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Education Matters! is Achieve Hartford!'s weekly e-mail publication that goes out to some 2,400 readers. It is our way of keeping policy makers, educators, parents, supporters and all stakeholders up to date and informed on issues that impact the Hartford Public School District and its reform efforts.
 
               We're not Sandy Hook, Students Discuss Gun Violence, Resident Principal Model
 
               Community Schools Award, Sheff Agreement, Skills Gap Discussion
                Equity Elephant in the Room, Promise Scholarships, Parent Connections
               SOS, Grabbing Urban Poverty by the Horns, Top Stories
               Keeping Great Teachers, Discussing the Dual Language Concept, Budget Hearing
               Ultimate Lesson on Policy, Climate-Connectedness Report, Budget Proposed
               Parent Workshop Series, ELLs, New Chief Development Officer
               Student - and Parent - Pre-K Readiness, Top Stories of the Month
               Exemplar in a Tight-Budget World, New Magnet Schools, Dual Language Concepts
               Board of Ed Election Turnout, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Readership Survey Results
               Talent Management, Faith-Based Community Outreach, and a New Era of Parent Engagement?
               Student Viewpoints, Cultural Competence, and College Readiness Planning
               New Blood - Student and Adult Leaders - and Familiar Challenges, Montessori Movement
               Honoring a Great Teacher, Two Successful Schools, Keeping an Eye on the Budget
               Dual Language Discussion, Turnaround Schools' Progress, and Travelers' Support
               NYU Professor's Recipe for Reform, After-School Enrichment, and Prudential's Support
               The Hartford Promise, Institutional Advancement, and a View of Student Commitment
               Mid-Year Audit of Jumoke-at-Milner, Protest over Proposed Change of Adult Education Site, Thanks to the Bank
               Seven in 10 Parents of Eighth Graders Have Not Yet Completed HPS Choice Applications
              Articles on the State of Reform in Hartford, in the Context of a Conversation with Dr. Howard Fuller
Articles on Research-Based Intervention, the new School Performance Index, and Patricia Salner
Articles on Performance Targets, Aetna's Corporate Citizenship, and the Newtown Massacre
Articles on the new State School Performance Index, Race to the Top, and Hartford Youth Scholars
Articles on the Gates grant, Adult Education planning, and our look at reform ...
 
Current events and news articles - and past archived issues - are below.
 
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Education Matters! Extra, plus Current Events and News
 
As a supplement to our Education Matters! email, we also provide Education Matters! Extra, containing more extensive articles in the full text for each edition:

► Upcoming Events are listed here:

  • The scheduled Hartford Board of Education Meetings this fiscal year, including the next one, a Regular Meeting, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 5:30 p.m. at Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School, 5 Cone Street.
  • The Hartford Teacher of the Year Celebration at the Downtown Marriott, Thursday, May 23, 2013.

► News Items of Interest are listed here:  

In Hartford, a Call for Cultural Competence in Schools, Vanessa de la Torre, May 9, 2013Click here to receive Education Matters! each week.

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