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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

10-29-13 Wait What?

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Superintendent Kishimoto’s “end justified the means” form of a School Redesign Analysis
In preparation for a rush vote to close Hartford’s Clark School and hand it over to Achievement First, Inc., Hartford Superintendent of Schools Christina Kishimoto has provided the Hartford Board of Education with a “School Redesign Analysis” that attempts to justify her proposal by literally selecting only those measurement criteria that will bolster her fraudulent […]The post Superintendent Kish


Sarah Darer Littman among renowned authors to call out Obama on failure of corporate education reform laws
Sarah Darer Littman, a fellow public education advocate, blogger and regular commentator here at Wait,What? is also an award-winning author of books for young people. Last week she and a number of other leading authors and illustrators wrote a powerful letter to President Obama about the inappropriate use of standardized testing and the failings of […]The post Sarah Darer Littman among renowned au
Steve Perry’s “Big Lie” about Capital Prep Magnet School
Steve Perry, the Principal of Hartford’s Capital Prep Magnet School may call himself “America’s most trusted educator” and he Perry may claim that his “no-excuses” college prep program is “100% successful” in getting kids into college, but the most basic review of the data indicates that Steve Perry and Capital Preps’ numbers simply don’t add […]The post Steve Perry’s “Big Lie” about Capital Prep

10-28-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Steve Perry…People get fired or worse for the illegal things you are doing…Yesterday’s Wait, What? post asked, When will Steve Perry be shown the door? The reason? Because he has been misusing public funds. Since opening his twitter account, Steve Perry has pumped out more than 30,694.  Many of those were sent out while he was supposed to be performing his job as principal of Capital P