Educators 4 Excellence
Educators 4 Excellence works to ensure that the voices of classroom teachers are included in the decisions that affect our profession and our students. In June 2014 E4E, a national teacher-led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in education policy discussions, formally launched its chapter in Connecticut. Read about it here:
ConnCAN
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ConnCAN
ConnCAN (Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now) is a state-level advocacy group. Its mission is to “bring Connecticut together to provide every child with a great public school.” Its major projects include the ranking of Connecticut public schools, video profiles of successful schools, parent outreach and education, legislative advocacy in support of its Great Schools for All plan, and its annual State of Connecticut Public Education research report.
website www.conncan.org
Teach for America Connecticut
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Teach for America Connecticut
Teach for Americas is the national corps of outstanding recent college
graduates who commit two years to teach in urban public schools
and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity.
Teach for America opened its Connecticut site and places its charter
corps in new Haven public schools in September 2006. The
expansion from New Haven to Hartford and Bridgeport public schools
is part of Teach for America’s plan to increase its current corps of
4,400 members to 7,500 teaching nationally in more than 30 regions
by 2010. Under this plan, 250 corps members will impact more than
21,000 Connecticut students in the 2010-11 school year.
Center for Women and Families
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Center for Women and Families
The Center for Women and Families works to strengthen women and
families and eliminate violence and abuse. CWF hosts hotlines for
domestic violence and sexual assault. It runs programs for recently
incarcerated women and recently homeless families and their
landlords, among others. For the second year, Charter Oak is funding
a program in the Bridgeport schools that teaches about domestic
violence.
Bridgeport Public Education Fund
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The Bridgeport Public Education Fund
The Bridgeport Public Education Fund is the advocate for public
education in Bridgeport. In addition to running its own programs,
BPEF administers the Charter Oak Scholarship program. Charter
Oak’s grant will offset the costs of BPEF’s signature programs: Mini
Grants for Teachers, MAACS and First Day.
Achievement First Bridgeport Academy
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Achievement First Bridgeport Academies
In 2006 Charter Oak spearheaded the efforts to open an Achievement First school in Bridgeport. A K-8 college preparatory school for urban students opened in September 2007. Achievement First is a charter school management organization started in July 2003 by the leaders of Amistad Academy, a high performing charter school in New Haven, CT. A non-profit 501 (c) 3, Achievement First aims to bring scale the dramatic,life-changing student achievement results produced at Amistad by creating a school system of achievement-gap closing charters schools in New Haven and Connecticut. Achievement First Bridgeport Academy is the first of Achievement First’s Connecticut schools in open in a city other than New Haven. Today over 1200 Bridgeport students attend Achievement First Bridgeport Elementary School, Achievement First Bridgeport Middle School and Amistad High School in New Haven.