That Nuance Between the Truth and A Lie
by jonpelto
The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, Inc (ConnCAN) and the other groups pushing Governor Malloy’s “Education Reform” bill continue to claim that a vital portion of the bill is the “Commissioner’s Network” in which Connecticut’s Commissioner of Education is given unprecedented powers to take over up to 25 schools, fire the staff, ban collective bargaining, turn the schools over to some unnamed third-party who will then be exempt from Connecticut’s laws limiting the use of consultants and the law requiring competitive bidding.
The Education Committee took out the most offensive portions of this program.
ConnCAN CEO Patrick Riccards was recently quoted as saying that teachers at Network Schools would not be fired because the could “re-apply” for their jobs at the “Network School” or that if they not want to reapply or were not chosen, they would be placed elsewhere in their home districts.
The problem with the his rationalization is that his statement is simply untrue. This approach to the truth has become a perfect example of how the “Education Reformers” deal with facts. What isn’t clear is do they simply not understand what is in the
