Continuous improvement is the mantra of today’s classrooms. Even when you’re trying your hardest and doing your best, the drumbeat of NCLB keeps reminding you, there’s even more to do. That’s the case with today’s release connected with federal NCLB standards of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The State Department of Education issued a press release…
DetailsThe co-chair of the new task force reviewing the state’s education financing system said today that the door is wide open to new approaches. Ben Barnes, the task force co-chair and Office of Policy and Management secretary, said the task force should consider a significant departure from the current Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula. “We…
DetailsContinued investment and public support for public schools stimulate economic prosperity, promote student achievement, and improve home values. That was the message delivered by a leading Connecticut economist and CEA’s executive director today. The fall issue of The Connecticut Economy, the University of Connecticut Quarterly Review, released today at a news conference at the Connecticut…
DetailsThe College Board released SAT results for 2011 today. You can find a complete review of Connecticut data here. From the press release: In Connecticut, the largest and most diverse group of graduating seniors in state history participated in the college-going process by taking the SAT®. More students in the Connecticut high school graduating class…
DetailsOn July 26, 2010, the U. S. House of Representatives passed a resolution designating the second week of September as Arts in Education Week. The week promotes and showcases the immense role arts education has in producing engaged, successful, and college- and career-ready students. The resolution states: “Arts education, comprising a rich array of disciplines…
DetailsThis morning President Obama stood with teachers, veterans, small business owners, construction workers and first responders, as he called on Congress to pass the American Jobs Act. Standing with me this morning are men and women who will be helped by the American Jobs Act. I’m standing with teachers. All across America, teachers are being…
DetailsTen years have passed since the tragic events of September 11, 2001. The losses of that day remain fresh in the minds of many Connecticut residents, however most children in school today are too young to have strong memories of 9/11. CEA members are finding ways to create connections for their students to 9/11 while…
Details$50 million in federal funding is available to improve early childhood education. “I know we can do this.” That’s the message from Governor Dannel P. Malloy to members of Connecticut’s Early Childhood Education Cabinet working on a $50 million grant from the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services to improve…
DetailsAmistad Academy founder Stefan Pryor will be formally recommended to Governor Malloy as Connecticut’s next Commissioner of Education at a State Board of Education meeting tomorrow. The Hartford Courant reported Pryor’s selection this morning and State Department of Education spokesman Mark Linabury has since told CEA that Pryor is the candidate who will be recommended…
DetailsJust in time for Labor Day, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial opened to the public August 22 in Washington, D.C. Although Dr. King’s role as a civil rights leader is widely known his role as a labor leader is less well-known, but no less important. In a speech to the Illinois AFL-CIO Convention…
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