Feds Explore Assessment Innovation, CSDE Combats Chronic Absenteeism
Feds Explore Assessment Innovation Yesterday, Education Week reported on a move by U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to begin...
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- Nov 22
Wednesday Weekly: Thanksgiving Edition
With Thanksgiving upon us, we’ll keep today’s edition of Wednesday Weekly short and sweet. Here’s a quick rundown of the week’s top...
- Nov 15
Connecticut Leading the Way on Literacy and School Vaccination
Right to Read Implementation: Full Steam Ahead Public Opinion Polling and Impact Research released a poll yesterday regarding parent...
- Nov 8
Municipal Elections Go Blue, USEd Takes on Antisemitism and Islamophobia, Right to Read Expands PD
Municipal Elections Go Blue Across the State Nationwide, Democrats saw clear wins as votes were counted in last night's off-year...
- Nov 1
Spotlight on Bridgeport Elections and BOE, Cell Phone Policies in Schools
Spotlight on Bridgeport Elections and BOE Just six days away from Connecticut’s municipal elections, we’re spotlighting the controversial...
- Oct 25
Biden Rolls Out Consumer Protection for College Kids, + SAT Data as an Indicator of Opportunity Gaps
Biden Rolls Out Consumer Protection for College Students Yesterday, the Biden administration announced a new plan to provide protections...
- Oct 24
Educator Quality + Retention, Case Study of Pentagon’s Schools, Conservative Hate Group Comes to CT
Educator Quality and Retention In the News Yesterday, Education Week covered new data from the National Center for Education Statistics,...
- Oct 11
Racial Disparities in BA Attainment, Mental Health + Absenteeism, ERN Series on School Choice
Racial Disparities in BA Attainment This past Thursday, James Murphy, head of Higher Education at our national affiliate, Education...
- Oct 4
State Board’s 5-Year Plan, Higher Ed Committee Forum on Student Diversity, Math Instruction in CT
State Board’s 5-Year Plan: Equity, the Whole Child, Literacy, Career Pathways, and More Last week, Inside Investigator reported that the...
- Sep 27
CT Invests in Dual Credit, Feds Expand Free Meals, New Haven + Quinnipiac Work on Teacher Shortage
CT Invests in Dual Credit Partnerships On Tuesday, Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker announced a...
- Sep 20
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...
- 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...
- Sep 6
Schools Starts Short of Teachers, Higher Ed Leadership Turnover, Must Read on Student Engagement
Schools Start the Year Short of Teachers In Connecticut and across the country, teacher shortages continue to dominate the headlines at...
- Aug 30
New CT Data on Attendance, SBAC Outcomes, and Questions Regarding 3rd Gr Reading Retention
New CT Data on Attendance, SBAC Outcomes On Monday, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) released the results of the...
- 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...
- Aug 16
CT Addresses Math Through Tutoring, Dem Vision for School Choice, USEd on Affirmative Action
CT to Address Math Learning Losses Through Tutoring This week, the Connecticut State Department of Education’s (CSDE) launched its high...
- Aug 9
Court OKs Removal of Religious Exemptions to Vax, Report on Teacher Diversity, CT Free School Meals
Court Upholds CT Removal of Religious Exemptions to School Vax Requirements On Friday, the Hartford Courant reported that a federal...
- Aug 2
Dems on Teacher Shortages, Fairfield on Racial Imbalance, Blumenthal on Online Safety for Kids
Dems Lead National Efforts Targeting Teacher Shortages Last week, US Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) announced that he and Senator Susan Collins...
- Jul 26
Report Compares Literacy Bills Across the Country, Civil Rights Probe into Legacy Preference
Report Compares Literacy Bills Across the Country Last week, the Albert Shanker Institute (ASI), a think tank founded by the United...
- Jul 19
Gaps in College Readiness, Biden + Student Debt Relief, Sen. Murphy Fights Restraint + Seclusion
CT’s Big Gaps in Readiness for College Over the weekend, the CT Mirror's Jessika Harkay had an interesting piece regarding how even the...
- Jul 12
Responding to SCOTUS Ruling on Race Conscious Admissions, and NWEA Charts Ongoing Learning Losses
How to Address SCOTUS Decision on Race Conscious Admissions? Last week’s Supreme Court decisions on Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA)...
- Jun 28
The Connecticut State Community College; New NAEP Results; and SCOTUS on Charters as State Actors
Introducing… The Connecticut State Community College Starting next week, Connecticut's twelve community colleges will merge into a single...
- Jun 21
CT Leads on Progressive Approach to Science of Reading, 2 Reports Show CT Struggles with Ed Equality
CT Leads on Progressive Approach to Science of Reading Yesterday, the Reading Leadership Implementation Council, which advises and...
- Jun 14
Report on Literacy in Teacher Prep, Ending Free Lunches, Biden's Loan Forgiveness Under Fire
New NCTQ Report: Teacher Prep Lags on Literacy, Nationally and in CT Across the country, far too many students aren't learning to read...
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