UPDATE: Malloy affiliated Political Action Committee cashes in on education reform bill: - Wait, What?

Malloy affiliated Political Action Committee cashes in on education reform bill: - Wait, What?:

Hartford’s Capital Preparatory Magnet School Principal Steve Perry out as CNN commentator?

by jonpelto

Categories: Steve Perry Capital Preparatory Magnet School Tags: Capital Preparatory Magnet SchoolEducation ReformSteve Perry He calls himself “America’s Most Wanted Educator” and is a member of the Premiere Motivational Speakers Bureau. (See www.dr-steveperry.com) His biography describes his approach as one in which, “every single detail matters. T’s are always crossed, I’s are always dotted. Shirts are always buttoned and tucked in. As the principal of Hartford’s Capital Preparatory Magnet School he brags [...] (Read more...)

Malloy affiliated Political Action Committee cashes in on education reform bill:

by jonpelto

In the financial world, I think they call it Return on Investment, or, in the parlance of Wall Street ROI.

On May 29, 2012, Governor Malloy’s education reform bill became Public Act 12-116.

Twenty-four hours later, Malloy was ensconced at the 10,000 square foot, $8.5 million, Greenwich, Connecticut home of corporate education reform financier Jonathan Sackler for a fundraiser that netted the Malloy affiliated Prosperity for Connecticut Political Action Committee more than $41,000.

Sackler, who helped Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, create Achievement First Inc., the large Charter School management company that owns at least 20 schools in Connecticut and New York, also played a pivotal role in forming Connecticut Coalition for Education Now Inc. (ConnCAN), Connecticut Coalition for Education