UPDATE: It gets worse….Bridgeport: Finch puts Deputy Mayor Thompson in attack mode to protect Paul Vallas… - Wait, What?

Bridgeport: Finch puts Deputy Mayor Thompson in attack mode to protect Paul Vallas… - Wait, What?:

It gets worse….

by jonpelto

One of the votes in favor of extending Paul Vallas’ contract as Superintendent of Bridgeport Schools tonight will certainly be Democrat Reverend Kenneth Moales, Jr.

Unlike the spectacular “It Gets Better Project” which communicates to youth around the world that it gets better, and seeks to create and inspire the changes needed to make it better for them, Kenneth Moales Jr. is a sad reminder that when it comes to politics, sometimes it actually gets worse.

In August 2011, Kenneth Moales was appointed by the Malloy Administration to Bridgeport’s illegal Board of Education.  At the time, he was serving as Mayor Bill Finch’s campaign treasurer.  As a member of the Democratic slate, Moales later won a seat on the democratically elected board.

Less than a year later, when Governor Malloy increased funding for early education slots in the state, Kenneth Moales and his family jumped at the opportunity to expand their 

Bridgeport: Finch puts Deputy Mayor Thompson in attack mode to protect Paul Vallas…

by jonpelto

Call this one a reminder of the old adage; “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”

Tonight, five of the nine member of the Bridgeport Board of Education are expected to extend education reformer extraordinaire, Superintendent Paul Vallas’ contract for another year.

On Friday, in preparation for the move, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch sent his aide, Joshua Thompson, the “Director of Education and Youth Policy and the Deputy Mayor for Education for the city of Bridgeport, CT” out to blast the Board of Education members who 

Happy CMT Day – Connecticut Mastery Test Day!

by jonpelto

All across Connecticut, today – and for much of the next two weeks – educational activities will come to a halt for Connecticut’s 570,000 students.  In the state’s more than 1,100 schools, teachers will stop teaching and children will stop learning.  Instead, the attention of teachers and children will turn to the Connecticut Mastery Tests [...] (Read more...)