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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

7-23-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy

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Corporate Welfare to the rescue – NOT!
Known as “corporate welfare” to any reasonable person, Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy’s economic development policies has been primarily geared toward picking winners and losers in the “free-enterprise system” by giving away large amounts of public funds to selected corporations in return for various promises to do something over the next ten years. Literally hundreds of […] The post Corporate Welfa

Now exactly what is “Dr.” Terrence Carter’s Lexington University?
Thanks to the investigative reporting of the Hartford Courant, we learned a whole lot about Terrence Carter and the various references to his Ph.D(s). For eight years “Dr.” Terrence Carter has claimed, implied, suggested or was introduced as having a Ph.D. As we now know, some documents report that he got the doctorate from Stanford […] The post Now exactly what is “Dr.” Terrence Carter’s Lexingto

Hey Look – “Dr.” Terrence Carter –went to Columbia Teachers College too…
The famous, infamous, hilarious and just plan absurd controversy surrounding Terrence Carter, the proposed new superintendent of schools in New London, just keeps getting worse and worse. According to various resume, articles, websites and bios, “Dr.” Terrence Carter received his Ph. D. from Stanford University, from Stanford and Oxford Universities, from Leslie University and from […] The post He

Questions Grow On Incoming School Chief’s Use Of Ph.D. Title, Financial Problems
Claiming that he was “hand-picked” by Arne Duncan to be part of the corporate education reform industry, “Dr.” Terrence Carter has become a national example of what is wrong with the education reform movement. The latest article on Carter, entitled, Questions Grow On Incoming School Chief’s Use Of Ph.D. Title, Financial Problems, can be found […] The post Questions Grow On Incoming School Chief’s

7-22-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? The Beginning of the end for the Charter School Industry in ConnecticutGovernor Dannel “Dan” Malloy ushered in the Charter School Industry to Connecticut as part of his corporate education reform initiative in 2012.  As part of his “education reforms,”  Malloy become the only Democratic governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective