As the cost of educating students with disabilities continues to rise, Connecticut’s local municipalities are struggling both to meet federal mandates and to balance their annual budgets. General education costs…

State Rep. Andy Fleischmann, D-West Hartford, the co-chairman of the legislature’s education committee, said he is sympathetic to the aims of the plaintiffs, but added, “It is simply not true…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Nicki Perkins EMAIL: Nicki.Perkins@ctedreform.org PHONE: 203-506-5799 CCER Responds to Appropriations Budget New Haven, Connecticut – Today, April 27th, the Appropriations Committee voted out its budget for fiscal years 2016…

By Skyler Inman Amid continued discussion of Gov. Dannel Malloy’s new budget proposal, including a series of public hearings by the Connecticut House Appropriations Committee, members of the education community have…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Nicki Perkins EMAIL: Nicki.Perkins@ctedreform.org PHONE: 203-506-5799 CCER to Appropriations: Neediest Districts Shouldn’t Bear the Burden New Haven, Connecticut – Today, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, Jeffrey Villar, Executive Director…

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By Gregory Hladky HARTFORD – Connecticut’s largest teachers organization is calling for the elimination of major standardized testing, which the state had planned to use as part of teacher and school…

By Sarah Paduano The state’s largest teachers union asked lawmakers Monday to reduce “high-stakes” standardized tests, such as the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium or SBAC test, and replace them with…

By Linda Lambeck By now, the state was supposed to have a small army of 25 Commissioner’s Network Schools, all learning how to student achievement with extra funding and expert…

By Kathy Megan He’s often said that education is a top priority, but now some advocates are saying that the swipes Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made at higher education funding and…

In the past, we’ve talked about the need to overhaul how Connecticut funds its public schools. Across the country, policymakers and educators are thinking about how we can do a…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Nicki Perkins EMAIL: Nicki.Perkins@ctedreform.org PHONE: 203-506-5799 CCER: Do Not Cut Education Funding. It is Critical to the Health of the State’s Economy.  New Haven, Connecticut – On Friday,…