Teacher Cert and the Praxis II, and Legacy Preference Ban Gets a Public Hearing
Tracking Teacher Certification: Exploring the Praxis II On Monday, the Connecticut Educator Certification Council (CECC) had another...
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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...
Feb 13
LITERACY TRAINING BEGINS FOR HARTFORD PARENTS, SAGA CONTINUES OVER FAFSA DELAYS
LITERACY TRAINING BEGINS FOR HARTFORD PARENTS Lots of love for this special event! On Monday night, Hartford Parent University and the...
Feb 7
2024 Legislative Session Commences, Fight Renews Over $150M in Ed Funding, Sen. Looney Calls for Adjusting Guardrails to Fund Higher Ed
2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMMENCES Gavel! Gavel! Gavel! The 2024 legislative session kicked off today, with a State of the State...
Jan 31
Coalition Launches to Modernize Teacher Pipeline, State Officials Express Pride in Right to Read, Secretary Cardona in CT
Coalition Launches to Modernize Teacher Pipeline! On Thursday, a group of educators, researchers, advocates, and non-partisan legislative...
Jan 24
Time’s Up for Legacy Preference, CT a Model for Biden’s 2024 Education Agenda, Quick CT Election News
Time’s Up for Legacy Preference "CT could become first state to ban legacy admissions in higher education," exclaimed a CT...
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...
Jan 10
Legislators Weigh Session Ed Agenda, CSCUs Deploy Retirement Incentive, Districts Consider Consolidation
Legislators Begin to Weigh Session Education Agenda Last night, the legislature's Black and Puerto Rican Caucus (BPRC), chaired by...
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 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...
Dec 7, 2023
Special Edition: Updates on Educator Diversity and Right to Read
New Policy Brief Argues CT Needs More Educators of Color As Jessika Harkay reported in the CT Mirror last night, our affiliate, ERN CT,...
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 15, 2023
Connecticut Leading the Way on Literacy and School Vaccination
Right to Read Implementation: Full Steam Ahead Public Opinion Polling and Impact Research released a poll yesterday regarding parent...
Nov 8, 2023
Municipal Elections Go Blue, USEd Takes on Antisemitism and Islamophobia, Right to Read Expands PD
Municipal Elections Go Blue Across the State Nationwide, Democrats saw clear wins as votes were counted in last night's off-year...
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 27, 2023
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...
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 13, 2023
Calkins is Out at Columbia TC, News from Building Bridges Initiative, Need for Child Tax Credit
Lucy Calkins Officially Out at Columbia Teachers College In a dramatic about-face, Lucy Calkins' Teachers College Reading and Writing...
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...
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