5-6-14 Wait What?

Wait What?:

Oh for crying out loud – Here comes Malloy on Teacher Appreciation Week

Dannel “Dan” Malloy holds the title of the most (or 2nd most) anti-teacher Democratic Governor in the nation.  (New York’s Andrew Cuomo keeps trying to push Malloy out of the top spot). But in a “have you no shame” moment, the politician who said that that all teachers had to do was show up for […] The post Oh for crying out loud – Here comes Malloy on Teacher Appreciation Week appeared first on W

by jonpelto / 1min 

Malloy’s “NO TAX” pledge will send Connecticut into the abyss

As a result of Governor Malloy’s gimmick ridden state budget, the candidate who wins the 2014 gubernatorial election will take office facing a projected state budget deficit of $1.3 billion or more. By using one-time revenues for on-going expenses, purposefully under-funding various government programs and utilizing a series of budget gimmicks, the new 2014-2015 state […] The post Malloy’s “NO TAX

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5-5-14 Wait What?

Wait What?: Re-posting Malloy’s Teacher evaluation system is fundamentally and fatally flawedPublic education advocate Wendy Lecker’s latest column is reaching a national audience thanks to Diane Ravitch’s blog. Here is a re-post of Saturday’s Wait, What? post about Lecker’s commentary piece. In her latest MUST READ commentary piece, fellow public education advocate, Wendy Lecker, lays out the fac

by mike simpson / 8h