Governor Malloy is all ears as he learns about plans and early progress being made in schools that are part of the new Commissioner’s Network — a key program enacted when the governor signed Public Act 12-116, Connecticut’s sweeping education reform law. Today the governor was at Curiale School in Bridgeport. “This is a check-in. Are…
DetailsThe Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force yesterday reviewed a set of objectives that it will use to select a final formula or formulas to recommend to the legislature. The task force’s Formula Subcommittee, which has been reviewing possible formulas, said it will have formulas for the entire task force to review at its next…
Details“It’s called the Southington High School Wall of Honor, and it includes an incredible list of people who grew up in our town, graduated from our schools, and went on to do amazing things,” says Bob Brown, a Southington High School social studies teacher and Wall of Honor Committee chairman. More than 50 friends, family…
DetailsPassionate. That’s the word fellow teachers use to describe Blaise Messinger, a fifth-grade teacher at Cromwell’s Woodside Intermediate School and Connecticut’s 2013 Teacher of the Year. Educators, family, friends, and students gathered for a ceremony at the school today, where State Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor introduced the state’s newest teacher of the year. “We are…
DetailsCountries belonging to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development — 34 mostly high-income economies — average 21 students per teacher, but in the Central African Republic the ratio is 84 to one. Sub-Saharan Africa is the area most in need of teachers, but they’re in high demand in numerous countries around the world. It’s…
DetailsDuring last night’s first presidential debate President Obama and Governor Romney mentioned education 20 times. Here’s some of what they had to say. President Obama I want to hire another hundred thousand new math and science teachers and create two million more slots in our community colleges so that people can get trained for the…
DetailsWith only three months remaining before it’s due to issue a final report, the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Task Force met yesterday to discuss recommendations from its subcommittee examining new funding formulas. The formula subcommittee is currently collecting data on different formula variations and is developing a set of objectives to assess the formulas. The…
DetailsTeachers’ commitment and professionalism, along with the myriad issues they face every day in the classroom, was broadcast live to the nation yesterday during the NBCNews Education Nation Teacher Town Hall. A number of CEA members, along with over 300 other teachers from across the country, participated in the event hosted by NBC Nightly News…
DetailsThe common pre-test instruction, “take out your #2 pencils,” may soon be a thing of the past. The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) released the first results of its computer-based writing exams on Friday. By 2014 the GED will be an entirely computer-based test, and in two short years all of Connecticut’s state-wide standardized tests used…
DetailsThe first three plans from Alliance Districts will be approved this week, Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor told the State Board of Education this morning. All 30 Alliance Districts, the lowest performing school districts in the state, have submitted plans to the State Department of Education (SDE). Windsor Locks, Naugatuck, and Ansonia will be the…
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