NORWALK, Conn. — the fate of homeless children and elementary school how to teach parents are some of the topics discussed Monday when gov. Dannel Malloy meets with Norwalk educators in early education in round- Norwalk Community College.
Malloy spends 40 minutes, discussing the issues with the group after touring NCC’s school child development Lab preschool programs and at Brookside elementary school. “He really wants to listen, he has done over the last year or so now, listen to what his constituents have to say, what experts feel, whether it’s education or education,” State Sen. Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, said as the round began.
Malloy announced last Thursday. He began meeting with outlining the highlights of the 163-page: the promise of 500 seats extra preschool in September, $ 3 million to improve the quality of all early education programs and $ 5 million to create a ranking system for all early child care education program.
“The proposal that we are moving in the direction of universal access to early childhood education,” he said. “I firmly believe that early childhood education is one of the main ways to close the achievement gap.”
Susan marks, Superintendent of Norwalk public school, said, “I am glad to hear about the focus on high quality because everything that we are now about to close the achievement gap is about high-quality teachers, administrators of high-quality, high-quality sports and programs and curriculum, the idea that there would be clear standards I think will help.”