Milford resident Robert Townes Joins Statewide Education Reform Advocacy Group New Haven, CT – The Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER) announces the appointment of Robert Townes to the newly-created…

By: Orlando J. Rodriguez, Senior Policy Fellow for Connecticut Voices for Children To his credit, Governor Malloy has asked the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force to advance “a bold…

NEW HAVEN, CT – “The Connecticut Council for Education Reform applauds this bold education reform initiative set forth by the Malloy Administration. As advocates for our state’s business and civic…

The Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force was created in legislation that passed during the 2011 Legislative Session.  Over the last few months, the ECS Task Force has been studying…

Recently, the Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER) highlighted Massachusetts’ five-tiered Framework for District and School Accountability, and explained why it might be a useful model for Connecticut.  Given the…

Ramani Ayer, former CEO of Hartford Financial Services Group In order for Connecticut to close it’s the achievement gap, which is the largest in the nation, the Commissioner must improve…

View the CT Council for Education Reform Presentation to the CT State Board of Education.

Not long ago, we discussed the need for a framework for intervention in Connecticut. However, as the expression goes, “the Devil is in the details.” Working through the nitty-gritty issues…

What is a low-achieving school and what are the lowest-achieving schools in Connecticut?  It’s a common question that we hear at CCER.  Unfortunately, there is not a simple answer to…

Did you know research has shown that teacher quality is the most important factor in the academic achievement of students?  Or that in 2010, the CT State Department of Education…

The final State Board of Education superpower that we’ll look at for this week is the ability to require that student growth be given significant weight in teacher and principal…

In our last post, we discussed the State Board of Education’s authority to create a new 5-year plan for the state of Connecticut. Another power that the Board should be…