The focus of this report, commissioned by the Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER) and executed by a research team at the Neag School of Education of the University of…

By: Jeffrey Villar A recent story in the CT Mirror described a presentation to reporters a few weeks ago by the Connecticut Education Association (CEA), the largest teachers’ union, in which…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Nicki Perkins EMAIL: Nicki.perkins@ctedreform.org PHONE: (203) 506-5799 Hartford, Connecticut – Today, February 8, 2017, Governor Malloy’s budget address addressed, among other issues, changes to the state’s Education Cost Sharing…

By Skyler Frazer Staff Writer ‘Taken as a whole, this new formula is intended to bring greater accountability and flexibility in a system that hasn’t been making the grade,’ Malloy…

A more equitable system for the way Connecticut divvies out money to its public school systems could soon become a reality. … Those core principles were put forward by several…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Nicki Perkins EMAIL: Nicki.perkins@ctedreform.org PHONE: (203) 506-5799 New Haven, Connecticut – Today, February 6, 2017, Governor Malloy issued a press release indicating his proposed changes to the state’s Education…

By Skyler Frazer Staff Writer ‘Taken as a whole, this new formula is intended to bring greater accountability and flexibility in a system that hasn’t been making the grade,’ Malloy…

By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas Last week, five advocacy groups with clout at the state Capitol also came together to recommend a cost study. The organizations included the Connecticut Association of Public…

By Robert Rader, Joseph Cirasuolo, Karissa Niehoff, Jeffrey A. Villar, and Jennifer Alexander While we may disagree on other areas of education policy, on this front we are united in…

Five education groups from Connecticut have united to release a guidance containing six principles intended to help the state’s legislators implement a fair funding formula for the benefit of all…

For years, representatives of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, the Connecticut Association of Schools and…

An unlikely coalition of traditional and pro-choice education groups have banded together to pitch guidelines on how the state should revamp its school funding system. Read the full piece here.