State Board of Education rushes approval of “School Leadership Program” for Vallas - Wait, What?

State Board of Education rushes approval of “School Leadership Program” for Vallas - Wait, What?:

State Board of Education rushes approval of “School Leadership Program” for Vallas

by jonpelto

Here comes one more benefit for the power elite!

Some of the “rules” that apply to the rest of us, simply don’t apply to them.

When Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, recruited “education reformer extraordinaire,” Paul Vallas, to become Bridgeport’s $234,000, part-time, Acting Superintendent of Schools a major problem immediately developed.

Unlike every one of Connecticut’s other superintendent of schools, Vallas’ didn’t have the qualifications needed to serve as a school superintendent in Connecticut.

No problem…Malloy’s “education reform” legislation included special language that would allow Commissioner Pryor to waive requirements and allow Vallas to serve as Bridgeport’s Acting Superintendent of Schools for up to one year.  The new law would further allow