May 5Wednesday Weekly: Sine Die EditionAt midnight last night, the 2022 legislative session came to a close. A big THANK YOU to all the legislative leaders who have championed...
Apr 20GOP Targets Social-Emotional Learning, The Latest on High Dosage Tutoring, COVID School PoliciesConservatives Target Social and Emotional Learning On Thursday, the Hartford Courant explored one West Hartford mom's experience with...
Apr 13Governor’s Race Heats Up, Federal Threats to Charters, Connecticut Children Facing Food InsecurityWhat We Are Watching: Governor’s Race Heats Up Yesterday's CTNewsJunkie and CT Post both looked at the first quarter fundraising for...
Apr 6New Alliance Districts, ERN Assessment Toolkit, and Undercounting Latinos in the CensusStratford Joins Alliance District Program This past Wednesday, Stratford Superintendent Uyi Osunde announced that the school district had...
Mar 30EVENT: Resource Equity and the Teaching Workforce, Biden's Ed Agenda, and Implementing FAFSA ReqsFriday’s Forum: Resource Equity and the Teaching Workforce Recently, ERN CT and the Equable Institute released a report that created a...
Mar 16Invitation: How Teacher Pensions Impact Resource Equity; Biden's Spending Bill; + CT Equity BillsYou’re Invited! "Who Benefits? How Teacher Pensions Impact Resource Equity" At the end of 2021, the Equable Institute partnered with ERN...
Mar 9The Condition of CT Ed; Ed Committee Approves Sheff; Higher Ed Committee Tackles College AccessThe Condition of Education in CT On March 2nd, Commissioner of Education Charlene M. Russell-Tucker submitted to the State Board of...
Mar 2Rebalancing Charter Authorization; Local Masking Decisions Underscore Inequity; and Mandating FAFSARebalancing the Charter Authorization Process Over the weekend, the News-Times covered the ongoing issue of overcrowding in the Danbury...
Feb 23Dems React to Sheff; Ed Equity Bills We're Watching; and CT Prepped to Address Reading DeclinesDems React to Sheff Settlement Last month, Governor Lamont and Attorney General Tong had announced a new settlement in the Sheff v....
Feb 16End Legacy Preferences in CT; Gov's Budget Misses Opportunity for Kids; and CT Senate Dems AgendaALERT: Your Help Needed TODAY to End Legacy Preference in CT Last week, Connecticut's Higher Education Committee introduced new...
Feb 92022 Legislative Session Kicks Off; School Masking Decisions Go Local; Legacy Preference in CTKicking Off the 2022 Legislative Session Today marks the start of the 2022 legislative session. Both the House and Senate kick off at...
Feb 2State Pursues Sheff Settlement; CSDE + ERN: “CT Earns Top Equity Rating;" Sec. Cardona's PrioritiesState Pursues Settlement in Sheff v O’Neill On Thursday, Governor Lamont and Attorney General Tong announced that Connecticut had reached...
Jan 26CT Leads on ARP Planning; Gov. Asks Lawmakers to Extend Masking, SCOTUS Reviews Affirmative ActionNew ERN Report: CT Takes Lead on ARP Education Plans Our national affiliate, Education Reform Now (ERN), released a new report, Driving...
Jan 19Open Choice Debate in Darien, State Models Student-Centered Funding, Falling Suspensions KidsOpen Choice Debate in Darien On Monday, the CT Post covered a growing disagreement between various Darien stakeholders regarding the...
Jan 12Dems Weigh Tensions Over School Closures; New Leadership for Danbury Charter; Elite Colleges SuedDems Weigh Tensions Over School Closures An article in this weekend's New York Times explores the growing tensions between districts,...
Jan 5Schools Open, Mostly; New National and State Guidance on COVID; ICYMI - Two Big Reports to End 2021For Now…Mostly…Schools Are Open! Happy 2022! It’s been a rocky start for schools this January, amidst the Omicron surge. By Monday, only...
Dec 22, 20212021 - A Year in ReviewWe are always trying to look toward the future, and most importantly what impact we can make for Connecticut students. But for today,...
Dec 15, 2021Special Edition: The Per Pupil Pension SubsidyHot off the presses, our affiliate, Education Reform Now CT, and the Equable Institute have released a report today that establishes a...
Dec 1, 2021The impact of COVID-19 on students’ mental health, school attendance, + substitute teacher shortagesThis weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized...
Nov 24, 2021Dems Facing Wedge Ed Issues, and How to Support Those in NeedThis weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized...
Nov 17, 2021Addressing Legacy Preferences at Yale, Ineffective Special Ed in CT, + Balanced Literacy Must GoThis weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized...
Nov 10, 2021How Dems Can Walk the Walk on Ed + Equity, Bridgeport Staffing Woes, New CT COVID Mitigation PolicyThis weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized...
Nov 3, 2021Ed on the Ballot on Election Night, COVID Vaccines Cleared for 5+, Teacher Turnover in HartfordThis weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized...
Oct 27, 2021New ERNA Poll of CT Voters, Legacy Preferences in College Admissions, Lucy Calkins' Failing GradeThis weekly segment by Democrats for Education Reform CT looks at the top education stories Democrats are watching, providing bite-sized...