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Connecticut


Dec 4, 2023
CT Post: As CT schools struggle to fill jobs, a new coalition seeks to simplify teacher cert
Amy Dowell, executive director of Education Reform Now CT and a leader in the new coalition pushing for changes to teacher certification,...


Dec 4, 2023
CT Insider: As CT schools struggle to fill jobs, a new coalition seeks to simplify teacher cert
Amy Dowell, executive director of Education Reform Now CT and a leader in the new coalition pushing for changes to teacher certification,...


Oct 24, 2023
Trinity Tripod: CT Law Requires Colleges... to Provide Transcripts to Students, Alumni w/... Debt
Research conducted by the Connecticut chapter of Education Reform Now found that in 2022, every single institution of higher education in...


Oct 4, 2023
CT Public: A new CT law lets students with college debt get transcripts. Some say it doesn’t go far
'We as a state must make it easier for people to go back and finish their degrees,' said Amy Dowell, executive director of Education...

May 31, 2023
CT Mirror: CT legislature votes to stop colleges from withholding transcripts over debt
If signed into law, Connecticut would be the ninth state to pass a law that prevents colleges and universities from withholding student...

May 19, 2023
Journal Inquirer - Report: State’s colleges have higher tuition, lower completion rates than peers
The authors of the ERN CT report say their findings reinforce a need for higher levels of funding at CT’s public universities... 'A lot...

May 18, 2023
WSHU - Sound Bites: High-tuition Connecticut colleges have low graduation rates
Good morning. Connecticut’s state colleges with higher tuitions have lower degree completion rates among low-income students, according...

May 17, 2023
Stamford Advocate: CT colleges have higher tuition, lower completion than peer schools, report shows
The authors of the Education Reform Now report, Amy Dowell and Nicki Golos, say their findings reinforce a need for higher levels of...


May 17, 2023
Register Citizen: CT colleges have higher tuition, lower completion than peer schools, report show
The authors of the Education Reform Now report, Amy Dowell and Nicki Golos, say their findings reinforce a need for higher levels of...


May 17, 2023
The Hour: CT colleges have higher tuition, lower completion than peer schools, report show
The authors of the Education Reform Now report, Amy Dowell and Nicki Golos, say their findings reinforce a need for higher levels of...


May 17, 2023
News-Times: CT colleges have higher tuition, lower completion than peer schools, report shows
The authors of the Education Reform Now report, Amy Dowell and Nicki Golos, say their findings reinforce a need for higher levels of...

May 17, 2023
New Haven Register-CT colleges have higher tuition, lower completion than peer schools, report shows
The authors of the Education Reform Now report, Amy Dowell and Nicki Golos, say their findings reinforce a need for higher levels of...


May 17, 2023
Middletown Press: CT colleges have higher tuition, lower completion than peer schools, report shows
The authors of the Education Reform Now report, Amy Dowell and Nicki Golos, say their findings reinforce a need for higher levels of...


May 17, 2023
Greenwich Time: CT colleges have higher tuition, lower completion than peer schools, report shows
The authors of the Education Reform Now report, Amy Dowell and Nicki Golos, say their findings reinforce a need for higher levels of...


May 17, 2023
CT Post: CT colleges have higher tuition, lower completion rates than peer schools, report shows
The authors of the Education Reform Now report, Amy Dowell and Nicki Golos, say their findings reinforce a need for higher levels of...


May 17, 2023
CT Insider: CT colleges have higher tuition, lower completion rates than peer schools, report shows
The authors of the Education Reform Now report, Amy Dowell and Nicki Golos, say their findings reinforce a need for higher levels of...

May 17, 2023
CT Mirror: Students of color need teachers of color
This is why I fully believe that Connecticut should do more to promote a diverse faculty in public schools. According to a report by...


Apr 28, 2023
News-Times: Owe college debt? CT lawmakers trying to bar schools from withholding your transcript fr
“This punitive and excessive practice prevents students who have run into financial hardship from pursuing further educational...

Mar 13, 2023
The Day: 'Right to Read' advocates defend curriculum mandates
By Erica Moser "I think it's very challenging for educators to look back at 20 or 30 years of instruction or training that they have...


Mar 10, 2023
Opinion: Let’s stay the course on right to read
With respect, the emergency for students is now. Districts attempting to take the same old path will find themselves in the same old...


Dec 12, 2022
(New Haven Independent) Reading Experts Chart Path To Phonics
The panel of speakers Tuesday included education reporter Sold A Story podcast host Emily Hanford, former Mississippi Department of...

Oct 4, 2022
CT Viewpoints Opinion: How Connecticut can move forward on teacher diversity
Concerningly, the diversity gap is most acute in the state’s diverse public school districts, which are often already rife with...


Sep 27, 2022
Study: Despite Efforts, Diversity Gap Widens
By Julie Martin Banks "While state leaders have prioritized teacher diversity in public schools, the gap between the number of diverse...

Feb 18, 2022
CT Public: Lawmakers consider bill to stop legacy college admissions
By DANIELA ALTIMARI “A part of the reason why it’s such an issue is because when we look at the history of legacy preference, we see it’s...
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