Children before politics: Madison, Connecticut: Standing up to the Corporate Education Reform Movement - Wait, What?

Children before politics: Madison, Connecticut: Standing up to the Corporate Education Reform Movement - Wait, What?:

Children before politics: Madison, Connecticut: Standing up to the Corporate Education Reform Movement

by jonpelto

This weekend, Hearst newspaper columnist and fellow public education advocate, Wendy Lecker, has published a “must read” commentary piece that reveals that in at least one Connecticut community local elected officials, school administrators, teachers and parents are have the courage and conviction to stand up for the needs of their children – even if it means taking on Connecticut’s “education reform at all costs” State Department of Education.

Two weeks ago, Lecker used her column to ask; “Will one superintendent please stand up?”

This week we learn that yes, there is a Connecticut superintendent of schools, in fact,