Hey, let’s give Hartford’s SAND Elementary to Steve Perry to run…
Has Capital Prep’s Steve (No Excuses) Perry’s “experience” prepared him for the SAND Elementary School Community? Let’s compare: Experience with students facing language barriers: % of students not fluent in English Capital Prep SAND Elementary 3.4% 21.4% % of students going home to households where English is not the spoken language Capital Prep SAND […]The post Hey, let’s give Hartford’s SAND
And in Washington – U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan explains problem with Common Core…some Kids “Aren’t Brilliant”
The following blog is cross posted from Some Kids “Aren’t Brilliant”? This Duncan Blunder Is Bigger Than It First Appears by teacher, public education advocate and blogger Mercedes Schneider. In May 2010, US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke at the first annual “Mom Congress” at Georgetown University. Duncan’s goal, as reported on the USDOE website, was “to […]The post And in Washington – U
News Flash: Our Democracy at risk as Kishimoto/Poland set up “quick vote” to give Steve Perry sweetheart deal
If the Hartford Board of Education doesn’t stop this impending disaster, Steve Perry will be allowed to set up his own company and be given Capital Prep and Sand Elementary schools to run. The move will make a mockery of the historic Sheff desegregation law suit and the tens of million in public funds that […]The post News Flash: Our Democracy at risk as Kishimoto/Poland set up “quick vote” to giv
11-16-13 Wait What? All Week
Wait What?: mark as readState-sanctioned child abuseFellow pro-public education advocate and commentator lays out the harsh truth about the absurdity of the massive standardized testing industry that is being forced up on America’s children, teachers and parents. Here is another must read column from Wendy Lecker: “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” Governmen