Breaking News: Hartford’s Clark School Targeted for closure, will be handed over to Achievement First, Inc.
In true corporate education reformer fashion, Hartford’s out-going superintendent of schools is announcing that she will attempt to rush through a proposal to close the John C. Clark, Jr. Elementary & Middle School and hand the facility over to Achievement First, Inc. to run. Clark School administrators and the Clark School Governance Council were only […]The post Breaking News: Hartford’s Cla
And meanwhile, Capital Prep’s Steve Perry missed 19% of school days so far this year
According to records on file with the Hartford Board of Education, Capital Prep Principal Steve Perry, who describes himself as “America’s most trusted educator,” missed 15 school days or 19 percent of the work schedule so far this school year. According to the City of Hartford school administrator’s contract, school principals working on the extended-year, […]The post And meanwhile, Capital Prep’
And speaking of Bridgeport, Former Judge Carmen Lopez’s letter on the upcoming election
As Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch undoubtedly likes to remind Governor Malloy, without Bridgeport, Malloy would have lost the 2010 gubernatorial election. Since then, Finch and Malloy have taken a beating in Bridgeport. Malloy and Finch conspired to have the state of Connecticut take over the Bridgeport schools. The move was deemed illegal by the Connecticut […]The post And speaking of Bridgeport, F
Bridgeport (and Connecticut) has a right to expect better
An editorial in today’s Connecticut Post reminds readers that “Bridgeport residents — and the city’s reputation — are taking it on the chin these days through the inexplicably cavalier behavior of officials they elected to represent them.” The sad fact that is that it is not only Bridgeport residents who being forced to watch the […]The post Bridgeport (and Connecticut) has a right to expect bette
10-24-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Governor Dannel Malloy just doesn’t get it…Last April, Governor Malloy attended the “the star-studded White House Correspondent’s Dinner.” His ticket and travel expenses were picked up by People Magazine. The trip sparked a lot controversy including blog posts here at Wait, What? (Dannel’s Spring Break 2013 – The White House Correspondent’s Dinner April, 27 2013 and Wait, What? Malloy