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Saturday, September 6, 2014

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Public Education Advocate and Hearst newspaper columnist Wendy Lecker has another MUST READ piece this week about the Common Core. Wendy Lecker writes, We now know that the fiction that the Common Core State Standards are nationally agreed-upon standards that grew from some grassroots movement in the states is manufactured hype. It is now broadly […] The post Our real national standards (By Wendy
Governor Malloy: Tell the truth about your position on teacher tenure
As we know, on-line petitions demanding politicians account for their actions have become all the rage.  It is time for Governor Malloy to come clean and tell the truth about his position on tenure. Therefore we’ve started on an-line petition to do exactly that: Governor Dannel Malloy is the only Democratic governor in the nation […] The post Governor Malloy: Tell the truth about your position on

SEP 04

For whom the bell tolls…
With Election Day less than nine weeks away, Connecticut teachers, parents and public school advocates continue to wait for an indication as to whether any of the candidates for governor will truly stand up against the tide of the corporate education reform industry, including their absurd, unfair and expensive Common Core testing scheme. Tens of […] The post For whom the bell tolls… appeared firs

SEP 03

Foley and Malloy are just plain wrong on taxes
[A special note of thanks to all of you who have posted comments and sent emails of support urging me to continue writing posts Wait, What?  While I will continue to mull over the various issues and opportunities, the following is an attempt to gingerly re-enter the fray by using this blog to raise what […] The post Foley and Malloy are just plain wrong on taxes appeared first on Wait What?.

SEP 01

To blog or not to blog?
That is the question… In these difficult times, many of us are grappling with the question – How can one be useful and relevant in what increasingly appears to be a new dystopian age.  (Look up the word dystopian if you don’t know what it means). Coming off my recent “campaign” for governor, I find […] The post To blog or not to blog? appeared first on Wait What?.

AUG 30

An appreciated editorial from the Hartford Courant
While it doesn’t remove the sting of failing to get the 7,500 signatures needed to get on the 2014 gubernatorial ballot, the Hartford Courant has written an editorial that is appreciated and helps illuminate some of the challenges petitioning candidates face. While the bottom line is that a candidate should never try to be their […] The post An appreciated editorial from the Hartford Courant appea