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"@AmyDowellCT, executive director of Education Reform Now CT, said the state's overreliance on the Praxis II exam is a barrier to teacher certification." publicnewsservice.org/2024-08-30/edu…

Yesterday, the @EducateCT released new 2023-24 Attendance and Student Assessment data, which show encouraging improvements in both student attendance and academic performance! Read the release here: portal.ct.gov/sde/press-room…

Exciting News: We released our 2023-2024 Attendance and Student Assessment data today, highlighting continued improvement in chronic absenteeism and performance scores in mathematics and science! - Chronic absenteeism rates dropped by 2.3 percentage points, with 11,674 more students attending regularly. Over 80% of districts improved, and our LEAP program is driving double-digit gains in attendance! - Results show overall improvement in mathematics and science for the second consecutive year, with the most noticeable improvements across the majority of student groups in mathematics. ELA performance was at or above 2022-23 levels in Grades 3 through 7. To learn more about the data, read today's press release here: portal.ct.gov/sde/press-room…

"An epidemic of racism is infecting Connecticut’s schools, officials say" - @hartfordcourant #new_tab" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">courant.com/2024/08/04/an-…

Are Legacy Preferences Dead Yet? Our national team looks at trends across the country, including CT's attempt to ban #LegacyPreference this year. edreformnow.org/2024/08/01/are…

"Education remains strong CT voter priority in 2024 elections" publicnewsservice.org/2024-07-30/edu…

Interesting story on decreasing enrollments nationwide from @EducationWeek. It looks like CT is projected to have a public school enrollment of 465,200 in 2031 - a percent change of -8.7 since 2021, according to @EdNCES #new_tab" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">edweek.org/leadership/whe…

New study from our national office looks at high-performing schools serving low-income students in MA + CO - and identifies common strategies for success: 1⃣ #datadriven decisions 2⃣ Tiered interventions 3⃣ Professional Development and high-quality materials 4⃣ Family Engagement

.@washingtonpost: Supreme Court rejects challenge to Connecticut law that eliminated religious vaccination exemption washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

"'It's actually moved very quickly, considering how big a change this is for so many districts,' said @AmyDowellCT... 'I am very happy for the students in CT who will be all consistently offered research based approaches to reading instruction.'" #RightToRead #ScienceOfReading

Do you know the story of #Juneteenth? Learn more and join in the celebration with @NMAAHC: nmaahc.si.edu/Juneteenth

CT's comb through the Hartford schools' finances is linked to its status as an Alliance District trib.al/850dyBh

What drives academic excellence in high-poverty schools? @EdReformNowUSA's new report finds 5 key themes in MA schools:  ✅High expectations ✅Data-driven decision-making ✅Tiered academic & attendance supports ✅PD & coaching ✅Family engagement bit.ly/4aV7KLg

‘Summer Boost’ Shows Promise in Halting COVID Slide @The74 the74million.org/article/summer…

From passage of #RightToRead, to the establishment of @EducateCT's Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success, to setting #SOR curricular requirements, to orchestrating a large body of #professionaldevelopment—we are watching a sea change for studnets in CT #earlyliteracy!

.@AlexPutterman on "the looming expiration of pandemic relief money, which must be spent (or forfeited back to the federal gov't) by the end of Sept: BC larger, poorer districts received more fed $..., they are now generally faced w/ the biggest holes in their budgets."

“I feel my greatest contribution to education is the success of my students," says Stamford's 2024 Teacher of the Year. Congrats!

Almost two-thirds of legacies who attend Ivy-Plus colleges come from the richest 5% of American households by income. Just 1 out of 20 legacies who attend Ivy-Plus colleges come from the bottom 60% of American households by income.

.@TrinityCollege student: ​​"A planned bill to ban #legacypreference in CT failed to pass this session. But I implore all involved — politicians, lawmakers, senators, and congressmen — to continue to consider abolishing... [it] across the state." tinyurl.com/hvexxtk7

@AmyDowellCT @GreenwichTime edreformnowct.org/diversitygap

We did a study last year on this - check out the @EdReformNowCT report on CT’s growing diversity gap: …4-4de9-9eb1-372f70db03ee.usrfiles.com/ugd/f618d8_435… As student diversity outpaces teacher diversity, CT law calls on school districts to act greenwichtime.com/recordjournal/… via @GreenwichTime