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Statement from Shannon Marimón Regarding the 2023 Dalio Education report, “Connecticut’s Unspoken Crisis; Getting Young People Back on Track”
October 12, 2023 • Career-Connected Learning, Current Events, General, High Expectations, In The NewsReadyCT Executive Director Shannon Marimón issued the following statement on the October 2023 Dalio Education report: Connecticut’s Unspoken Crisis; Getting Young People Back on Track. — This week, Dalio Education…
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Webinar: Working Parents, Distance Learning, and the Year Ahead
June 4, 2020 • Current Events, Demand Accountability, Equity, Excellent Teaching, High Expectations, In The NewsOn 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.”…
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Op-Ed: It’s Time to Develop a Statewide Remote Learning System
March 30, 2020 • Current Events, Excellent Teaching, High Expectations, In The News, Invest Intelligently, News, Recommendations, UncategorizedIt’s time to develop a statewide remote learning system
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The ReadyCT Policy Agenda 2020: Part I of IV
January 3, 2020 • Career-Connected Learning, Current Events, Demand Accountability, Excellent Teaching, High Expectations, Invest Intelligently, Turnaround SchoolsOn 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…
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There is a Live Action Place for K-12 Education in Resolving Connecticut’s Workforce Development Issues.
December 12, 2019 • Career-Connected Learning, Excellent Teaching, High Expectations, Invest IntelligentlyIf you have been paying attention, you know the buzz on Connecticut is a bit mixed right now. The list of ills includes, among other things, budget woes and workforce…
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“Less for More” (November 2019) & The Opportunity Myth
Last week, Education Reform Now CT released a report titled Less for More. It examines graduation rates from 22 of Connecticut’s 27 four-year bachelor degree granting programs as compared to similarly situated…
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Third Grade Career Fair? Absolutely, Right at East Hartford’s Silver Lane School
October 22, 2019 • Career-Connected Learning, General, High Expectations, Invest Intelligently, RecommendationsAs ReadyCT continues to advance career-connected learning, we continue to learn about interesting pockets of career-connected learning efforts happening across Connecticut. Example: last June, the third graders at Silver Lane…
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Principals & Teachers — It’s Not Always Easy
October 16, 2019 • Foster Leadership, General, High Expectations, Invest Intelligently, Leadership Matters, RecommendationsAt ReadyCT, we have designed and delivered several professional development series for school and district leaders. Why? Because leadership in education comes with a unique set of ever-changing challenges, and…
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Amid Good News, More Can and Must Be Done
September 17, 2019 • Current Events, Demand Accountability, Excellent Teaching, High Expectations, In The News, Reports, Turnaround SchoolsEarlier 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…
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A New School Year, A New High School, and A New Opportunity to Advance Academic Excellence and Career-Connected Learning
August 27, 2019 • Demand Accountability, Excellent Teaching, Foster Leadership, General, High Expectations, Leadership MattersThis week, public school students across the state of Connecticut are returning to the classroom. Each new school year brings back into focus the potential of every student and our…
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The CT Candidate’s Guide to Public Education in 2018
April 16, 2018 • Demand Accountability, Excellent Teaching, Foster Leadership, General, High Expectations, In The News, Invest Intelligently, Leadership Matters, UncategorizedIn 2018, several organizations that care strongly about public education got together to create a non-partisan guide for gubernatorial candidates about the state of public education in Connecticut. This short…
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Resources from the Leading for Literacy Event
October 11, 2017 • High ExpectationsWe hope you enjoyed our event, Leading for Literacy. Below please find presentations and resources related to the event.
