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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

11-20-13 Wait What?

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Perry must be held accountable.
There must be zero tolerance for threats of violence in schools. As reported earlier today, during school hours, Capital Prep’s principal Steve Perry tweeted:  ”Dr. Steve Perry‏@DrStevePerry The only way to lose a fight is to stop fighting. All this did was piss me off. It’s so on. Strap up, there will be head injuries.” […]The post Perry must be held accountable. appeared first on Wait What?.


Capital Prep’s Steve Perry responds to defeat tweeting – “there will be head injuries”
Moments ago, Instead of walking the halls, working with his staff or supporting students, Steve Perry has, once again, turned his back on his 500 students and returned to his tweeter account. At 9:33 AM Steve Perry tweets: Dr. Steve Perry‏@DrStevePerry “The only way to lose a fight is to stop fighting. All this did […]The post Capital Prep’s Steve Perry responds to defeat tweeting – “there will be

How do you spell disaster? Arne Duncan
Arne Duncan is a buffoon. Unfortunately for the nation’s students, teachers, parents and public education system he also serve’s as the country’s Secretary of Education. Over the past few days, Education Bloggers around the country have been reporting on Duncan’s recent defense of the national corporate education privatization movement. Here are some of the commentary pieces […]The post How do you
The power of parents and teachers crush a corporate education reform scheme
It could easily be presented as modern adaptation of a Grimm’s fairy tale.  The evil corporate education reformers target yet another local elementary school for closure and take-over through a bizarre scheme that would have allowed a public school principal to resign his position as a public servant, become president of his own private company […]The post The power of parents and teachers crush a

11-19-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Steve Perry: A bully who fails to show up for work and his a history of using social media on public time:Later today, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra, Board of Education Chairman Matt Poland and their majority on the Hartford Board of Education are expected to try and push through a special deal to allow Capital Prep’s Steve Perry to shift from being a Hartford employee to the President