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Thursday, September 5, 2013

9-5-13 Wait What?

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What the Hell is going on: Pryor and State Board of Education make Adamowski a State Employee
At yesterday’s State Board of Education meeting Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, recommend that the Board of Education grant Steven Adamowski a one-year extension in his role as the Special Master for the Windham and New London school systems. And then, in a surprising and extraordinary turn of events, Pryor announced that Special […]The post What the Hell is going on: Pr

Connecticut Charter School Front Drops $50,000 into Bridgeport Democratic Primary
A case study on how the Corporate Education Reform Industry is trying to buy up American Democracy A Better Connecticut, the charter school advocacy group formed by the present and previous CEOs of ConnCAN, the charter school lobby group, has spent $50,708 so far in support of the endorsed slate of candidates for the Bridgeport […]The post Connecticut Charter School Front Drops $50,000 into Bridge

Democrats who oppose Democracy…
In this Orwellian world in which  we live, how do voters deal with candidates who run as Democrats but oppose democracy… As we all know, democracy is traditionally defined as “a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.” As the name implies, Democrats […]The post Democrats who oppose Democracy… appeared first on
9-4-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Malloy wants to lose in 2014…The Connecticut State Board of Education will meet this morning (agenda posted yesterday) to extend the contract allowing Steven Adamowski to serve as “Special Master” of the Windham and New London School systems. Having watched Adamowski and his dictatorial style over the past two years, one can only conclude that Governor Malloy isn’t running for […]The p