Gov. Malloy Speaks At Education Reform Rally

By On May 2, 2013 · 3 Comments

On Thursday evening outside the Capitol, Gov. Malloy spoke to a rally of supporters of his education reform initiative. Funding for some of his reforms is in jeopardy.

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Board Of Regents Picks Gregory Gray For Top Job

By On May 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Gregory Gray, chancellor of the Riverside (CA) Community College District, has been selected as the next President of the Board of Regents for Higher Education. He will earn $380,000 and preside over the 100,000-student system.

Earlier this week, the Jack Warner, the board’s first choice, turned the job down.

Lewis J. Robinson, [...]

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Are Ed Reforms Of Last Year Falling Apart?

By On April 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment

That’s what what the advocacy group ConnCAN thinks. It has launched an ad campaign warning that “politicians in Hartford” are giving up on reforms such as more charter schools and more financial aid and help for city schools. Recently, legislatorss have scaled back some of these programs as they look for ways to balance the [...]

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Ad Warns Against Giving Up On Education Reform

By On April 24, 2013 · 1 Comment

A Better Connecticut, a new nonprofit group organized by the education reform group ConnCAN, is out with a radio ad that questions whether we are giving up on the ballyhooed Malloy education reforms.

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U.S. News Top High Schools In CT

By On April 23, 2013 · 7 Comments

U.S. News & World Report is out with its list. See the whole ranking here. These are the top 10 Connecticut high schools, at least according to U.S. News. Certainly, the income and education level of parents in these communities has nothing to do with this list.

1. [...]

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Rally Day: Students Plan Tuition Protest

By On April 22, 2013 · 9 Comments

With tuition set to rise by about 5 percent next year in the state college and university system, students say they will speak up today at the capitol with a protest planned for today at noon at the capitol.

Since 2000, tuition and fees at state universities and community colleges has more than doubled. According [...]

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Caution on Charter Schools

By On April 20, 2013 · 4 Comments

A legislative committee took a step back from charter school expansion Friday, scaling back Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s plan for new charters while increasing the per-pupil allocation for existing schools. Malloy’s limited plan would have added four state-run charters and four local charters. The budget approved by the Democrat-controlled legislative committee would [...]

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Voices For Children Report: Education Aid Increases Would Come From Cuts To Town Aid

By On April 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Connecticut Voices for Children has released a report that finds most of the education aid increases in Gov. Malloy’s budget proposal would come from cuts to town aid – particularly affecting Windsor, Windsor Locks, East Windsor, Bloomfield, and Bristol.

The report from the New Haven based think tank found that over two-thirds of the education [...]

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Union Blasts Malloy Appointment To State BOE

By On March 27, 2013 · 4 Comments

Gov. Dannel Malloy has nominated a parent activist and employee of a charter school for the state board of education.

Union leaders are crying foul:

“It is extremely disappointing that the governor would appoint a person so into charter schools as she is,” said Andrea Johnson, president of the Hartford [...]

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Rock Star School Reformer Finds Bridgeport A Challenge

By On March 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment

To hear some tell it, Paul Vallas is the savior of Bridgeport schools, a visionary working to turn around one of the state’s lowest-performing districts.

Others contend that the schools superintendent is an arrogant reformer, making too much change too quickly, with an agenda to turn education into a profit [...]

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