CT News Junkie | Malloy Backs Out Of Appearance With Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s StudentsFirst

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Malloy Backs Out Of Appearance With Parent Group

by CTNewsjunkie Staff | Feb 20, 2012 10:24pm
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When the Connecticut Parents Union teamed up with Michelle Rhee’s StudentsFirst is when Gov. Dannel P. Malloy decided not to attend a March 14 rally being sponsored by the group.

“As much as the governor respects people’s rights to be a part of the education dialogue, Ms. Rhee has at times been a divisive figure,“ Malloy’s Senior Communications Adviser Roy Occhiogrosso said Monday. “And the governor is determined to try and have this discussion about education reform in a way that’s not divisive.”

Rhee has not only talked or joked about taping her students mouths shut during her first year of teaching in Baltimore as part of the Teach for America program, butquestions have been raised about test scores when she was the chancellor of the