Tuesday, November 5, 2013

11-5-13 Wait What?

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CT Post: “School board slips away from Finch”
  Huge victory for the students, parents, teachers and citizens of Bridgeport. Governor Malloy, Education Commissioner Stefan Pyor and Mayor Finch loses control of the Bridgeport Board of Education. Kenneth Moales Jr. will  lose his position as Chairman of the Bridgeport Board of Education And Bridgeport’s Faux superintendent of schools, Paul Vallas, will packing up […]The post CT Post: “School bo

Bridgeport Voters: This is the single best article to read before you vote.
Yohuru Williams: The perils of top-down school reform  Dr. Yohuru Williams is chair and professor of history at Fairfield University. Follow him on Twitter @yohuruwilliams.  This commentary piece was first published in the Connecticut Post on November 1, 2013 The latest debacle involving Bridgeport Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas is a not-so-subtle reminder of what […]The post Bridgeport Vot

In Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor’s operation – real teaching experience is frowned upon
In a piece entitled, “Stefan Pryor expands his team of charter school advocates,” Wait, What explored the latest move by Stefan Pryor to bring in more inexperienced, out-of-state, education reform advocates to tell Connecticut’s Alliance Districts what to do. The latest addition to Pryor’s inner-circle is Nasir Qadree, who is an Education Pioneer Fellow (Class of […]The post In Education Commissio

Another day at Capital Prep Magnet – And Principal Steve Perry is AWOL – again
No, he isn’t MIA… He is actually on route to Prairie View A & M University just northwest of Houston. EVENT: Prairie View A&M University University’s MSC Auditorium 6:30 speech, reception to follow And while Steve Perry is out gallivanting, courtesy of the taxpayers of Hartford and Connecticut, he is pulling down impressive speaking fees. […]The post Another day at Capital Prep Magnet – An

11-4-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: Capital Prep’s Steve Perry: Here today, gone tomorrowApparently Steven Perry, the principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School, is actually supposed to show up for his job today. Despite being principal of the school, Steve Perry has missed 20 percent of the schools days this year as he jets around the country giving speeches rather than performing his legal duties.  But thanks to […