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Thomas Scarice, the superintendent of Madison Public Schools in Connecticut, has been identified as a “Public Education Hero” by Diane Ravitch, the nations leading public education advocate. Scarice has been a leading Connecticut voice against “high-stakes test-based school reform.” A few months ago, Thomas Scarice received national attention for a letter he sent to Connecticut State […] The post
The downfall of another Charter School Management Company
Michael Sharpe is the CEO of Jumoke Academy and the FUSE charter school management company. Over the past twenty months, thanks to Stefan Pryor, Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education and Malloy’s political appointees to the State Board of Education, Sharpe and his charter management company has gone from having one small charter school in Hartford […] The post The downfall of another Charter
Hashtag – #ConnecticutisnotWisconsin
To the unions, public employees, and the voters of Connecticut – Let’s take a moment to set the record straight… While preventing me from even speaking to the union members responsible for endorsing candidates, the leadership of the Connecticut AFL-CIO and AFT-CT were among those claiming that voters must choose Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy or […] The post Hashtag – #ConnecticutisnotWisconsin ap
The Power of Truth (from a Concerned Parent in Windham)
“In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell 1984 This blog, like others that have been sent in from parents, shines the light of truth on the corporate education reform industry. Read it and know that the time has come to either fight back or give up. […] The post The Power of Truth (from a Concerned Parent in Windham) appeared first on Wait What?.
JUN 19
Malloy fails to make a real difference with home foreclosure crisis
Search the state database of the hundreds of press releases that Governor Malloy has over the past three and a half years and you’ll find numerous PR documents bragging that the Malloy administration was successfully fighting to protect Connecticut families from the predatory foreclosure practices of banks and the lawyers that are working overtime to […] The post Malloy fails to make a real differ
JUN 18
CT’s Choice of Evils (by Peter Greene)
Peter Greene claims to be, “a grumpy old teacher trying to keep up the good classroom fight in the new age of reformy stuff.” Peter is also one of the most important education bloggers in the nation and part of the team who have been working to shine the light of truth on the corporate […] The post CT’s Choice of Evils (by Peter Greene) appeared first on Wait What?.
Insurance Executives Win; Citizens and Mental Health Advocates Lose
At the end of May, Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy stunned healthcare advocates when he vetoed an important bill that would have required insurance companies to provide data about how much substance abuse coverage and related mental health care they are actually providing Connecticut residents. The legislation was a product of a major study conducted the […] The post Insurance Executives Win; Citizen
JUN 17
And the Best News Story Title of the campaign goes to…..
While Election Day is still 140 days away, the New Haven Independent’s Melissa Bailey appears to be the sure winner of the Best News Story Title of the 2014 gubernatorial campaign. If a post-election AWARDS CEREMONY for this year’s race for Governor is going to be held, the organizers can safely fill out and seal […] The post And the Best News Story Title of the campaign goes to….. appeared first
A final word about the AFL-CIO’s decision to block my speech to delegates
“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” – President John F. Kennedy Yesterday the delegates […] The post A final word about the AFL-CIO’s decision to block my speech to de
JUN 16
AFL-CIO Refuses To Allow Pelto to address Political Endorsing Convention
AFL-CIO Refuses To Allow Pelto to address Political Endorsing Convention The Connecticut AFL-CIO will be holding their 10th Biennial Political Convention starting today at the Omni Hotel in New Haven. Although Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley and Lieutenant Governor candidate, Penny Bacchiochi will be addressing delegates at 11:00 am today and Governor Dannel P. Malloy and his Democra
JUN 15
NEWS FLASH: Malloy allied corporate education reformers may bring lawsuit to end teacher tenure in Connecticut
The nation’s leading public education advocate, Diane Ravitch, is reporting today that, “Spokespersons for the corporate reform movement hope to launch legal attacks on tenure and seniority in Connecticut, following the example of the Vergara case in California.” The Vegara case is the one in which a California judge ruled, last week, that California’s teacher […] The post NEWS FLASH: Malloy allie
Libraries are so overrated… (Not)
My children’s high school has a library and full-time library staff. Their middle school had a library and a full-time librarian; even their elementary school had a library with a librarian. But as a result of inadequate state funding (and outright stupidity on the part of some of our elected officials), many Connecticut children are attending […] The post Libraries are so overrated… (Not) appear
JUN 14
Don’t be fooled – Governor Malloy proposed doing away with teacher tenure
Last week a California superior court judge ruled that California’s state’s teacher tenure law was illegal. Public school advocates, teachers and teacher unions across the nation condemned the judge’s ruling as unfair, inappropriate and little more than a propaganda piece for the billionaires who are funding the corporate education reform industry’s attack on public education […] The post Don’t be