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Friday, December 13, 2013

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Commissioner Pryor’s Education Department: Connecticut experts need not apply
With little or no fanfare, Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, has picked Shannon Marimon to serve as the Director for Educator Effectiveness and Professional Learning at the Connecticut State Department of Education. Shannon Marimon’s job will be to oversee Connecticut’s new Educator Effectiveness and Professional Learning Program. Although Marimon lacks any meaningful clas

Arrogance and Education Policy will topple Malloy’s re-election chances
Yesterday’s drama surrounding a Letter of Complaint from school superintendents across Connecticut about Stefan Pryor, Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, serves as a case study about the arrogance that surrounds Governor Malloy and his corporate education reform policies. The truth is that a number of school superintendents, representing rich towns and poor towns, small districts and lar
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Wait What?: News Flash: Connecticut school superintendents take unprecedented action against Commissioner PryorThe Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS), a one hundred and six-year-old association made up of the key local school administrators from across Connecticut, is taking the unprecedented step of issuing a formal letter of concern or complaint to Stefan Pryor, Gov