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Sea to Shining Sea | Yinzercation

MAY

16

2013

Did you know that we organized Sunday’s Rolling Rally here in Pittsburgh to coincide with public education actions all over the United States? Starting tomorrow with an information picket line and student walkout in Philadelphia and running for six straight days there will be major actions in cities from coast to coast. Local organizers designed ...

Oh look, there goes more Connecticut taxpayer money to out-of-state “education reform” consultants – Wait, What?

MAY

16

2013

by Jonathan Pelto – Two trips to Connecticut in a matter of weeks. Talk about a dedication to Governor Malloy’s education reform proposal! And now it turns out that just last month, on 4/13/13, the State of Connecticut wrote out a check to Mr. Cohen’s Mass Insight Education company for $123,930.00.  It was an initial ...

$1 million in public funds for Bridgeport BOE Chair’s family – without a vote – Wait, What?

MAY

16

2013

by Jonathan Pelto – The last agenda item at this week’s Bridgeport Board of Education meeting was entitled “School Readiness Grant Program, Priority School Districts, July 2013 – June 2014”. According to the agenda and board packet, the Board of Education was being asked, as it has for more than a decade, to authorize the ...

Pennsylvania business and military leaders lack 8th grade persuasive writing skills. – @ The Chalk Face knows Schools Matter

MAY

16

2013

by Timothy D. Sleker – Someone has to say it! Pennsylvania business and military leaders lack 8th grade persuasive writing skills and need serious academic remediation before they make one more stupid suggestion about teaching, learning, child development, and public schools. As reported today in The Triadvocate, Mission Readiness (a supposed “nonpartisan” group) released: All ...