The activity of the “Special Master” who was appointed to oversee the schools in Windham is quickly becoming one of the most controversial developments in Connecticut’s education system.
Connecticut State Statute, Section 10-223e, was intended to allow Governor Malloy’s State Board of Education and his Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, to, “assign a special master to administer the Windham school district’s educational operations and help it implement a plan to achieve adequate yearly progress (AYP) as a district in reading and math as required by the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.”
On May 5th, 2011, the State Board of Education voted to make Steven Adamowski, Windham’s Special Master.” The motion was to, “to improve student performance in the Windham Public School District and to remove the Windham Public School District and
