The Malloy/Pryor Education Reform Consultant Full Employment Gravy Train - Wait, What?

The Malloy/Pryor Education Reform Consultant Full Employment Gravy Train - Wait, What?:

The Malloy/Pryor Education Reform Consultant Full Employment Gravy Train

by jonpelto

While it’s true that Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, has failed to fill some of the most critically important administrative positions in his agency that actually serve Connecticut’s schools and children, such as a Bureau Chief for the Special Education Division, Pryor’s dedication to retaining corporate education reform consulting companies and corporate education consultants is impressive.

Yesterday Wait, What? explored a $123,930.00 taxpayer-funded payment to Mass Insight Education, an education reform consulting company that has been retained to help develop Commissioner Pryor’s “Turnaround Network.”

Although the total magnitude of the consulting contract with Mass Insight hasn’t been reported, that initial six figure payment is chump change compared to the amount of taxpayer money that is being spent on the salaries and benefits of the consultants and 

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by jonpelto

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