Thursday, April 10, 2014

4-10-14 Wait What?

Wait What?:







Corporate Education Reform Industry pours money into Malloy campaign operation
Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy is the most anti-teacher, anti-public education Democratic governor in the nation…And to see how appreciative the corporate education reform industry is, one need only look at Malloy’s campaign fundraising program which has already raised more than $100,000 from the anti-public education industry. As a participant in Connecticut’s public financing system, candidate […]


“When we buy something, we should get what we pay for”
Ann Policelli Cronin is a consultant in English education for school districts and university schools of education. She has taught middle and high school English, was a district-level administrator for English, taught university courses in English education, and was assistant director of the Connecticut Writing Project. She was Connecticut Outstanding English Teacher of the Year […] The post “When
Yet another example that the Common Core isn’t all it claims to be
Teacher and CT News Junkie columnist Barth Keck has written another insightful commentary piece about the Common Core.  The article is entitled, “Common Core Appears to Miss the Boat on Common Technology. “ Keck writes, …public schools are gearing up for the Common Core, national principles designed to “establish clear, consistent guidelines for what every student […] The post Yet another example


4-9-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Hartford Courant story highlights bizarre effort to privatize Clark Elementary School.A Hartford Courant article entitled, Hartford School Board Asks Education Commissioner To ‘Impose’ Turnaround Plan reveals some of the contradictions and bizarre actions taken by the Malloy administration, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra, senior Hartford board of education officials, and corporate educat