Congress Weighs Child Tax Credit, BPRC Hears from Advocates, Vote of No Confidence in CSCU Leadership
Congress Weighs Child Tax Credit According to a story in the Hartford Courant yesterday, U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro is continuing...
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Jan 3
FAFSA Delays Impact Higher Ed, New District Reporting Requirements, and Teacher Burnout
FAFSA Delays Impact Financial Aid Offers from Colleges Happy New Year! At the start of 2024, a delay in the release of the US Department...
Dec 15, 2023
2023: A Year in Review
Partners and Allies, It has been a very busy year for Democrats for Education Reform CT! We want to thank the state leaders who have...
Dec 13, 2023
Senate Takes Up Bill on Education Research, Colleges Balance Free Speech and Harassment Protection
Senate Takes Up Bill on Education Research Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to...
Nov 29, 2023
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...
Nov 22, 2023
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 1, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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 6, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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 19, 2023
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, 2023
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)...
Jul 5, 2023
Conservative SCOTUS Attacks Higher Ed, CT Launches Baby Bonds, CSCUs Raise Tuition
Conservative Supreme Court Attacks Higher Education Equity Over the past week, a series of US Supreme Court cases have dismantled...
Jun 28, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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...
May 31, 2023
CT House and Senate Ban Transcript Trap; CEA Calls for More; Final Negotiations Over Biennial Budget
🎓 CT House and Senate Pass Ban on Transcript Trap Last night, the Connecticut House of Representatives passed SB 922, An Act Prohibiting...
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