 29Our Ed Equity Agenda, affordable housing gains traction, + increases to costs for state universitiesThis weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized ...
Jan 15Setting our legislative agenda, the Sheff settlement, and results of the Special ElectionsThis weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized ...
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...
Jan 2ERN CT 2020 Policy PrioritiesFair Access to High Quality: Expand the Open Choice program, which allows students to attend school in any participating district within ...
Dec 20, 2019End of Year ReportFriends, As we prepare for winter break and reflect upon all we’ve accomplished this year, we are incredibly grateful for our many partne...
Sep 25, 2019Confronting religious exemptions, a summary of Philos 2019, and over-enrollment in DanburyThis weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized ...
Sep 4, 2019Open Letter to Education Commissioner CardonaDear Commissioner Cardona, Congratulations on your new role. As a Connecticut public school parent and education advocate, I am looking f...
Aug 28, 2019The Governor’s education forum, and a Dept of Public Health decision to withhold immunization dataThis weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized ...
Jun 5, 2019DFER CT: 2019 Sine DieWednesday Weekly is a segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT that looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, provid...
May 29, 2019Top ed policies as session draws to a close, and segregationist housing traditions in CTThis weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized ...
May 15, 2019School Immunizations, Opening District Borders, and ECS Data on Low-income StudentsThis weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized ...
Apr 17, 2019Expanding Open Choice, Lamont’s first 100 days, and growing support for district regionalization.This weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized ...
Apr 16, 2019Open Choice: An Opportunity to Reverse Declines in Student Enrollment This year, one of DFER CT’s priorities is to foster a substantive dialogue on shared services and interdistrict cooperation. As we’ve pre...
Mar 12, 2019Testimony for the Education Committee: Minority Teacher Recruitment and Open ChoiceOn March 13th at 2pm, the Education Committee of the General Assembly will hold a public hearing on bills related to both recruiting educ...
Mar 7, 2019Expanding Open ChoiceAn enhancement to district regionalization proposals, aimed at increasing options for students and addressing declining enrollment (Downl...
Mar 5, 2019Testimony for the Education Committee of the General Assembly: RegionalizationOn March 1st at 1pm, the Education Committee of the General Assembly held a public hearing on bills related to school district regionaliz...
