Wednesday Weekly

May 5

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 20

GOP Targets Social-Emotional Learning, The Latest on High Dosage Tutoring, COVID School Policies

Conservatives Target Social and Emotional Learning On Thursday, the Hartford Courant explored one West Hartford mom's experience with...

Apr 13

Governor’s Race Heats Up, Federal Threats to Charters, Connecticut Children Facing Food Insecurity

What We Are Watching: Governor’s Race Heats Up Yesterday's CTNewsJunkie and CT Post both looked at the first quarter fundraising for...

Apr 6

New Alliance Districts, ERN Assessment Toolkit, and Undercounting Latinos in the Census

Stratford Joins Alliance District Program This past Wednesday, Stratford Superintendent Uyi Osunde announced that the school district had...

Mar 30

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 16

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...

Mar 9

The Condition of CT Ed; Ed Committee Approves Sheff; Higher Ed Committee Tackles College Access

The Condition of Education in CT On March 2nd, Commissioner of Education Charlene M. Russell-Tucker submitted to the State Board of...

Mar 2

Rebalancing Charter Authorization; Local Masking Decisions Underscore Inequity; and Mandating FAFSA

Rebalancing the Charter Authorization Process Over the weekend, the News-Times covered the ongoing issue of overcrowding in the Danbury...

Feb 23

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

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...

Feb 9

2022 Legislative Session Kicks Off; School Masking Decisions Go Local; Legacy Preference in CT

Kicking Off the 2022 Legislative Session Today marks the start of the 2022 legislative session. Both the House and Senate kick off at...

Feb 2

State Pursues Sheff Settlement; CSDE + ERN: “CT Earns Top Equity Rating;" Sec. Cardona's Priorities

State Pursues Settlement in Sheff v O’Neill On Thursday, Governor Lamont and Attorney General Tong announced that Connecticut had reached...

Jan 26

CT Leads on ARP Planning; Gov. Asks Lawmakers to Extend Masking, SCOTUS Reviews Affirmative Action

New ERN Report: CT Takes Lead on ARP Education Plans Our national affiliate, Education Reform Now (ERN), released a new report, Driving...

Jan 19

Open Choice Debate in Darien, State Models Student-Centered Funding, Falling Suspensions Kids

Open Choice Debate in Darien On Monday, the CT Post covered a growing disagreement between various Darien stakeholders regarding the...

Jan 12

Dems Weigh Tensions Over School Closures; New Leadership for Danbury Charter; Elite Colleges Sued

Dems Weigh Tensions Over School Closures An article in this weekend's New York Times explores the growing tensions between districts,...

Jan 5

Schools Open, Mostly; New National and State Guidance on COVID; ICYMI - Two Big Reports to End 2021

For 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, 2021

2021 - A Year in Review

We are always trying to look toward the future, and most importantly what impact we can make for Connecticut students. But for today,...

Dec 15, 2021

Special Edition: The Per Pupil Pension Subsidy

Hot off the presses, our affiliate, Education Reform Now CT, and the Equable Institute have released a report today that establishes a...

Dec 1, 2021