In this post, we’ll summarize the role of the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula, the way it works, and how it’s dolled out. You can click on the different variables…

We believe that every Connecticut school and district should have the funding it needs to provide an exceptional education for our students. That means funding and building an effective system…

This year, it will cost about $11 billion to educate the half a million students in Connecticut’s K-12 public education system. That covers teachers, principals, and building costs (including debt…

This year–as CCER began to expand its work to provide support to public school districts –we partnered with an urban school district serving more than 18,000 Connecticut students. Our plan…

This summer, we’re looking at best practices within each of our six policy recommendation areas. We’ve taken a look at the need to demand accountability at the state level; the need to foster leadership in our districts…

In our 2010 report, we advocated for reviewing how funds are distributed to individual schools and programs, stating: “Clear, consistent, and comparable data on per-pupil expenditures at the school, district,…

In a mostly deserted Legislative Office Building, an important Education Cost Sharing Task Force meeting was held in a small conference room where task force participants and spectators sat knee…

Connecticut’s Year of Education Reform produced a landmark education reform bill.  Senate Bill 458 mandates the type of integrated changes that will help Connecticut to close its achievement gap while raising academic outcomes…

By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas Business leaders offered a simple, if politically sensitive suggestion Thursday on how to pay for many of the things needed to improve education in the state:…

By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas Gov. Dannel P. Malloy may have given an energizing pep talk on education reform to a roomful of education advocates and leaders Thursday, but it was the…

By: Orlando J. Rodriguez, Senior Policy Fellow for Connecticut Voices for Children To his credit, Governor Malloy has asked the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force to advance “a bold…

The Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force was created in legislation that passed during the 2011 Legislative Session.  Over the last few months, the ECS Task Force has been studying…