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Faculty member Tutita Casa has been named the 2026 Dr. Perry A. Zirkel Distinguished Teaching Award recipient! Dr. Casa teaches in the Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s teacher preparation program, specializing in elementary mathematics education.
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Connecticut pays the full cost of #teacherpensions for districts, but doesn’t factor that into school funding. So students in some districts get less than others. equable.org/brief-connecticu…
For example, @OrangeCTBOE gets more per pupil pension subsidies than nearby Ansonia—and produces better student outcomes.
@KaraRochelleCT @Cabrera4CT
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"The #ScienceofReading Masterclass... builds local capacity... in GrK–3. Based on decades of reading research, this initiative provides professional learning + coaching aligned to the most effective methods of teaching literacy."
- @EducateCT @CharleneRTedu @hartfordcourant
Opinion: CT education commissioner on delivering opportunities for students trib.al/wREwrbK
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From @nasokoloff on a new report from @EducateCT:
“English learners/multilingual learners spoke 148 different non-English languages in the 2023-24 school year, with Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic among the most prevalent.”
This is worth celebrating—and STRENGTHENING.
10 key findings in new Connecticut education report: academics lagging, increased homelessness trib.al/0S3m7JS
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Breaking News: A federal judge blocked President Trump’s attempt to dismantle the Education Department and ordered officials to reinstate thousands of fired employees. nyti.ms/3SdIZTH
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In honor of #TeacherAppreciationWeek, we invite you to watch a short video featuring CT students sharing what makes their teachers special. Join us in celebrating the incredible educators who inspire, support, and uplift students across our state!
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📚 Missed our annual Right to Read event last Friday? We’ve got you covered🌍📖✨
📺 Watch the full event here: ct-n.com/CTNplayer.asp?odid=…
🔊 Hear a key moment from @Solek1984 below 👇
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Opinion: A solution for working Latino families navigating wealth gap trib.al/A1DkBDI
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📢 Missed our High-Dosage Tutoring Roundtable? No worries! Catch up on the insightful discussion about its impact on student success. 🎓✨
📺 Watch the full session here: bit.ly/43E9V5H
🔊 Key insights from @Carly__Robinson below 👇
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Connecting the Dots: It turns out that by making CT teacher pension financing more fair and equitable, the state can also save hundreds of millions of dollars that could be reinvested into education. @CCMAdvocacy @DalioEducation
Learn more: bit.ly/40H6msG
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Don't miss our new brief, which shows a relationship between CT’s investment in teacher retirement and the percentage of disconnected youth in Connecticut public school districts.
@CCMAdvocacy @DalioEducation
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Aleysha Ortiz sued her Connecticut school district for allegedly failing to address her learning disabilities.
She was illiterate when she graduated, she said. wapo.st/3ZZor5X
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These colleges have the best value in Connecticut, according to new study trib.al/mXsSv3b
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A class-action lawsuit was filed today in Massachusetts against the publisher, Heinemann, its top authors Lucy Calkins, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, and Columbia University. apmreports.org/story/2024/12…
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Right up top, where it belongs! Very proud of the work @EquableInst did on this complex issue. Full article: ctinsider.com/news/education…
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#PressRelease: CT’s Teacher #Pension Financing is Reinforcing #Inequity
Read all about it here: bit.ly/3Z6QZKg
#news #CTPensionSubsidy #CTPress
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"City educators overwhelmingly know what they want to see in the district’s next strategic plan: more teachers."
Get a sneak peek into the findings of E4E-CT's Hartford Public School's Strategic Planning survey - ctexaminer.com/2024/10/30/ha…
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Connecticut's budget allocates over 10% to state employee retirement benefits. Concerns arise as these benefits have been significantly reduced, leading to staffing crises in some agencies. The next General Assembly may vote on these benefits. ctmirror.org/2024/10/30/ct-r…
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Low literacy skills are more common than you think: One student shares his story ctpublic.org/show/where-we-l…
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Session preview: “We should continue to challenge people morally on #housing , but I’ve gotten to the point I don’t know that we can speak on moral grounds on this issue, unfortunately,” @jrojas9 said. “We have to shift the conversation to economics."
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