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Thursday, May 15, 2014

5-15-14 Wait What? Pelto Could Upend Gubernatorial Race As 3rd-Party Candidate - Wait What?

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Teacher Evaluations At The Heart Of Education Reform Are Flawed (By Jonathan Kantrowitz)
Jonathan Kantrowitz writes a blog for the Connecticut Post and the Hearst Media Group.  You can count on his articles to be astute, thoughtful and extremely informative.  If you haven’t bookmarked his blog, you should. Kantrowitz’s latest piece examines the significant problems associated with the faulty teacher evaluation programs that are being pushed by the corporate […] The post Teacher Evalua

Child abuse in the form of Common Core Testing
Driving to the meeting with a group of teachers, I couldn’t help but notice that the back roads of Connecticut are particularly beautiful this time of year. The story that these elementary teachers told darkened the return trip. Last week, in an elementary school not far from where you live, the school day started with […] The post Child abuse in the form of Common Core Testing appeared first on W


Additional media coverage of potential gubernatorial candidacy
Here are links to some of the latest news article and news segments about my potential candidate for governor. CT News junkie: Malloy Tries to Look Past Possible Third Party Challenger FOX CT News: Former Democrat Pelto May Run As Third Party Candidate For Governor NBC Connecticut News: Possible Third Party Candidate News 8 WTNH: […] The post Additional media coverage of potential gubernatorial ca


5-14-14 Wait What? Pelto Could Upend Gubernatorial Race As 3rd-Party Candidate - Wait What?
Pelto Could Upend Gubernatorial Race As 3rd-Party Candidate - Wait What?: Pelto Could Upend Gubernatorial Race As 3rd-Party CandidateThe Hartford Courant has a major story on my potential run for governor. The story, written by Jon Lender and Daniela Altimari, reports; Former Rep. Jonathan Pelto, once a Democratic insider but now a vocal critic of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, said Tuesday he plans to fo