Students?First: Connecticut Students Have Only One Shot (So Let's Shoot 'Em!)

Students?First: Connecticut Students Have Only One Shot (So Let's Shoot 'Em!):

Connecticut Students Have Only One Shot (So Let's Shoot 'Em!)

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Milly Arciniegas is former President and current active member of the Hartford Parent Organization Council (HPOC), a coalition of 48 PTOs at public schools throughout the city of Hartford. She is also the mother of 2 boys educated in Hartford public schools.

As a mother of two boys educated by Hartford public schools -- one a current student and one a former student, I know first hand of the challenges faced today by parents, teachers and district leaders as we try to provide a quality education for all Connecticut students.

We have an enormous achievement gap in this state -- perhaps the highest in the nation. The difference in academic achievement between groups of students --