CT lost out on $175,000,000 in Federal education grants. Now what?

From "The Day - State News"

Hartford (AP) — Connecticut's school superintendents will get a briefing on new education laws and how the state will cope with losing out on $175 million in federal school reform grants.

The superintendents and officials from the state Department of Education are planning to gather Wednesday at the Capitol for their annual update before the start of the new school year.

One topic will be revising Connecticut's school reform plans now that the state has failed to qualify for the Obama administration's "Race to the Top" education grants.

Connecticut requested $175 million to pay for a package of reforms passed by the legislature this year. State Education Commissioner Mark McQuillan is expected to tell the superintendents on Wednesday which reforms can still be enacted.

Politico.com > More charter schools.

The UFT be damned. NY, CO, DE & TN have come to their educational senses.  How long will it take for our little CT to follow suit?

In a huge legislative coup for Mayor Bloomberg at the statewide level (where has has not generally enjoyed great success over his first two terms), New York's two houses of the legislature have passed bills approving a hike in the number of charter schools permitted statewide.

The bills also called for other reforms, including teacher evaluations tied to student performance - similar to measures that have passed in Colorado, Delaware and Tennessee (the latter two were Race to the Top fund winners in Round One) - concepts that were not exactly favored by the teachers' union in New York.

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