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Thursday, August 29, 2013

8-29-13 Wait What?

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Connecticut Teachers: If you think it is bad now….just wait
Arthur Goldstein is a teacher at Francis Lewis High School in Queens, New York where he teaches English language learners. He has a great blog called NYC Educator. Today, Diane Ravitch posted a letter that Arthur Goldstein sent to his colleagues after attending a meeting on New York’s new teacher evaluation system. The system in […]The post Connecticut Teachers: If you think it is bad now….just wa

Think Bridgeport’s TFA issue is bad, try Windham’s
As reported yesterday and reprinted in today’s Washington Post, thanks to a deal between Paul Vallas and Nate Snow, the Executive Director for the Connecticut Chapter of Teach for America, Bridgeport hired another 31 TFA recruits this week.  The contract Vallas signed last spring committed the City of Bridgeport to hire 125 mostly out-of-state TFA […]The post Think Bridgeport’s TFA issue is bad, t
8-28-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Bridgeport overlooks trained Connecticut residents to hire 31 new Teach for America recruitsLast Monday night, Paul Vallas, Bridgeport’s faux superintendent of schools revealed that he had hired another 31 Teach for America recruits to staff Bridgeport’s schools this year.   Few, if any of the recruits come from Connecticut and none went a Connecticut college or university to become a