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Jun 16

Effective Education Recovery Strategies from Other States

ERN CT recommends that Connecticut promptly establish requirements so that local districts can benchmark their responses against a statewide

Apr 22

GOALS FOR A 2020 CT EDUCATION RECOVERY PLAN

Planning now is the best way to give districts an opportunity to prepare for when it’s finally time to head back to school. That’s why ou...

Apr 2

Early Update on Implications of the Federal Stimulus Package

The third federal stimulus package, signed by the President on Friday, March 27th, includes $30.75 billion for Education Stabilization Fund.

Jan 22

The MORE Act: ERN CT's Proposal to link affordable housing opportunity to educational opportunity

The Problem: Families with children often decide where they will live based on the quality of the public school options in a community. S...

Jan 2

ERN CT 2020 Policy Priorities

Fair Access to High Quality: Expand the Open Choice program, which allows students to attend school in any participating district within ...

Dec 20, 2019

End of Year Report

Friends, As we prepare for winter break and reflect upon all we’ve accomplished this year, we are incredibly grateful for our many partne...

Dec 11, 2019

Guidance Toward Graduation

Last month’s release of the Education Reform Now CT report, Less for More: Low Rates of Completion and High Costs at Connecticut's Four-Y...

Nov 12, 2019

Less for More: Low Rates of Completion and High Costs at Connecticut's Four-Year Colleges

When families invest time and resources in pursuing higher education, they deserve to know their investments are likely to result in mean...

Oct 2, 2019

Housing Opportunity = Education Opportunity

Equity in education is not only about the financial resources in a school district or the dollars that flow to a classroom. Access to hou...

Sep 4, 2019

Open Letter to Education Commissioner Cardona

Dear Commissioner Cardona, Congratulations on your new role. As a Connecticut public school parent and education advocate, I am looking f...

Jun 3, 2019

5 Quick Takeaways on the CT State Biennial Budget

On Sunday night the state budget was released. We expect it to be voted on in the House of Representatives in the next few hours, follow...

May 15, 2019

Immunization: CT families deserve to know their children are safe in school

2019 saw measles cases reported here in CT. Many schools also have low vaccination rates. Here's a 1-pgr on school immunization!

May 8, 2019

Municipal Elections

As you’ve read in our DFER CT Playbooks over the last 18 months, local elections come down to tactics and execution. There is a great dea...

Apr 16, 2019

Open 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 7, 2019

Expanding Open Choice

An enhancement to district regionalization proposals, aimed at increasing options for students and addressing declining enrollment (Downl...

Mar 4, 2019

The Facts on School District Regionalization

This information is download-able as a PDF. Click here to download. What is School District Regionalization? District regionalization is w...

Feb 27, 2019

A Look At The Governor’s Consolidation Proposal

On Friday, March 1st the Education Committee will hold a public hearing on three bills concerning school district consolidation and share...

Feb 20, 2019

Lamont's Budget Proposal: 5 Quick Takeaways on Education

Today, Governor Lamont proposed his first biennial budget for FY20-21. Designed with structural changes to position the state for long-te...

Feb 12, 2019

Diversifying the Educator Workforce

Educators of color relate to students of color in a way that leads to trusting relationships and increases student engagement. In actuali...

Feb 5, 2019

The Changing Faces of Education Policy-making

With more than 25% new members to the General Assembly, two new Education Committee Co-chairs, an anticipated new Education Commissioner,...

Jan 8, 2019

Inauguration Day 2019 Primer

What Should I Expect Tomorrow? In short, a lot of excitement and lofty vision. This includes the new Governor and Lt. Governor who will m...

Nov 14, 2018

Planning a Blue Wave

Back in 2017, before the candidates for the 2018 midterms had been selected, before the resources were raised–DFER CT made plans for Conn...

Nov 5, 2018

24 Hours Out

It’s been 19 months since Governor Malloy announced that he would not seek a third term, and we are now in the final two days of this mar...

Oct 31, 2018

Elections That Were Decided During the Primaries

We’re a week away from the midterms, and Democrats are hoping for a Blue Wave to wash over Connecticut and the nation. But did you realiz...

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