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...
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Connecticut
- Jun 8
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
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
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
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
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
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...
- 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...
- 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...
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