Yesterday, the Connecticut State Department of Education published the results of the 2021-22 Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBAC). The...

Our 2022 policy priorities are designed to promote great educational opportunities and achievement for all by increasing equity,...

Education Reform Now (ERN), released a new report, Driving Towards Equity, that reviews and compares all states' K-12 federally-approved...

Education Reform Now Report Highlights Connecticut’s Commitment to Educational Equity in the Planning for and Investment of ARP ESSER...

Public Comment on The Connecticut State Department of Education Plan for the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School...

Realistic, Effective, and Targeted Strategies for the State and Local Districts In March, 2021, the US Department of Education announced...

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“Before third grade you’re learning to read and after third grade you’re reading to learn,” Dowel said. The bill up for debate Wednesday...

The Right to Read Act, led by Sen. Pat Billie Miller, D-Stamford, and the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus would establish an independent...

Testimony Before the Appropriations Committee Amy Dowell, Connecticut State Director Education Reform Now Connecticut March 9, 2021 Re: ...

Coalition to Host ‘Right to Read’ Virtual Forum on Literacy Connecticut Elected Officials Join National Advocacy Leader for Panel...

At long last, Connecticut is anticipated to receive another infusion of federal pandemic relief funds to stabilize K-12 schools in the...

WATR interviews Amy Dowell about ERN's forum, on the Impact of Systemic Racism on Public Education Policy Click here to listen to the...

A quarter of CT students went MIA when COVID closed schools. Could holding live, online classes lure them back?

ERN CT recommends that Connecticut promptly establish requirements so that local districts can benchmark their responses against a statewide

By KATHLEEN MCWILLIAMS “'But now they’ve lost a third of their year of school and it’s really challenging to have the expectation that if...

By KATHLEEN MCWILLIAMS, STEVEN GOODE and NICHOLAS RONDINONE “Amy Dowell, state director of Education Reform Now CT, said the prolonged...

As Connecticut plans for an eventual reopening of public schools, ERN CT has unveiled its “Goals for a 2020 CT Education Recovery Plan.”

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Please join Education Reform Now CT for a conversation about remote learning during COVID-19, the local distribution of materials, and...

By Emily DiSalvo “'For many [students] this has been a very difficult transition but they are resilient and they are working very hard,'...

What: Tomorrow, Education Reform Now CT will host a virtual informational forum with leaders from Connecticut’s higher education system...

On April 2, 2020—ERN CT hosted a virtual forum about how Connecticut's system of higher education is meeting the needs of students,...