Water into wine; Deficits into surpluses: The Ben Barnes Story
by jonpelto
The hands down leader for the most absurdly incredible budget comment of the year, at least to date, doesn’t go to Malloy or Occhiogrosso, albeit they have had some pretty good ones, but to Ben Barnes, Malloy’s budget chief.
When Barnes spoke to Connecticut legislators earlier this week about this year’s $365 million budget deficit and next year’s projected $1.1 billion shortfall, legislators also asked him about the impending and monstrous “spending cap” problem that Connecticut is facing.
Although this year’s budget is “projected” to be $5.9 million below the spending cap (3 on hundredth one percent?), next year’s current service budget will be $600 million over the spending cap and the year after that, the budget will exceed the spending cap by $1.2 billion. In FY16, the Connecticut budget, as of now, would be $1.3 billion over the
Those Standardized Test are costing States $1.7 Billion a Year
We all remember, earlier this year, when Governor Malloy saying, “I don’t mind teaching to the test, as long as the test scores go up.” Education reformers like Governor Malloy and Commissioner Stefan Pryor continue their constant chant – more standardized testing, more standardized testing, more standardized testing! In Bridgeport, $229,000, part-time superintendent of schools, [...]
Those Standardized Test are costing States $1.7 Billion a Year
by jonpelto
We all remember, earlier this year, when Governor Malloy saying, “I don’t mind teaching to the test, as long as the test scores go up.” Education reformers like Governor Malloy and Commissioner Stefan Pryor continue their constant chant – more standardized testing, more standardized testing, more standardized testing! In Bridgeport, $229,000, part-time superintendent of schools, [...]
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