Public News Service: Education remains strong CT voter priority in 2024 elections
By Edwin J. Viera "A pushback on the extreme Project 2025 agenda of privatizing public education, of the rise of vouchers, and of the...
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Education Reform Now
Connecticut
Feb 27
ERN CT Testimony on Student Centered Funding
Read our testimony in support of H.B. 5212 here.
Jun 8, 2023
Legislature Passes Bill Linking Affordable Housing and Educational Opportunity
After many ups and downs, and a nearly 10-hour filibuster in the Senate last night, a bill concept that ERN CT has worked on for five...
Jun 8, 2023
Legislature Passes Taskforce to Study the Per Pupil Equity of Teacher Pensions
Passed last night, HB 6880 establishes a task force to study the per pupil equity of funding the teachers’ retirement system. The task...
May 24, 2023
Statement: House Passes Bill on Per Pupil Teacher Pension Inequities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 24, 2023 CONTACT: Amy Dowell | Amy@edreformnow.org House Passes Bill on Per Pupil Teacher Pension Inequities...
Mar 14, 2023
ERN CT Testimony on AAC the Recruitment, Retention and Enhancement of the Teaching Profession
Co-Chairs McCrory and Currey, Vice Chairs Winfield and Leeper, Ranking Members Berthel and McCarty and members of the Education...
Mar 7, 2023
ERN CT Testimony on Senate Bill 1 - AAC TRANSPARENCY IN EDUCATION
Testimony Before the Education Committee March 8, 2023 Amy Dowell, Executive Director Co-Chairs McCrory and Currey, Vice Chairs Winfield...
Feb 15, 2023
Per Pupil Equity for Teacher Pensions
Currently the state funds the entire cost of teacher pensions, a cost that amounts to a quarter of all state education spending annually....
Jan 31, 2023
ERN CT Testimony Regarding Student Centered Funding
Testimony Before the Education Committee February 3, 2023 Amy Dowell, Executive Director, Education Reform Now CT Co-chairs McCrory and...
Jan 3, 2023
Mar 16, 2022
April 1, 2022: Who Benefits? How Teacher Pensions Impact Resource Equity
Recent research from ERN Connecticut and Equable Institute found startling resource inequities in how teacher pensions are funded....
Mar 3, 2022
ERN CT Testimony Before the Education Committee
Testimony Before the Education Committee March 4, 2022 Amy Dowell, State Director, Education Reform Now CT Co-chairs McCrory and Sanchez,...
Feb 17, 2022
ERN CT Testimony Before the Appropriations Committee
Testimony Before the Appropriations Committee February 17, 2022 Amy Dowell, State Director, Education Reform Now CT Re: HB 5037: An Act...
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...
Feb 8, 2022
2022 Policy Priorities
Our 2022 policy priorities are designed to promote great educational opportunities and achievement for all by increasing equity,...
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
RELEASE: Report Finds CT’s Teacher Pension System Subsidizes Pay Inequities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 12/14/2021 CONTACTS: amy@edreformnow.org | pr@equable.org Report Finds CT’s Teacher Pension System Subsidizes...
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...
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