State Councils Work on Policy Change, ERN Series on College Advising, Analysis of District Spending
State Councils at Work on Policy Reform This week saw the meeting of two important state councils that will play significant roles in...
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- Sep 13
Calkins is Out at Columbia TC, News from Building Bridges Initiative, Need for Child Tax Credit
Lucy Calkins Officially Out at Columbia Teachers College In a dramatic about-face, Lucy Calkins' Teachers College Reading and Writing...
- Aug 23
CSDE Prioritizing Teacher Recruitment and Retention, Signs of a Fiscal Cliff for Ed
CSDE to Prioritize Teacher Recruitment and Retention This past Thursday, Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker hosted...
- Jun 8
Sine Die: Education Wins in CT!
What a session! At midnight last night, the House and Senate adjourned "Sine Die," marking the end of a busy 2023 legislative session. CT...
- May 24
House Passes Bill on Per Pupil Teacher Pension Inequities, Higher Ed + Social Mobility, and MORE
House Passes Bill Looking at Per Pupil Teacher Pension Inequities Late last night, the Connecticut House of Representatives passed their...
- May 3
Teacher Pension Costs as Municipal Aid, CT on Ending the #TranscriptTrap, Student Homelessness Rises
Teacher Pension Costs as Municipal Aid Last week, the PIE Network held an event on teacher pension debt, focusing on the fact that the...
- Apr 19
Approps Disappoints on Danbury Charter, the Dems’ Budget Proposal, + School Choice on National Stage
Appropriations Committee Disappoints on Danbury Charter "Regretfully, no." "Unfortunately, no." "I support charters, but I am a ‘no’ on...
- Mar 15
Legislature Tackles Pension Financing, Right to Read Keeps Rolling, State Invests in Summer Learning
Legislature Tackles Teacher Pension Financing Today, at noon, the Education Committee has another public hearing, with eleven bills on...
- Mar 8
Special Ed Shortages in CT, Unpacking SB 1, CT Highlighted for Program to Address Absenteeism
Special Education Shortages in Connecticut A WFSB story from Monday looked at the impact of the shortage of special education teachers on...
- Mar 1
Legislative Update, and Supreme Court Considers Student Loan Relief
Legislative Update Two months into the legislative session, there has been a lot of action on the issue of educational equity. Here are...
- 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...
- 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...
- Aug 30, 2022
SBAC Data Shows Significant Pandemic Slide, Biden’s New Student Loan Offering Gets A LOT of Feedback
SBAC Data Shows Significant Pandemic Slide Late last week, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) published the results of...
- 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 13, 2022
CT Praised for Summer Learning, Fed Investments in Ed Fall Short, the Work to End Legacy Preference
CT Makes Ed Headlines for Both Summer Learning and Data Transparency It's #SummerLearningWeek! Our national affiliate, Education Reform...
- 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...
- May 4, 2022
Wednesday Weekly: Sine Die Edition
At midnight last night, the 2022 legislative session came to a close. A big THANK YOU to all the legislative leaders who have championed...
- Apr 27, 2022
One Week to Go! Unfinished Ed Business in the Legislature
One Week to Go! Unfinished Ed Business in the Legislature With the 2022 legislative session scheduled to end on May 4th, there’s still a...
- Mar 30, 2022
EVENT: Resource Equity and the Teaching Workforce, Biden's Ed Agenda, and Implementing FAFSA Reqs
Friday’s Forum: Resource Equity and the Teaching Workforce Recently, ERN CT and the Equable Institute released a report that created a...
- Mar 25, 2022
NewsTimes: Danbury students won’t be able to attend schools in neighboring communities...
In fact, the [Open Choice] program is an additional revenue stream for districts, said Amy Selib Dowell, Connecticut state director for...
- Mar 23, 2022
Ed Committee Considers Teacher Shortages; Magnets and Open Choice to Address Racial Segregation
Ed Committee Considers Studies on Teacher Shortages It was another marathon public hearing day for the Education Committee on Monday....
- Mar 16, 2022
Invitation: How Teacher Pensions Impact Resource Equity; Biden's Spending Bill; + CT Equity Bills
You’re Invited! "Who Benefits? How Teacher Pensions Impact Resource Equity" At the end of 2021, the Equable Institute partnered with ERN...
- 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....
- Feb 16, 2022
End Legacy Preferences in CT; Gov's Budget Misses Opportunity for Kids; and CT Senate Dems Agenda
ALERT: Your Help Needed TODAY to End Legacy Preference in CT Last week, Connecticut's Higher Education Committee introduced new...
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