Hartford Courant: Connecticut lawmakers weigh bill to bar legacy college admissions
By DANIELA ALTIMARI “This practice is both unfair and a relic of a past from which we must move on,” said Amy Dowell, state director of...
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Connecticut
Feb 18, 2022
Yale Daily News: Quinlan testifies in support of legacy admissions
By JORDAN FITZGERALD “Using legacy preference in college admissions is unfair, discriminatory, and a relic of the past,” Dowell wrote in...
Feb 18, 2022
The Day: Ed reformers in CT push for end to legacy admissions while college administrators push back
By Erica Moser Amy Dowell, state director of the nonprofit think tank Education Reform Now, said in written testimony that legacy...
Feb 18, 2022
News-Times: CT colleges push back on proposed legacy admission ban
“Connecticut has some of the very best schools in the country,” Dowell said. “It’s only natural for us to take the lead on promoting...
Feb 18, 2022
The Hour: CT colleges push back on proposed legacy admission ban
“Connecticut has some of the very best schools in the country,” Dowell said. “It’s only natural for us to take the lead on promoting...
Feb 18, 2022
Greenwich Time: CT colleges push back on proposed legacy admission ban
“Connecticut has some of the very best schools in the country,” Dowell said. “It’s only natural for us to take the lead on promoting...
Feb 18, 2022
New Haven Register: CT colleges push back on proposed legacy admission ban
“Connecticut has some of the very best schools in the country,” Dowell said. “It’s only natural for us to take the lead on promoting...
Feb 18, 2022
Stamford Advocate: CT colleges push back on proposed legacy admission ban
“Connecticut has some of the very best schools in the country,” Dowell said. “It’s only natural for us to take the lead on promoting...
Feb 18, 2022
CT Post: CT colleges push back on proposed legacy admission ban
“Connecticut has some of the very best schools in the country,” Dowell said. “It’s only natural for us to take the lead on promoting...
Feb 9, 2022
CT Mirror - Lamont budget would help towns improve school air quality
“But we have a surplus of resources here in Connecticut right now, and we have still quite a bit of [federal pandemic relief] funding to...
Dec 31, 2021
Patch.com Opinion: Harding optimistic that state officials will address crime wave
By Scott Benjamin Harding said that he disagrees with a plan by the Connecticut chapter of Education Reform Now, which according to CT...
Dec 16, 2021
CT Mirror - Education advocates: Pension savings system reinforces inequities in CT
"....That means wealthy suburban districts can spend far more on education, pay much higher teacher salaries, and recruit and retain the...
Dec 16, 2021
New Haven Register - Education advocates: Pension savings system reinforces inequities in CT schools
"....That means wealthy suburban districts can spend far more on education, pay much higher teacher salaries, and recruit and retain the...
Dec 16, 2021
Connecticut Post - Education advocates: Pension savings system reinforces inequities in CT
"....That means wealthy suburban districts can spend far more on education, pay much higher teacher salaries, and recruit and retain the...
Dec 15, 2021
CT Insider Opinion: Teacher Pension Funding in CT is Inequitable
"For decades, the state of Connecticut has allocated more dollars to highly affluent, less diverse school districts — putting districts...
Dec 15, 2021
New Haven Register: Teacher Pension Funding in CT is Inequitable
"For decades, the state of Connecticut has allocated more dollars to highly affluent, less diverse school districts — putting districts...
Dec 15, 2021
Stamford Advocate: Teacher Pension Funding in CT is Inequitable
"For decades, the state of Connecticut has allocated more dollars to highly affluent, less diverse school districts — putting districts...
Dec 15, 2021
Westport News: Teacher Pension Funding in CT is Inequitable
"For decades, the state of Connecticut has allocated more dollars to highly affluent, less diverse school districts — putting districts...
Dec 15, 2021
Greenwich Time: Teacher Pension Funding in CT is Inequitable
"For decades, the state of Connecticut has allocated more dollars to highly affluent, less diverse school districts — putting districts...
Dec 15, 2021
CT Post Opinion: Teacher Pension Funding in CT is Inequitable
"For decades, the state of Connecticut has allocated more dollars to highly affluent, less diverse school districts — putting districts...
Dec 15, 2021
Fairfield Citizen: Teacher Pension Funding in CT is Inequitable
"For decades, the state of Connecticut has allocated more dollars to highly affluent, less diverse school districts — putting districts...
Dec 15, 2021
The Hour: Teacher Pension Funding in CT is Inequitable
"For decades, the state of Connecticut has allocated more dollars to highly affluent, less diverse school districts — putting districts...
Dec 15, 2021
NewsTimes: Teacher Pension Funding in CT is Inequitable
"For decades, the state of Connecticut has allocated more dollars to highly affluent, less diverse school districts — putting districts...
Mar 17, 2021
NBC CT: Lawmaker Says Right to Read Bill Is About Equity
“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...
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