Connecticut Public School Advocates

The false narrative of SOR has many educator support groups bedazzled. Pulling up a Ravitch piece that includes excerpts of Marsh article from The Atlantic :

https://nepc.colorado.edu/blog/katherine-marsh #:~:text=Children%20in%20school%20are%20taught,and%20Beverly%20Cleary's%20Ralph%20S.

And this:

https://dianeravitch.net/2023/11/01/phonics-is-important-but-there-is-no-science-of-reading/

Diane Ravitch's Blog: Katherine Marsh: Why Children Don’t Fall in Love with Reading Katherine Marsh is an award-winning novelist who writes for children in grades fifth-through-eighth. At that age in the 1980s, she remembers falling in love with books. But she knows that children today are not reading for fun as much as they used to. NAEP data say so; parents as well. She knows tha...

Why Kids Should Nature Journal at All Grade Levels A 2023 review makes a strong case that hands-on observation of natural phenomena has both academic and psychological benefits.

Less screen time:

Looking for something to do over the break? Look no further than the library! We have all sorts of fun events happening throughout the week! Swing by and check it out!🌷🐣🪻

Yeah, no:

https://ctmirror.org/2024/03/29/ct-charter-schools-danbury-middletown/?utm_source=Connecticut+Mirror+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=6ff239a855-CT+Mirror+Morning+Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_571d22f8e4-6ff239a855-68246506&mc_cid=6ff239a855&mc_eid=99d895ea1d&fbclid=IwAR1DqAwTR6tC6MaR2C8ec-0AjCwIZij9JscTMXeaJWslaHSZlajkTeMvtrM_aem_AeerqHUVJ4aSIzTiFoblFMSoOqzPzgS-EltrJa-UA_XO6yuAHAYk1Rbrm5-fGb6vL80

At rally, CT advocates ask state to fund approved charter schools Advocates demanded funding for two charter schools that were approved by the state but lack the legislature’s sign-off on financial support.

Supreme Court Signals that Institutions Can Keep Designing Programs to Foster Diversity, After Affirmative Action Ruling | ACLU The court has declined to hear new challenges to admissions policies, leaving the door open for institutions to continue creative solutions for expanding opportunity.

And to think many couldn’t see this brilliance in Windham, CT

https://gadflyonthewallblog.com/2023/12/22/could-this-be-gadflys-end-top-12-articles-from-2023-read-by-fewer-than-ever/?fbclid=IwAR2BTu2UAQwe-xcCEZU-AP51h-gY96BBNzBAMu8W_F6ZTGyhyXwNARKgZSc_aem_AXkkeAaaX9ogGsazhdHm-qoz3AThny0Kq-46aE5zaSBlAQ8bvHoc5cLNUKo09Oo7N_k

Could This Be Gadfly’s End? Top 12 Articles From 2023 Read By Fewer Than Ever After 9 years of pounding my head against the wall – well, it seems like the wall is winning.

Attention Advocates:

CTFA: Connecticut For All

“Each of us has a story to tell about what a fully funded public school in our community looks like. In this workshop, we will turn your personal experience into a well-crafted testimony to share with people who are making decisions on school funding. Hope you can join us!

CTFA is hosting a testimony training so that we can mobilize together to Protect and Transform Public Education in Connecticut THIS SESSION!

CTFA Protect + Transform Public Education- Testimony Training (on zoom)
Wed 01/31, 6:00-7:15pm”

For details contact:

Constanza Segovia (she/ella):

[email protected]

Organizing Director- Connecticut For All.

📸 Look at this post on Facebook https://nancyebailey.com/2023/12/15/will-the-real-recess-stand-up-its-not-playworks-phys-ed-meditating-or-brain-breaks/?fbclid=IwAR1eWAcV626GoMwxtd-yiTuNoetlSuW63LPqPNCqzK3BULNE8l9WQrCLSdI_aem_AQNdE18MxYe6J8Rn4pkXZBhwuv0sfrXgId5cBab5u4ymIwuQQT5LROZOb9rImjiQH_4

Will The Real Recess Stand Up? It’s NOT Playworks, Phys. Ed., Meditating, or Brain Breaks! - Nancy Bailey's Education Website The lack of breaks for children and the misrepresentation of what constitutes recess continues to flourish. School reformers try unsuccessfully to replace recess. But recess is not Playworks, Phys.Ed., meditation, or Brain Breaks controlled by adults who tell children what to do, denying them the ab...

Well Alex, Here we are. What to do, what to do?

https://www.facebook.com/100064576183571/posts/742690887893444/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

New York City educators protest AFT President Randi Weingarten’s role in Gaza genocide Teachers called out American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten for her role in supporting the genocide in Gaza and demanded that she support a ceasefire.

Relevant members, please consider:

PreK-12 & PSRP “Legal Issues” Training Webinar - AFT Connecticut This professional development training for members of affiliated PreK-12 Educators and Paraprofessionals and School Related Personnel (PSRPs) unions will focus on a number of legal issues facing educational staff. A wide variety of relevant topics will be addressed including health and safety, ADA a...

Special Education teachers were invited to fill out a questionnaire survey from the State Department. Have you done it? Did they miss you?

This activists and advocates. Hop on and gather with us:

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Protect and Transform Public Education in CT Why is our public school system not serving all students – of all races, backgrounds, and zip codes – in an equitable way, and what can we do about it? Join us to learn from experts about the root causes of these problems and how we can create a public school system where every student can thriv...

The talent in this community…! Onward!

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