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Sunday, March 2, 2014

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Connecticut to end non-credit remedial courses at public colleges

No really….  A Connecticut law passed in 2012 made it illegal for Connecticut public colleges to provide non-credit remedial courses starting in 2014. Long time Wait, What? readers may remember the discussion on the blog. Led by Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy and the Democratic controlled General Assembly, Connecticut adopted a corporate education reform initiatives aimed […]The post Connecticu
3-1-14 Wait What? All Week
Wait What?:  Wait What? All WeekMore and more teachers are leading the opt-out effort.Just this in from Chicago, a growing number of Chicago public schools teachers, like public school teachers in Seattle are standing up and taking on the corporate education reform industry’s absurd, unfair and inappropriate standardized testing frenzy. Guy Brandenburg, a fellow pro-public education advocate and b