Weekly Update: Resources for Schools and Parents–and a Thank You to the Nation’s Educators We ask a lot of our nation’s teachers, Secretary Duncan said in a video message to…

Patrick Flynn is the Founder and Executive Director of ReVision Learning Partnership, an organization that is currently working with a number of Connecticut districts to develop teacher evaluation policies and…

Yesterday, Connecticut’s State Board of Education unanimously approved the adoption of teacher and administrator evaluation guidelines, now known as “Core Requirements”. The Core Requirements, which were developed by the Performance…

In an effort to clear up a misunderstanding and potential obstacle to implementation concerning how students’ test results will count toward a teacher’s evaluation, the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC)…

Connecticut’s Year of Education Reform produced a landmark education reform bill.  Senate Bill 458 mandates the type of integrated changes that will help Connecticut to close its achievement gap while raising academic outcomes…

By Robert A. Frahm State Board of Education members angrily criticized lawmakers’ attempts to scale back a major education reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered-down bill could stall the…

  Presented by: CAPSS: The Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents CAS: The Connecticut Association of Schools ConnCAN: The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now CCER: The Connecticut Council for Education…

Since Governor Malloy released Senate Bill 24, we have noticed a lot of anxiety over the idea that teacher evaluations will be partly informed by standardized tests.  S.B. 24 relies…

A Comparative Look at Teacher Evaluation and Tenure Policies in Our Neighboring States There has been some public opposition in the past few weeks against Governor Malloy’s proposals.  One of…

Presented by: CAPSS: The Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents CABE: The Connecticut Association of Boards of Education CAS: The Connecticut Association of Schools ConnCAN: The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement…

With all of the coverage of Governor Malloy’s education bill, also known as SB 24, we’ve noticed that there are some misconceptions surrounding the content of the bill and what…

“And so when I say it’s time we reform teacher tenure, I mean it.” – Governor Malloy in his State of the State Address, February 8, 2012 We began this week…