Thursday, March 6, 2014

3-6-14 Wait What?

Wait What?:






NEWS FLASH: Stefan Pryor & Morgan Barth trying to roll Hartford’s Clark School parents and teachers – again
The battle for control of Hartford’s Clark Elementary School has become a case study in how the corporate education reform industry works. On one side are the heroic parents and teachers who are working tirelessly to save and improve one of Hartford’s local neighborhood schools. On the other side is the money, greed and arrogance […]The post NEWS FLASH: Stefan Pryor & Morgan Barth trying to ro


Question for Connecticut public school teachers and parents of public school students
A number of public school districts across Connecticut have informed parents or teachers that parents do not have a right to opt their children out of the Connecticut Mastery Test or the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Field Test. Administrators who have communicated this  information to parents or teachers are either misinformed or are part […]The post Question for Connecticut public scho


If Malloy won’t stop Pryor’s lies, then Attorney General Jepsen must do the job

Connecticut parents have a right to opt their children out of the standardized tests! Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, knows that is the truth but has chosen a engage in a strategy to mislead and lie to the Connecticut’s parents of public school students. Governor Malloy must immediately put an end to this travesty […]The post If Malloy won’t stop Pryor’s lies, then Attorney Gener
3-5-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Diane Ravitch Speech at the Network of Public Education ConferenceHere is a link to Diane Ravitch’s inspiring speech at last weekend’s Network of Public Education Conference in Austin Texas. http://www.schoolhouselive.org/ I was particularly honored and appreciative that Diane would recognize my efforts and my blog in her speech. As background, The Network for Public Education is an ad