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.

The five organizations involved, include; the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE), the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS), the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS), the Connecticut Coalition…

By John Bestor The Mastery Examination Task Force was comprised of four members from the State Department of Education including the Commissioner herself as chair, two representatives from the State Board…

Jeffrey A. Villar, executive director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, called for a balance between privacy and the public’s interest, saying, “There’s a certain level of privacy you…

Jeffrey A. Villar, executive director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, said he is in the process of comparing Connecticut’s laws regarding superintendency to those in other states, to…

According to the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, while the number of students may decline, the administrative costs associated with running the schools continues to increase — something state Senate…

According to the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, while the number of students may decline, the administrative costs associated with running the schools continues to increase — something state Senate…

By Joseph De Avila (republished) Jeffrey Villar, executive director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, an advocacy group that doesn’t support increasing school spending, said the state should change…