Malloy Shifts Into Full-On Makeup Mode (A must read by Kevin Rennie)
First there was Dan Malloy, the Democratic candidate for Governor. Once elected, Dan became Dannel and the commitments and promises made were quickly swept aside by the arrogance and sense of entitlement displayed by Connecticut’s new Governor Dannel Malloy. Now with the gubernatorial election ten months away, Dannel Malloy is morphing yet again — and […]The post Malloy Shifts Into Full-On Makeup
Colin McEnroe’s commentary piece on Pryor getting national coverage
After reading Colin McEnroe’s recent commentary piece entitled, Parsing The Unintelligible Stefan Pryor, Diane Ravitch, America’s leading public education advocate, cross posts the piece to her blog asking, “When Did Gibberish Replace Conventional English?” The two are MUST READ pieces. Diane writes: Colin McEnroe of NPR in Connecticut has discovered the root problem of corporate reformers: They
Commissioner Pryor’s agency tells superintendents to mislead and lie to parents – and they are
Shelton Connecticut Superintendent of Schools Freeman Burr is sending a letter to parents who seek to opt their children out of Connecticut’s standardized testing scheme. The letter, based on a model provided by Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor’s office is misleading and could reasonably be called an outright lie. When Governor Malloy was recently asked […]The post Commissioner Pryor’s agen
It’s an election year and Governor Malloy is now for raising the minimum wage
However, his announced $10 an-hour minimum wage wouldn’t take effect until 26 months after the next election. When it comes to politics, even short-term memory is a scarce commodity. While candidate Dan Malloy was a supporter of increasing the minimum wage, Governor Dannel Malloy has taken a considerably more conservative approach. In January 2012, the […]The post It’s an election year and Governo
2-4-14 Wait What? - Pryor must go
Wait What?: Connecticut Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor must goEven putting aside the fact that Governor Dannel Malloy’s re-election dreams face an insurmountable hurdle if Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor and his gang of corporate education reform industry staff and consultants remain in place; Pryor must go if Malloy and the Democrats are truly interested in improving the state of t