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...
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Sep 20, 2023
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 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 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...
Jul 26, 2023
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, 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 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...
Jun 8, 2023
Sine Die: Education Wins in CT!
What a session! At midnight last night, the House and Senate adjourned "Sine Die," marking the end of a busy 2023 legislative session. CT...
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...
May 24, 2023
House Passes Bill on Per Pupil Teacher Pension Inequities, Higher Ed + Social Mobility, and MORE
House Passes Bill Looking at Per Pupil Teacher Pension Inequities Late last night, the Connecticut House of Representatives passed their...
May 17, 2023
Wednesday Weekly Special Edition: Report on Higher Ed
Today, our affiliate, ERN CT, released a new report analyzing completion rates and costs in Connecticut's four-year institutions of...
May 3, 2023
Teacher Pension Costs as Municipal Aid, CT on Ending the #TranscriptTrap, Student Homelessness Rises
Teacher Pension Costs as Municipal Aid Last week, the PIE Network held an event on teacher pension debt, focusing on the fact that the...
Apr 28, 2023
News-Times: "Owe college debt? CT lawmakers trying to bar schools from withholding your transcript"
By John Moritz “This punitive and excessive practice prevents students who have run into financial hardship from pursuing further...
Apr 25, 2023
CSCUs Fight Serious Cuts, and Interesting State Comparisons on Teacher Salary
CT State Colleges and Universities Fight Serious Cuts On Monday, the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCUs) held a press...
Apr 19, 2023
Approps Disappoints on Danbury Charter, the Dems’ Budget Proposal, + School Choice on National Stage
Appropriations Committee Disappoints on Danbury Charter "Regretfully, no." "Unfortunately, no." "I support charters, but I am a ‘no’ on...
Mar 15, 2023
Legislature Tackles Pension Financing, Right to Read Keeps Rolling, State Invests in Summer Learning
Legislature Tackles Teacher Pension Financing Today, at noon, the Education Committee has another public hearing, with eleven bills on...
Mar 13, 2023
CT Mirror: CT lawmakers look to end the ‘transcript trap’
By Jessica Bravo "Connecticut’s state Senate may soon take up the issue, often referred to as the “transcript trap.” Last month, the...
Mar 1, 2023
Legislative Update, and Supreme Court Considers Student Loan Relief
Legislative Update Two months into the legislative session, there has been a lot of action on the issue of educational equity. Here are...
Feb 22, 2023
The Minority Advancement Program, and Ending the Transcript Trap in CT
Do You Know About The Minority Advancement Program? Last Wednesday, the Appropriations Committee heard budget presentations from the...
Feb 8, 2023
Governor's Budget; The Push for Racial Admissions Data on IPEDS; + College Board on AP Black History
Money Talks: Will the Governor’s Budget Prioritize Ed? Governor Ned Lamont will deliver a budget address for the biennial 2024-25 budget...
Jan 25, 2023
New Right to Read FAQ; the ROI of Higher Ed; and Teacher Shortages Prompt Student Relocation
New: “Right to Read” Implementation FAQ Following last week's meeting of the Reading Leadership Implementation Council—the Right to Read...
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