CommPACT News
- Bassick High School is ‘Uptrending’
Published in the Feb-Mar 2012 Edition of CEA Advisor - Connecticut Set to Boost Charter Funds
Published February 6, 2012 in The Wall Street Journal - Charter schools to get boost under Malloy plan
Published February 6, 2012 in the Connecticut Post - Malloy: Public schools of choice must be a partner
Published February 6, 2012 in the Norwalk Plus Magazine - Commissioner visits Bassick, Harding
Published January 19, 2012 in The Bridgeport News - Up next – education unions’ plans to reform schools
Published December 19, 2011 in the CT Mirror - Pride in the lions’ den
Published August 20, 2011 in the Connecticut Post - A tale of two high schools: Bassick, Harding using different approaches in race to turn schools around
Published April 11, 2011 in the Connecticut Post - UConn steps in to help Bassick High turns things around
Published December 28, 2010 in the Connecticut Post - Bassick Students Create Best Sports Documentary
Published October 22, 2010 in the Connecticut Post - Teachers React to Obama Education Plan
Published March 15, 2010 on WFSB, Channel 3 - Three Gifts Bolster CommPACT School Reform Efforts
Published February 2010 in Spotlight - ‘Watchdog dads’ patrolling halls at Waterbury middle school
Published November 9, 2009 in the Republican American - More Rigorous Requirements for Teacher Education Will Encourage Programs To Emphasize Clinical Training, Focus on Critical Needs of P–12 Schools
The Neag School’s role in the CommPACT school reform initiative serves as model to newly announced accreditation standards for schools of education.
Released June 23, 2009 by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education - NCATE Offers Multiple Paths to Reaccreditation
NCATE cites Neag School as model for newly redesigned accreditation standards. Dean Schwab is interviewed by Education Week.
Published June 23, 2009 in Education Week - School’s mural portrays life lessons
Published May 15, 2009 in the Connecticut Post - CommPACT alliance cited as boost for urban schools
Published May 13, 2009 in the Connecticut Post - New Neag Institute to advance urban education reform
Published February 9, 2009 in the UConn Advance - Large Crowd of Haven Parents, Students and Teachers Attend CommPACT Kick-Off!
October 1, 2008 - Shoreline Academy Expands Learning in New London
Published June 9, 2008 in the The Day - City Eyes New School Model
Published February 12, 2008 in the New Haven Independent - City Eyes New School Model
Published October 8, 2007 in the Hartford Courant - Unprecedented Effort to Improve Urban Schools: Neag School to serve as “hub”
Published Fall 2007 in Spotlight, the Neag School of Education’s newsletter - Dean Richard Schwab’s Testimony Submitted to the CT General Assembly Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement
March 12, 2007 - An Act Concerning The Advisory Board For Collaborative Education, An Intervention Model For Schools In Need Of Improvement And The Teach-One Competitive Grant
State of Connecticut General Assembly (January Session, 2007). File No. 496 / Substitute Senate Bill No. 1405