Hartford Schools To Receive $5 Million From Gates Foundation
Congratulations to Christina Kishimoto and the students of the Hartford school district! Today, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it has awarded Hartford a $4,996,773 grant after the...
View ArticleSecretary Arne Duncan Thanks the Educators of Sandy Hook Elementary
Weekly Update: Resources for Schools and Parents–and a Thank You to the Nation’s Educators We ask a lot of our nation’s teachers, Secretary Duncan said in a video message to the educators of Sandy Hook...
View ArticleInside Scoop on our Early Literacy Panel: Meet Betances’ Principal, Dr. Didier
Our March 28th Best Practices Forum is designed to highlight strategic innovations that close achievement gaps while raising overall student performance, and Dr. Immacula Didier, principal of Ramon E....
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Inside Scoop on Our Leadership Panel: Meriden Embraces Professional Learning...
Our March 28th Best Practices Forum is designed to highlight strategic innovations that close achievement gaps while raising overall student performance, and Dr. Mark Benigni, superintendent of Meriden...
View ArticleFostering Leadership in Connecticut
This summer, we’ll be exploring new research and best practices within each of our six policy recommendation areas. Last week, we took a look at the need to demand accountability at the state level....
View ArticleConnCAN Builds Teacher and Administrator Contract Databases
There is nothing more important to our students’ educations than the teachers and leaders in our schools. The collective bargaining agreements that define the scope of their employment are key drivers...
View ArticleThe Child Is Loved–A Visit to Milner School
Lately, we’ve been looking at policy in action in each of our 6 recommendation areas. We’ve already explored the use of longitudinal data systems to drive accountability, heard a teacher’s perspective...
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The Bloomfield Blueprint for Closing the Achievement Gap
One of the most challenging issues in American education today is that not all of our nation’s children are educated equitably. Commonly referred to as the “achievement gap,” this problem often becomes...
View ArticleCT Mirror–Bloomfield schools stage a comeback
By Robert A. Frahm Bloomfield – In a high school that only a few years ago posted some of the worst math scores in the state, a cluster of bright teenagers one recent morning tackled a series of...
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Unified School Board Contributes to Bloomfield Success
As chairman of the board for Bloomfield Public Schools, which our data indicates is the most improved school district in Connecticut over the past four years; I’m often asked what contributed to our...
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