Twenty Miles: The impact of poverty and language barriers on educational performance
by jonpelto
A recent story in the Weston-Redding-Easton patch explained that Weston, Connecticut “is the second wealthiest school district in the United States.”
The story is a reminder that just a few months ago, one of the corporate organizations supporting Governor Malloy’s “education reform” package claimed that poverty was not a factor in school performance.
Instead of recognizing the impact poverty and language barriers actually have on educational outcomes, the “education reformers” claimed that if we just hold teachers
Who will pay the price for what is happening in Bridgeport….
by jonpelto
First there was the announcement that there was a $12 million deficit in Bridgeport’s school budget.
Then the central office was “re-organized” and some programs were changed and the deficit, they said, was down to $3.5 million.
Governor Malloy’s administration then offered to cover that problem in return for allowing Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, to choose who runs Bridgeport’s schools. The City and illegal Board of Education jumped at that offer so the budget problems are gone… or are they?
“Reforming” Connecticut’s schools are a top priority. In fact, what little additional funding the State of Connecticut is making available to Bridgeport must be used for “reform”
