Monday, March 3, 2014

3-3-14 Wait What? All Week

Wait What?:






Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor lies to Education Committee
A last  Friday’s Democrat’s informational  “non-public” hearing on the Common Core and the Common Core Smarter  Balanced Field Test, Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, couldn’t even manage to tell the truth about this year’s Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Field Test. called SBAC. Pryor is not only the Commissioner of Education and a […]The post Commissioner of Educ


A real public hearing on the Common Core and Common Core testing fiasco?
Many parents, teachers, public school advocates and taxpayers are asking whether the Connecticut General Assembly will hold a real public hearing on  the Common Core , Common Core testing fiasco, and the flawed teacher evaluation system? The answer is …  yeah, sort of, maybe… it depends on what you call a real public hearing. When Governor Malloy […]The post A real public hearing on the Common Cor


Malloy administration’s farce of a hearing on Common Core

The development and implementation of the Common Core and its related Common Core testing scam is one of the most important issues facing American public education. The Common Core was developed in relatively secrecy and forced upon the states by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.  Some of the people who developed the Common Core Standards were even […]The post Malloy administration’s far
3-2-14 Wait What? All Week
Wait What?: Connecticut to end non-credit remedial courses at public collegesNo 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