Vol. 7, Issue No. 42 ~ October 29, 2015

Getting Hartford Students through College Must Be the 'New Normal'
Hartford Consortium for Higher Education Cites Key Partnerships for College Degree Completion
Capital Community College President Wilfredo Nieves and Career Beginnings Graduate and Travelers Edge Intern Musan Duric Are Experts on What It Takes to Navigate College Degree Completion

Coming from Bosnia at age four, Musan Duric's journey has lined him up for a Capital Community College associate's degree this coming December, and next, to pursue an undergraduate UConn finance degree beginning in January 2016.  A graduate of the Career Beginnings Program and as a Traveler's Edge intern, he is more than on track - he's on a mission.  What will it take to make his story the new normal?
Caring about the Stats and
the Streets
Achieve Hartford! Focuses on Bringing Data Deeper into the Community

As a policy and research associate and Education Pioneers visiting fellow for Our Piece of the Pie, Inc., Samantha Watson has tracked issues, and more importantly, come to know Hartford's over-aged and under-accredited youth - and their roadblocks.  Now, she aims to help tackle the city's issues of systemic educational change as Achieve Hartford's new Research and Data Manager.
A Healthy Debate over How ... and When ... to Measure Progress
The Issue of Over-Testing Students Is on Everyone's Agenda

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At every table across the 169 CT towns represented at the Legislative Office Building and State Capitol, to those inside the Beltway, at the Hartford Board of Education - and in your kitchen - serious questions are being asked about the proper level of student testing.
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Rough Around the Edges, whose artists, musicians, and performers support charitable causes, will host a silent auction for Achieve Hartford! on Saturday, November 7, 2015.  Check it out!

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Here's ConnCAN's new look at how to get Early Childhood Education rolling.
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Election Day is this coming Tuesday, November 3rd.  VOTE!

The Hartford Board of Education workshop
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 (the day after election day), is at Breakthrough II Magnet School, 395 Lyme Street.