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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

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Another Malloy mouthpiece explains why we must support Malloy or else
Or, as Mahatma Gandhi’s wisely observed, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” This time the pro-Malloy message is delivered by Patrick Scully who describes himself as, “a high-profile communications, public relations, media and political consulting professional.” Scully takes aim at the notion that a broad range […] The post Another Malloy mouthpiece

Why Common Core tests are bad (By Nicholas Tampio)
Fellow education blogger Nicholas Tampio has a commentary piece on today’s CNN website.  Tampio is an assistant professor of political science at Fordham University. Speaking to New Yorkers, Tampio delivers a message that will resonate here in Connecticut. Looking to the guidance of Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., Tampio does an extraordinary […] The post Why Common

LISTEN TO THE FOOLS (A guest post by Ann Poicelli Cronin on the Common Core)
Ann Policelli Cronin is an experienced educator and an outspoken advocate for public education.  In this commentary piece the former Connecticut Outstanding English Teacher of the Year responds to national columnist David Brooks’ recent op-ed column in the New York Times in which he lauds the Common Core. Cronin has some choice words for Brooks […] The post LISTEN TO THE FOOLS (A guest post by Ann


Even More Corporate Education Reform money flows to Malloy’s political operation
The latest federal campaign finance reports are in and Governor Malloy’s political operation continues to rake in the cash from those associated with the effort to privatize Connecticut’s public schools and undermine Connecticut’s teachers. As a result of Connecticut’s campaign finance program, Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy is on track to collect $6.2 million in public […] The post Even More Corpor


4-22-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Taxpayer funds continue to flow to out-of-state companies for Malloy’s “education reform” initiativeThanks to Governor Malloy and Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor you can hear the wild cheering from the corporate education reform industry as millions of dollars in taxpayer funds continue to flow to out-of-state companies so that they can come here to tell Connecticut’s  teachers,