FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Nicki Perkins EMAIL: Nicki.Perkins@ctedreform.org PHONE: 203-506-5799   CCER’s Progress Report: We Must Do More In 2015 New Haven, Connecticut – Today, December 11th, the Connecticut Council for Education…

Each year, we hold ourselves accountable by tracking the number of our our policies that are implemented each year from our original 10-year policy plan to narrow the achievement gap. While…

By Christiane Cordero It’s just after noon in Cay Freeman’s math mastery class. As her students habitually file in, she greets them with today’s lesson. “What do you know about area?”…

By Skyler Inman Following Gov. Dannel Malloy’s reelection last week, Connecticut’s education experts are urging the governor to ramp up efforts on education reform — particularly in regard to the state’s…

As districts and schools go about implementing the Common Core State Standards, we want to make sure you have the tools you need to understand what Common Core is, why…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Nicki Perkins EMAIL: Nicki.Perkins@ctedreform.org PHONE: 203-506-5799 At CCER Event, Districts and Parents Plan Communications on Common Core  New Haven, Connecticut – On Tuesday, October 21st, the Connecticut Council…

By Jeffrey Villar Lively debate on issues of importance to Connecticut citizens is essential to a strong democracy. Unfortunately, the debate around Common Core has been rife with misinformation, and…

By Michael Puffer HARTFORD — Last week, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy touted success in narrowing the state’s academic achievement gap between white and minority students, citing student performance on the…

There are three key shifts in the ELA Common Core Standards that influence how curriculum should be developed and instruction redefined. The first shift involves a focus on complex texts and…

Besides the three major shifts in Common Core’s treatment of standards (focus, coherence, and rigor), the Common Core also sets expectations for the processes and proficiencies that students should demonstrate…

The traditional style of teaching math has focused on surveying an ambitious number of topics each year, rather than developing mastery. In America, our teachers have struggled through a long…

The Common Core might be more complex than you think. As we’ve discussed in a previous blog, the Common Core resulted from a well-documented awareness that America’s academic performance was…