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Monday, March 10, 2014

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The Malloy/Pryor Jumoke Charter School Gravy Train
For those looking for a case study about the growing privatization of public education in America need only look as far as Connecticut and the tenure of Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy. Call it the Jumoke Academy Charter School Case Study. First there as was Charter School called Jumoke Academy. Like all charter schools in Connecticut, […]The post The Malloy/Pryor Jumoke Charter School Gravy Tra

Malloy full steam ahead on Common Core, Common Core Testing and “education reforms”

Just over a month ago, Governor Malloy took the the microphone to announce his election year effort to persuade teachers, parents and public school advocates to overlook his three years of failed education policies and throw their support behind his re-election aspirations. In essence, Malloy said, “I hear you and we’ll wait until after I’m […]The post Malloy full steam ahead on Common Core, Commo


3-9-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Malloy Administration: Clark Elementary Parents – You must accept Friendship Charter School or elseParents, teachers and the community that makes up Hartford’s Clark Elementary School in Hartford are still reeling from the Malloy Administration’s threat that the Clark “Turnaround Committee” must agree to turn their local Hartford neighborhood school over to Washington D.C.’s Friendship