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We are committed to seeking quality education for all of Connecticut's children through our grassroots efforts.

Website: http://www.edu2010.ning.com
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EDUCATION COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING MARCH 15TH 3:PM ROOM 1E AT LOB ON HB5491,'AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT REFORMS TO REDUCE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN CONNECTICUT', to allow parents to vote to restructure a school that has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant to the federal No Child Left Behind Act; to establish an income tax reimbursement pilot competitive grant program for teachers in priority school districts; to include student academic growth as a factor in educator performance evaluations; to create an online credit recovery program for school districts with dropout rates of eight per cent or greater; to require school districts to conduct two parent-teacher conferences per school year; to establish a task force responsible for examining the achievement gap in Connecticut; to change the date of counting students for purposes of ECS from October first to March first and to require school districts to implement an advanced placement course program.

YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED FOR THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION. COME OUT ON MARCH 15TH!

Education 2010 launches its third dialogue and is delighted to have Hartford city council Majority Leader rJo Winch and The Sheff Movement coalition as co-hosts. The theme of this dialogue is, "Successful Students Ready for the 21st Century," and will take place on Wednesday, March 31st from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm in Hartford City Hall's Council Chambers (2nd floor), 550 Main Street, Hartford. Admission is free and open to all ages. Complimentary refreshments will be provided.

As in our previous dialogues, we will breakout into smaller groups to discuss fixing broken schools, does race matter, workforce development and eliminating the pipeline that begins with high school drop out and ends with inmate.

Come out and enjoy.

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HOUSE BILL ON ALTERNATE ROUTES FOR TEACHER CERTIFICATION 2 Replies

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The present task at hand 4 Replies

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Comment by ValMcCall on February 23, 2010 at 11:59am: Creating Violence Free Spaces. A Dialogue with our Youth is turning out to be an incredible adventure. Come out on Wednesday 2/24 5:30-7:30 pm at Hartford City Hall's Atrium, 550 Main Street Hartford. Greater Hartford Area high school and college students have put together an incredible program. So often, we talk about education to the parents, the teachers, the administration and more. These are all critical conversations. What sets this conversation apart is that it includes all those individuals and the students. Come out and be a part of this great dialogue.

Comment by ValMcCall on February 17, 2010 at 7:59pm: Check your inbox for latest update on 2010 proposed education legislation.

Comment by Kristine Blake on July 30, 2009 at 1:58pm: This problem effects my son as he was picked to attend the UNIVERSITY HIGH on the University Of Hartfords campus this fall.
Our entire family was on FOX-61 NEWS, Monday July 20th, 2009, (@10PM & 11PM) after we received a letter from HARTFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, that: "Your district is refusing to pay the tuition".
I would like to give a huge thank you to: Representative, RYAN BARRY, Senator Handley and all the media who are keeping "legs" on this travesty.
According to Sheff vs ONEIL, Governor Rell is violating this law by taking away our right to CHOOSE. We fell in LOVE with HARTFORD MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL, where our son attended 6-8 grades. The teachers are just fabulous.
We live in Manchester, and when my bi-racial son attended MARTIN SCHOOL, in kindergarten, many parents went to the principal requesting their children not be in the same class OR EAT LUNCH in the cafeteria with our son!!! Talk about RACISM at it's worst. This is when we yanked him out of that "KKK" environment.
Representative Barry, has gotten together with Senator Handley and has emailed me that he is calling on our ATTORNEY GENERAL, Richard Blumenthal.
We have already bought the schools uniform shirts required, after we got our acceptance letter. Our son is also reading 2 books required for the summer reading program.
"The letter" came JULY 15, 2009, in the eleventh hour. If the budget does not get the money or we do not get Governor Rell to cough up some funds from the STIMULUS PACKAGE, we will have no choice. It is too late to apply to a private school like WATKINSON, where prior, our son was offered a partial scholarship. We turned it down when he was picked to attend HMMS.

Manchester High School is on academic probation, and our son received a letter from the MANCHESTER BOARD OF EDUCATION in 5th grade, that he was "gifted and talented". He also received a CERTIFICATE OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT from the PRESIDENT!

I already emailed Governor Rell and received no response at all. Every single Senator, represenative, news station, Hartford Courant called, emailed or sent usps mail in regards to this issue. Her staffing is terrible and unresponsive to citizens of Connecticut. This is unacceptable!
Please, bombard Governor Rell with email, and hold her "feet to the fire". President Obama endorses Magnet and Charter Schools. She has to have everything mandated or over-ridden in order to get things done. Susinet was passed in an over-ride of her VETO.....we HOPE they over-ride her veTO on this Magnet school funding as well~

Comment by ValMcCall on April 8, 2009 at 1:10pm: Will advise shortly.

Comment by Nancy Rossi on April 8, 2009 at 12:54pm: Will you be meeting again this Thursday, April 9th, at the Sand elementary School Library (Hartford Public Library/Ropkins Branch), 1750 Main Street, Hartford? Time?

thanks!

Comment by ValMcCall on April 7, 2009 at 8:23pm: Tell me about it. I was speechless too. And this is someone who was elected to the US Congress. Ms. Bachmann could certainly benefit from a solid education.

Comment by Maureen Carney on April 7, 2009 at 7:26pm: OMG! I watched the video you posted with Ms. Bachman. I can't believe how ignorant she is. I'm just speechless.

Comment by ValMcCall on April 7, 2009 at 10:16am: Check out Michelle Bachmann's assessment of President Obama's plan to address the concerns and needs of the public education system in this country. Moreover, Bachmann's consistent usage of the phrase "armed and dangerous" is irresponsible, unprofessional and speaks much to her own obvious lack of education. Read more here.

Comment by ValMcCall on March 29, 2009 at 11:02am: Here's a recap of our first Hartford Community Conversation Organizing meeting o 3/28:

First and foremost, thank you to all who were able to make it to our first meeting this past Thursday. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, April 2nd, at the same venue: Sand elementary School Library (Hartford Public Library/Ropkins Branch), 1750 Main Street, Hartford. Same meeting room.

(Sidebar: For those of you who are new to this venture, Organizing for Connecticut is launching the same community conversation in Bridgeport, New Haven, New London and Stamford. Each one will be modeled in a similar fashion but will be tailored to address the specific needs within each city.)

Please sign up for the next Hartford meeting either on our Face Book group page entitled "Organizing for Connecticut," under the "Events" section; or at http://www.ctobama.org/events/hartford-community-1; or at http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/meeting/gpt42d.

RECAP of 3/28 meeting:

1. Purpose of Community Conversation: Address the educational and health related issues that youth face from 0-12 (grade) by bringing together all elements of the community: students, parents, teachers, medical and child psychologists, criminal justice, elected officials, education administrators, activists, corporate, artists, etc., and host a diverse dialogue.

2. Goal: Answer two questions, "What can I do?" and "What can we do?". This is not a static conversation.

3. Event Format: Panel discussion with moderator followed by a brief Q&A, followed by breakout sessions to determine what actions can be taken by individuals and a collective effort.

As always, thank you for all that you do.

Note: There are some who are not on the face book group but are on other groups. There may be some duplication of emails/group notices and I sincerely apologize.

Val McCall
State Chair
Organizing for Connecticut
mccall.val@gmail.com
860-995-3364

Comment by ValMcCall on March 25, 2009 at 10:12am: Check this link out -- a wonderful after school resource. http://www.cinetribe.org/programs.html