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Friday, August 30, 2013

8-30-13 Wait What? Malloy/Pryor’s “School Turnaround Office” loses another “major player.”

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Need a TFA recruit? New Haven that will be $2,500… Windham you’ll have to kick in $4,000
In 2011, Teach for America brought in $306.8 million in revenue, up 14 percent from the year before. TFA brags that only 20 percent of their money goes to fundraising and administration. As of two years ago, Wendy Koop, TFA’s CEO and co-founder, pulled down $448,000 in salary and benefits.  Her co-founder, Matthew Kramer made […]The post Need a TFA recruit? New Haven that will be $2,500… Windham y

Malloy/Pryor’s “School Turnaround Office” loses another “major player.”
As criticism builds about Governor Malloy, Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor and the State Department of Education’s “School Turnaround Office,” the latest word is that Gabrielle Ramos, the Broad Foundation Fellow hired by Steven Pryor to help lead the turnaround operation, is leaving the State Department of Education effective immediately. Ramos has been one of […]The post Malloy/Pryor’s “Sc

8-29-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Think Bridgeport’s TFA issue is bad, try Windham’sAs reported yesterday and reprinted in today’s Washington Post, thanks to a deal between Paul Vallas and Nate Snow, the Executive Director for the Connecticut Chapter of Teach for America, Bridgeport hired another 31 TFA recruits this week.  The contract Vallas signed last spring committed the City of Bridgeport to hire 125 mostly out-o