Thousands of parents, educators, students and community leaders are rallying outside in the rain on the New Haven Green on Wednesday morning to call for education reform and share the message that every child in the state matters and deserves a good education.
The rally is being held after a report the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement released last month
stating that nearly 40,000 students across the state are in failing schools and 90 percent of those children are low-income and children of color.
"These children have been relegated to some of the worse schools in the state. The time has come for us to put those children first," Dr. Steve Perry, principal of the Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, said during the rally. http://www.capitalprep.org/
The Coalition For Every Child and advocates are asking for improvements to low-performing schools and an exceptional education for all Connecticut children.
"We have a great state. They do a good job, but we want more," she said. Cynthia Sherard, a New Haven parent, said.
The coalition also found that certain children lack access to quality options and Perry said that has to change.
"We need to expand educational options, which means that if a child goes to a failed school, they need to have access to a quality, other school," Perry said.
Learn more about at ForEveryChildCT.org http://www.foreverychildct.org/
