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Joe Aresimowicz receives Educational Champion Award
On March 27, 2017, Joe Aresimowicz, State Representative and Speaker of the House for the Connecticut General Assembly, received a 2017 educational Champion award from The New England Secondary School Consortium (NESSC) at the annual School Redesign in Action Conference. Rep. Aresimowicz was recognized for his unique contributions to the effort to raise graduation rates, lower dropout rates, and send more students on to college and postsecondary-certification programs in Connecticut. Speaker Aresimowicz was one of six champions recognized for their extraordinary commitment to ensuring that public-school students across New England have a chance to succeed in school, live a fulfilled and meaningful life, and make a positive contribution to the world.
Governor's Mastery-Based Learning Summit
Last fall, Governor Dannel P. Malloy convened a Mastery-Based Learning Summit at Central Connecticut State University’s Institute of Business and Technology Development in New Britain, Connecticut. The goal was to help districts increase their knowledge of an MBL system and identify changes that will result in ensuring equity and excellence for all Connecticut students. Materials from the summit:- Presentation - Mastery-Based Learning: Building Capacity for Equity and Excellence
- Presentation - Mastery-Based Learning: A National Perspective and Communication Strategies
- Article - Policy, Pilots, and the Path to Competency-Based Education: A Tale of Three States
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This video shows how a school’s partnership with a public broadcasting network is taking learning to the next level.
Produced by CAPSS, representing Connecticut's superintendents, and CAS, representing Connecticut's principals, this video features interviews with winners of the 1st Annual Student Voices in Education Contest.