Let’s just name him Steven “Special Deal” Adamowski and call it a wrap…
On September 4, 2013, the Connecticut State Board of Education met. One of their agenda items was the “Extension of Term: Special Master, New London Public Schools; Windham Public Schools.” Upon the recommendation of Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, the State Board of Education, led by Chairman Allan Taylor, voted to grant Steven […]The post Let’s just name him Steven “S
Surprise… Ravitch bashing Congressman Polis’ charter schools don’t measure up.
Last week, Colorado Congressman Jared Polis tweeted that public education advocate Diane Ravitch was “an evil woman” and that he couldn’t “think of anybody else who has caused more harm to public schools, except maybe Koch brothers.” Those bizarre and incredible statements generated a flurry of coverage across the country, including here on Wait, What? […]The post Surprise… Ravitch bashing Congres
When political photo-ops go bad…
In the world of politics, it was the type of media opportunity politicians dream about. The Governor of Connecticut raced to New York City yesterday to the give top officials at Con Edison and the MTA “the old what-for” for the “catastrophic power outage on the New Haven Line of Metro-North Railroad” that is causing […]The post When political photo-ops go bad… appeared first on Wait What?.
Connecticut: Poverty in the state with the highest per capita income
Connecticut Children living in Poverty CT 2001 10.2% live in poverty (82,000) CT 2012: 14.8% live in poverty (117,000) According to an study conducted by Connecticut Voices for Children, the independent research and advocacy organization, “At the start of the Great Recession, Connecticut experienced the largest increase in child poverty of any state in the […]The post Connecticut:
9-26-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Missing Bridgeport Democrats campaign finance report shows up, but is missing tens of thousands in expendituresThat’s right… The missing Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee campaign finance report has finally shown up but it is missing tens of thousands in expenditures. The missing Bridgeport Democrat Town Committee campaign finance report that was due seven days before the Democratic