Is education reform on life support and can it be resuscitated?

CT state Sen. Toni Boucher:

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy maintains that education reform is the "civil rights issue of our time."

Yet, the Education Committee chairs recently passed a watered down version of the governor's original bill. The committee bill was heavily influenced and, many feel, was crafted by special interests behind closed doors.

There are provisions that all sides agree on such as the ability to hire teachers from other states by removing barriers; increased early childhood education slots for priority districts; and increasing grants for charter schools and non-Sheff magnet schools, but much more is left to be negotiated.

Areas still outstanding include:

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 12, 2012 1:28 AM
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