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Education Matters!
Education Matters! is Achieve Hartford!'s weekly e-mail publication that goes out to some 2,300 readers. It is our way of keeping policy makers, educators, parents, supporters and all stakeholders up to date and informed on issues that impact the Hartford Public School District and its reform efforts.
Click here for the current February 2, 2012 edition of Education Matters!
Archives are below.
Education Matters! Extra
As a supplement to our Education Matters! email, we also provide Education Matters! Extra, containing more extensive articles in the full text for each edition:
- Click here for the February 2, 2012 Education Matters! Extra.
- Click here for the January 26, 2012 Education Matters! Extra.
- Click here for the January 19, 2012 Education Matters! Extra
- Click here for the January 12, 2012 Education Matters! Extra.
Current events and news articles of interest are below:
► Upcoming Events are listed here:
· Connecticut’s Achievement Gap: How Housing Policy Can Help Close It, Thursday, February 16, 2012, 8:30 a.m. coffee, pastry, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. program at The Lyceum, 227 Lawrence Street; a free IForum sponsored by the Partnership for Strong Communities.
· Family Day with Achieve Hartford!: University of Hartford Women’s Basketball, vs. Boston University, Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 4 p.m., Chase Arena, Free Tickets for Students, $5 tickets for adults and friends; call 860-768-4295 or email tickets@hartford.edu.
· 2012 Yale Education Leadership Conference, Friday March 23, 2012, Omni Hotel, 155 Temple Street, New Haven. Agenda topics include the Teacher Talent Pipeline, The Future of School Choice, and Mandatory Pre-K; click here to register.
► News Articles of Interest are listed here:
Hartford Council Approves Segarra, Four Others, for School Board, Jenna Carlesso, Courant, Feb. 2, 2012
Malloy to Announce Plans for Early Childhood Education Today, Kathleen Megan, Courant, February 2, 2012
Streamlining Teacher Certification and Linking it to Teacher Evaluations, Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, CT Mirror, February 2, 2012
Hartford Board of Education Nominees Should be Confirmed by Separate Vote, Council President Says, Jenna Carlesso, Courant, January 31, 2012
Unions Balk at Teacher Certification Changes, Kathleen Megan, Courant, January 31, 2012
Choice Of Hartford District To Run Magnet School At MCC Inflames Turf War Between Community College And CREC, Vanessa de la Torre, Courant, January 31, 2012
Malloy: Cut the Red Tape that Burdens Schools, Kathleen Megan, Courant, January 31, 2012
Do Education Grants Work? State Rarely Checks, Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, CT Mirror, January 26, 2012
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