Mouthpiece for Malloy & Education Reform industry responds to possible Pelto candidacy
As we discuss strategies to keep Governor Malloy and his administration from spending four more years undermining teachers, privatizing our public education system and moving Connecticut in the wrong direction, it is clear that we can count on the Malloy political operation and its allies in the corporate education reform industry to reiterate why our […] The post Mouthpiece for Malloy & Educa
Another MUST READ column – Are Wall Street Values Right for Schools?
Fellow public school advocate and award-winning columnist Sarah Darer Littman had another “MUST READ” column posted on this past weekend’s CT News junkie website. Sarah Darer Littman reminded readers that while Governor Malloy and the corporate education reform industry are fond of claiming their reforms are all about the children, the reality is far from […] The post Another MUST READ column – Ar
Taxpayer funds continue to flow to out-of-state companies for Malloy’s “education reform” initiative
Thanks to Governor Malloy and Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor you can hear the wild cheering from the corporate education reform industry as millions of dollars in taxpayer funds continue to flow to out-of-state companies so that they can come here to tell Connecticut’s teachers, administrators and public schools how to implement the Common Core […] The post Taxpayer funds continue to flow
4-21-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Weekend Posts on Gubernatorial Campaign 2014On Governor Malloy: Malloy political operation sidesteps Connecticut law limiting contributions from lobbyists. Limiting the financial influence of lobbyists was one of the most important elements of Connecticut’s post-Rowland campaign finance reforms. In its final form, Connecticut law states that, “…lobbyists and their immediate families m