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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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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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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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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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True Viral News: Two Connecticut School Systems, for the Rich and Poor
For close to half a century, the aim of scores of lawsuits about public schools across the country has been to require states to improve education for students by spending…
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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…
