Charter School and Corporate Education Reform Industry lining up for Luke Bronin
Reading Luke Bronin’s “education position statement” entitled “Closing the Achievement Gap” is actually very educational.
Filled with lots of rhetoric, but not substance, Bronin makes it clear that he is either unwilling or unable to raise, let alone address, the critical actions that will be to improve educational opportunities for Hartford’s public school children.
Bronin starts by blaming Hartford’s Mayor for the inaction of his former boss, Governor Dannel Malloy, to fix Connecticut’s illegal and unconstitutional school funding formula.
Luke Bronin ducks the most fundamental issues surrounding educational success by never once mentioning the impact poverty, language barriers or unmet special education needs have on the ability of Hartford public school students to succeed.
Bronin’s hollow statements about Magnet Schools and completely unwillingness to even mention the crisis surrounding charter schools and their lack of accountability speaks volumes about his own lack of experience and understanding when it comes to Hartford’s school system.
While you can read Bronin’s political meandering on education on website – See CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP, what is far more telling is the amount of money that is pouring into his campaign from the corporate education reformers, the charter school industry and the people who are pushing the Common Core and Common Core SBAC testing scheme.
At the top of the Bronin’s donor list stands Greenwich corporate executive Steven Simmons who serves as Chairman of the corporate funded “education reform” front group that goes by the name of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform. The organization’s Vice Chair also gave Bronin $1,000.
In defending the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core SBAC test earlier this year the group’s Executive Director praised the disastrous test claiming they were more than a simple blood test. Imagine a blood test that was rigged to label the vast majority of children as sick.
CCER’s political agenda includes more taxpayer funds for charter schools and support for the incredibly unfair “teacher evaluation” system that is designed to denigrate and undermine Connecticut’s public school teachers and the teaching professions.
Other major donors to Luke Bronin’s campaign for mayor of Hartford is New Haven charterCharter School and Corporate Education Reform Industry lining up for Luke Bronin - Wait What?: