Surprise, Surprise… State Board of Education approves “special school leadership program” for Vallas - Wait, What?

Surprise, Surprise… State Board of Education approves “special school leadership program” for Vallas - Wait, What?:

Surprise, Surprise… State Board of Education approves “special school leadership program” for Vallas

by jonpelto

Paul Vallas doesn’t have the credentials necessary to be a superintendent of schools in the State of Connecticut.

Governor Malloy’s “education reform” law included language that would allow Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, to waive Vallas’ certification requirements IF Vallas successfully completed his one year probationary period and completed a school leadership program at a Connecticut institution of higher education.

Last month, the Bridgeport Board of Education voted 5 to 3 to give Vallas a three year contract as Superintendent of Schools in Bridgeport, despite the fact that he had not completed his probationary period or even begun an education leadership program.  Soon after he announced that he had enrolled at UConn and would be done by the end of the