Accountability

Jul 30

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...

Feb 6

2024 Policy Priorities

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...

Jan 3, 2023

2023 Policy Priorities

Aug 26, 2022

First Look - ERN CT Special Update on State Assessment Data

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

Mar 18, 2022

ERN CT Testimony Testimony Before the Education Committee

Testimony Before the Education Committee March 21, 2022 Amy Dowell, State Director, Education Reform Now CT Co-chairs McCrory and...

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 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,...

Aug 19, 2021

ERN CT Congratulates Charlene Russell-Tucker on Nomination as Education Commissioner

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 19, 2021 CONTACT: Amy Dowell | Amy@edreformnow.org ERN CT Congratulates Charlene Russell-Tucker on...

Jan 13, 2021

4 GOALS FOR CONNECTICUT’S 2021 FEDERAL COVID RELIEF FUNDS

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

Jul 28, 2020

[Mention] "A quarter of CT students went MIA when COVID closed schools..."

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

Jun 16, 2020

Effective Education Recovery Strategies from Other States

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

May 18, 2020

[Mention] "Connecticut educators look to combat the ‘corona slide’"

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...

May 5, 2020

[Mention] "Gov. Ned Lamont closes CT schools for rest of academic year due to coronavirus..."

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

Apr 24, 2020

Advisory: ERN CT Unveils Four Goals for Reopening Education in Connecticut

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

Apr 13, 2020

Virtual Forum: CT’S TRANSITION TO REMOTE LEARNING

Click here for a full recoding of this completed call.

Apr 3, 2020

[Mention] "Pandemic Forces State Higher Ed Leaders To Think Outside the Box"

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

Mar 6, 2020

Amy's Ed Committee Testimony on School Literacy Bill

Testimony Before the Education Committee Amy Dowell, Connecticut State Director Education Reform Now Connecticut March 6, 2020 Re: ...

Jan 6, 2020

ERN CT 2020 Policy Priorities

Fair Access to High Quality: Expand the Open Choice program, which allows students to attend school in any participating district within...