To Increase Persistence Rates, the Peer Mentor Model Includes Assistance with FAFSA, Time Management Strategies, Study Skills, Course Selection, Exam Prep, and Work/School/Family Balance (HARTFORD, CT) — Student 5.0, a…

HARTFORD, CT — The U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology has just awarded a $1M grant to Hartford-based CONNSTEP to inventory, evaluate, and warehouse school initiatives…

ReadyCT ED Shannon Marimón and Columbia Law School Center for Public Research and Leadership ED Elizabeth Chu co-authored a New York Daily News op-ed (8/11) on how remote learning can work…

On Thursday, June 4, 2020, ReadyCT, in partnership with business and industry affiliate CBIA, held a webinar to address education amid COVID-19: “Working Parents, Distance Learning, and the Year Ahead.”…

Over the past decade, ReadyCT has worked to improve academic and postsecondary outcomes for students across Connecticut. Our efforts have consistently prioritized high-need public school districts, predominantly represented by low-income students of color. In…

To better support distance learning, on May 26, 2020, nearly 100 seventh grade students picked up an Amazon Fire tablet at Bailey Middle School, courtesy of a generous Amazon donation….

It’s time to develop a statewide remote learning system

On February 5, 2020, the Connecticut General Assembly will convene, and by doing so, it will pass laws that affect the state’s nearly 3.6 million residents. The ReadyCT team will…

Earlier this month, and just days into the new school year, the CT State Department of Education (CSDE) released the results from last year’s Smarter Balanced (SB) testing. There was…

Just yesterday, Education Week published a piece related to “Quality Counts 2019” — its annual national ranking of school systems — and Connecticut fared well. Specifically, with an overall score…

Shannon Marimón has been appointed executive director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform. “We are so pleased that Shannon will be joining us as CCER’s executive director,” CCER board…

Jeffrey Villar, executive director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform and vice president of education policy at CBIA, has stepped down from his current roles to take a new…