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Hartfordbusiness.com: CBIA, education reform council affiliate to boost workforce
May 10, 2017 • In The NewsThe Connecticut Business and Industry Association said Wednesday it is affiliating with the Connecticut Council for Education Reform to enhance both groups’ education and workforce initiatives. Read the full piece…
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CBIA: CBIA, Connecticut Council for Education Reform Join Forces
May 10, 2017 • In The NewsSince 2011, CCER has worked to narrow the achievement gap and raise academic outcomes for all students in Connecticut. Read the full piece here.
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CT Viewpoints (opinion) – State board should project objectivity in teacher evaluation
April 19, 2017 • Excellent Teaching, In The NewsBy Jeffrey Villar …last year, the State Board approved yet another de-coupling with the express caveat that ‘the Board fully supports and expects the implementation of the use of state test…
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Hartford Courant – State Board To Consider Eliminating State Test Scores From Teacher Evaluation Ratings
April 5, 2017 • Excellent Teaching, In The NewsBy Kathleen Megan Villar said that when the original teacher evaluation model was developed in 2012, ‘there was general agreement that teacher performance needed to be linked to student outcomes. However,…
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The Middletown Press – Connecticut school reform advocates: Time to improve lowest-performing districts
By Brian Zahn In a meeting with the New Haven Register’s editorial board Friday, Villar said CCER’s principal legislative priority in 2017 is for greater focus in how Alliance Districts…
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The Register Citizen – Connecticut school reform advocates: Time to improve lowest-performing districts
By Brian Zahn In a meeting with the New Haven Register’s editorial board Friday, Villar said CCER’s principal legislative priority in 2017 is for greater focus in how Alliance Districts…
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New Haven Register – Connecticut school reform advocates: Time to improve lowest-performing districts
By Brian Zahn In a meeting with the New Haven Register’s editorial board Friday, Villar said CCER’s principal legislative priority in 2017 is for greater focus in how Alliance Districts…
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CT Mirror – UConn Researchers Say CT’s Chief Education Reform Plans Lack Coherence
By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas The Alliance District approach was created by lawmakers in 2012 to get the state more involved in improving chronically struggling districts. Now in its fifth year, this…
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CT Viewpoints (opinion): The General Assembly needs facts, not falsehoods
February 9, 2017 • Current Events, Demand Accountability, Excellent Teaching, High Expectations, In The News, Invest IntelligentlyBy: 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…
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Bristol Press: Malloy to propose new education funding formula
February 7, 2017 • In The News, Invest IntelligentlyBy 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…
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The Hour: Fix in school funding formula a top priority for local legislators
February 6, 2017 • In The News, Invest IntelligentlyA 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…
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New Britain Herald: Malloy gives a sneak peek into his budget proposal
February 6, 2017 • In The News, Invest IntelligentlyBy 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…
