Dems' Ed Platform at the DNC! Persistent Teacher Shortages as School Year Nears. FAFSA Behind Schedule Again.
Dems' Ed Platform at the DNC! This week marks the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which celebrates the nomination of Kamala...
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Aug 7
COVID’s Impact on the Youngest Learners, Title IX Update - Legal Challenges and Local Impact, Racist Incidents Across CT Districts
COVID’s Impact on the Youngest Learners As we enter the back-to-school season, experts are raising concerns about the pandemic's effects...
Feb 21
CONTROVERSY OVER CT’S NEW KINDERGARTEN ELIGIBILITY AGE, EDUCATION FUNDING BATTLE CONTINUES, PUBLIC COLLEGES SEEK STATE INVESTMENT
CONTROVERSY OVER CT’S NEW KINDERGARTEN ELIGIBILITY AGE Legislation passed in 2023 changed the kindergarten entrance age in...
Jan 17
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...
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...
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)...
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...
Feb 1, 2023
#FinishTheFormula, The Absenteeism Crisis, The Cost of Free Lunch, and Black History Month
#FinishTheFormula Back in 2017, our affiliate, ERN CT, led bipartisan advocacy efforts to “Fix the Formula” that the state uses to fund...
Jan 4, 2023
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...
Dec 14, 2022
Remembering Sandy Hook, the US Student Debt Crisis, and Federal Guidance on COVID Relief Spending
Remembering Sandy Hook Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newton, Connecticut—the deadliest...
Oct 26, 2022
Poll Shows Dems Leading on Ed, Science of Reading on the National Stage, and NAEP Results
New DFER CT Poll Shows Democrats Leading on CT Education On Monday, we released a new poll of likely Connecticut voters, conducted by...
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 17, 2022
Investigating Teacher Shortages, and the Importance of Herd Immunity
Will There Really Be Teacher Shortages in CT? In Connecticut and across the country, a lot of ink has been spilled this summer about...
Aug 10, 2022
Primary Day Edition
The Results Are In! The morning after Connecticut’s Primary Day, the votes are in for a handful of seats for US Senate, US House, State...
Jul 20, 2022
Unfinished Learning, School Discipline for Students w. Disabilities, How Dems Can Gain Voter Trust
Path to Recovery - Ongoing Gaps and Unfinished Learning This month the NWEA—a research-based non-profit that develops Pre-K-12...
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...
Jul 6, 2022
National P'ship for Student Success, HILL for Literacy in Bridgeport, Fed Charter Schools Program
NEW: National Partnership for Student Success Yesterday, the US Department of Education (USEd) announced the National Partnership for...
Jun 15, 2022
Free School Lunch Ends This Month, Contemplating Gun Safety, Protecting LGBTQ+ Students
For Many, Free School Lunch Ends This Month June 30th will mark the end of a federal school meal program that has been in place...
May 18, 2022
"Right to Read" Implementation, ESSER Expenditures, CT Businesses Invest in College
An Update on “Right to Read” Implementation On Thursday, Chalkbeat reported that New York City (NYC) Mayor Eric Adams has announced an...
May 11, 2022
Budget on School Construction, Updating Regs on Sex-Based Discrimination + Impact of Remote Learning
Budget Wins for School Construction In case you’ve missed the headlines over the past few months, a federal investigation is underway...
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...
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